The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway
Raging Moderates: The Shadow of January 6th, Johnson’s Speakership, and Jimmy Carter’s Legacy
Tue, 07 Jan 2025
Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov discuss the fourth anniversary of January 6th and its lasting impact on American democracy, Mike Johnson’s narrow win as Speaker and what it reveals about Trump’s grip on the GOP, and the enduring legacy of Jimmy Carter following his passing at 100. They also dive into James Carville’s critique of the Democrats’ economic messaging and what the party needs to do to win back voters. Follow Jessica Tarlov, @JessicaTarlov. Follow Prof G, @profgalloway. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
What happened on January 6th and its impact?
But I'm fascinated with the cost of things. And South Africa right now is like, it's sort of the old navy of global cities in the sense that it's 80% of a world-class city for 40% of the price. Anyways, that was my big observation around my great holiday with my family. And what is in store? Like if for just our love, do you do New Year's resolutions? Do you have goals for 2025?
Not set out like that, actually. No? Probably should have. I just, I want to, you know, I'm like so in it with young kids, like three and nine months. So I want them to have great years. Yeah, in the soup. I want to do, make sure that I do a couple big trips, do good professionally, survive inauguration, like all the things.
All the stuff?
Yeah. What about you?
I see all that happening. Um, I just want more of the same. I'm really, I'm rounding third right now. I'm enjoying my tits professionally, having a ton of fun. Yeah, I'm just, if we're up to me, I want everything to stay the same. I really don't have any resolutions. I want to be less angry, less depressed, less unappreciative, less hard on myself, less hard on others.
Other than that, everything's good. Everything's good. All right, let's get into it. Today, speaking of being angry at others, today is the fourth anniversary of January 6th. We're recording this on, you guys said the 6th, Mike Johnson's encore as Speaker, Jimmy Carter's enduring legacy, and the Democrat strategy moving forward. Let's bust right into it.
It's been four years since the January 6th Capitol attack, and the shadow it cast on American democracy still looms pretty Pretty large. Over 1,500 people have been charged with sentences ranging from a few days to 22 years. And now on this anniversary, Vice President Kamala Harris has certified President-elect Donald Trump's win, a bitterly ironic twist on a day already steeped in history.
Harris is called January 6, 2021, a moment of lawlessness, violence, and chaos. the test of the nation's democratic foundations, you know, one side of the nation or 47% of the electorate or whatever it is, is going to try and just not talk about it. I can't imagine it's going to come up a lot on conservative radio today.
And Democrats are going to try and pound the shit out of it and remind everybody what happened four years ago. Do you have any sort of... What are your observations kind of four years in?
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