“What Did These People Think Would Happen?”

About this episode

Tom Nichols joins Charlie Sykes to discuss the anti-vax movement, the crisis in Iran, and the turmoil within Trump's cabinet.

Tom Nichols, Atlantic staff writer and author of The Death of Expertise, joins Charlie to discuss the anti-vax movement, the continuing crisis with Iran, and why Trump and his cabinet are "melting down."  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Charlie Sykes

Guest: Tom Nichols

Topics covered

• anti-vax movement
• Iran crisis
• Trump administration
• political commentary
• expertise

Keywords

• anti-vax
• Iran
• Trump
• politics
• expertise
• crisis
• commentary

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Atlantic

Books & works: The Death of Expertise

Places: Iran

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