The Paradigm Changes: Audio From A Collapsing State / Muckrake Podcast

About this episode

Jared Yates Sexton discusses the changing political landscape following recent events in the Middle East and the implications for U.S. politics.

So, a few days ago I received an email from a subscriber who didn’t know I also hosted The Muckrake Podcast , which, honestly, was a mistake on my part because I hadn’t really advertised it on here. Anyway, I wanted to rectify that, so here is a special crossover episode of The Muckrake in the hopes of introducing listeners over there and readers over here to one another. In this episode, my co-host Nick Hauselman is out of town, so I hold down the desk to discuss the changing paradigm following Iran’s strikes against Israel in retaliation for attacks against Lebanon, the straining U.S./Israel relationship, from there I get into the Trump Administration dismantling one of the crown jewels of American science and the relationship to declining U.S. power, and, finally, I address the developing situation in Maine as we head into primaries and the Democratic Party faces one test after another. Thank you, as always for your support. If you’d like to support The Muckrake and gain access to a bonus episode every Friday, as well as join the Discord where the community lives, head over to Patreon and become a patron. Thank you so much for the support here. I can’t tell you what a…

People in this episode

Host: Jared Yates Sexton

Topics covered

• changing paradigm
• U.S./Israel relationship
• Trump Administration
• American science
• Maine primaries
• Democratic Party challenges

Keywords

• Iran
• Israel
• Lebanon
• Trump Administration
• Maine primaries
• Democratic Party
• U.S. politics
• American science

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Democratic Party, The Muckrake Podcast, Trump Administration

Books & works: Dispatches From A Collapsing State

Places: Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Maine

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