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Heather Cox Richardson

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1346 total appearances

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The Bulwark Podcast
Heather Cox Richardson: The Reality Show-ification of the Government

I was going to say, I'm trying to figure that one out over here right now.

The Bulwark Podcast
Heather Cox Richardson: The Reality Show-ification of the Government

Well, maybe, and I want to emphasize that I'm not on the left, but part of it, I think... Yeah, I mean, I think it's really important that you understand... How do you define yourself? I'll get back to that.

The Bulwark Podcast
Heather Cox Richardson: The Reality Show-ification of the Government

Well, maybe, and I want to emphasize that I'm not on the left, but part of it, I think... Yeah, I mean, I think it's really important that you understand... How do you define yourself? I'll get back to that.

The Bulwark Podcast
Heather Cox Richardson: The Reality Show-ification of the Government

Well, maybe, and I want to emphasize that I'm not on the left, but part of it, I think... Yeah, I mean, I think it's really important that you understand... How do you define yourself? I'll get back to that.

The Bulwark Podcast
Heather Cox Richardson: The Reality Show-ification of the Government

Let me finish this part, and that's that I think that one of the things that has made my writing popular is that I'm not afraid to ask the questions that everybody pretends they know the answer to, but they really don't. Quick, what's the difference between the G7 and the G20? Uh... I have to look it up every single time. And I'm not embarrassed to say I have to look it up every single time.

The Bulwark Podcast
Heather Cox Richardson: The Reality Show-ification of the Government

Let me finish this part, and that's that I think that one of the things that has made my writing popular is that I'm not afraid to ask the questions that everybody pretends they know the answer to, but they really don't. Quick, what's the difference between the G7 and the G20? Uh... I have to look it up every single time. And I'm not embarrassed to say I have to look it up every single time.

The Bulwark Podcast
Heather Cox Richardson: The Reality Show-ification of the Government

Let me finish this part, and that's that I think that one of the things that has made my writing popular is that I'm not afraid to ask the questions that everybody pretends they know the answer to, but they really don't. Quick, what's the difference between the G7 and the G20? Uh... I have to look it up every single time. And I'm not embarrassed to say I have to look it up every single time.

The Bulwark Podcast
Heather Cox Richardson: The Reality Show-ification of the Government

You know, what's the difference between NORAD and Five Eyes? You know, that sort of thing.

The Bulwark Podcast
Heather Cox Richardson: The Reality Show-ification of the Government

You know, what's the difference between NORAD and Five Eyes? You know, that sort of thing.

The Bulwark Podcast
Heather Cox Richardson: The Reality Show-ification of the Government

You know, what's the difference between NORAD and Five Eyes? You know, that sort of thing.

The Bulwark Podcast
Heather Cox Richardson: The Reality Show-ification of the Government

But willingness to say, hey, I don't know, that's a product of the fact I probably never grew out of being a toddler. But I think that's the difference. It's not the words you use or anything else. It's saying, what's a CR? Well, it's a continuing resolution. What's a continuing resolution and why it's important?

The Bulwark Podcast
Heather Cox Richardson: The Reality Show-ification of the Government

But willingness to say, hey, I don't know, that's a product of the fact I probably never grew out of being a toddler. But I think that's the difference. It's not the words you use or anything else. It's saying, what's a CR? Well, it's a continuing resolution. What's a continuing resolution and why it's important?

The Bulwark Podcast
Heather Cox Richardson: The Reality Show-ification of the Government

But willingness to say, hey, I don't know, that's a product of the fact I probably never grew out of being a toddler. But I think that's the difference. It's not the words you use or anything else. It's saying, what's a CR? Well, it's a continuing resolution. What's a continuing resolution and why it's important?

The Bulwark Podcast
Heather Cox Richardson: The Reality Show-ification of the Government

Because if you're doing anything else, the chances that you can sit there and remember all that stuff when you're doing the laundry and putting food on the table and crap you forgot to take the car in and all that, you can sit there and read something about the G7 and know what it's about. I mean, you're a better person than I am if you can do that. So I think there is a lot of that.

The Bulwark Podcast
Heather Cox Richardson: The Reality Show-ification of the Government

Because if you're doing anything else, the chances that you can sit there and remember all that stuff when you're doing the laundry and putting food on the table and crap you forgot to take the car in and all that, you can sit there and read something about the G7 and know what it's about. I mean, you're a better person than I am if you can do that. So I think there is a lot of that.

The Bulwark Podcast
Heather Cox Richardson: The Reality Show-ification of the Government

Because if you're doing anything else, the chances that you can sit there and remember all that stuff when you're doing the laundry and putting food on the table and crap you forgot to take the car in and all that, you can sit there and read something about the G7 and know what it's about. I mean, you're a better person than I am if you can do that. So I think there is a lot of that.

The Bulwark Podcast
Heather Cox Richardson: The Reality Show-ification of the Government

going into why people find it easier to read me than other places potentially, because there's great stuff out there that's a little harder to read. But one of the distinctions that I really think is important in the moment we're in in the United States is that if you think about the political spectrum theoretically and historically in the United States,

The Bulwark Podcast
Heather Cox Richardson: The Reality Show-ification of the Government

going into why people find it easier to read me than other places potentially, because there's great stuff out there that's a little harder to read. But one of the distinctions that I really think is important in the moment we're in in the United States is that if you think about the political spectrum theoretically and historically in the United States,

The Bulwark Podcast
Heather Cox Richardson: The Reality Show-ification of the Government

going into why people find it easier to read me than other places potentially, because there's great stuff out there that's a little harder to read. But one of the distinctions that I really think is important in the moment we're in in the United States is that if you think about the political spectrum theoretically and historically in the United States,

The Bulwark Podcast
Heather Cox Richardson: The Reality Show-ification of the Government

One of the things that the radical right has done very effectively is it has taken every liberal and said they are of the left.