David, Helen and Gary convene on very little sleep to try to make sense of another extraordinary election. Though we still don't know who won, we do know that some things are going to get even harder for American democracy. What's the nightmare scenario: the loser refusing to lose, or the winner being unable to govern? Why did the pollsters get it wrong again? And what's likely to happen when the contest reaches the courts? Plus we ask if the American Constitution can cope with close elections any more.
Relevant Episodes:
From our Mini-Series:
History of Ideas on Tocqueville and American democracyAmerican Histories: The 15th and the 19th American Histories: Deporting Mexicans American Histories: The Great Abortion SwitcherooOld Episodes on Trump:
What Trump Means to UsOne-term presidents Can America CopeAmerican Fascism: Then and Now America First? Michael Lewis on Donald Trump (And Michael Lewis Updated)Trump and HistoryA Broader Perspective on US Politics:
The Talking Politics Guide to … the US Constitution Police State USAAdam Tooze on US vs. China Judith Butler: Then and Now Where Power StopsThe Talking Politics Guide to… the Gilded AgeInauguralsFrom the LRB
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Twilight of Democracy
Helen's History of Ideas
James Meek on Healthcare: from WHO to NHS
Brexit in the Age of Covid
Burma's Hidden History
Britain Wrestles with its Past
American Fascism: Then and Now
Police State USA
What Just Happened at the New York Times?
Matt Forde
Facts vs Opinions
Dan Snow on Covid History (and Cummings)
Bread, Cement, Cactus
Europe Blows Up
Labour and Brexit: Beyond the Crisis
Ebola, COVID and the WHO
David Miliband on the Crisis
History of Ideas: Wollstonecraft on Sexual Politics
History of Ideas: Hobbes on the State
What's Happening in Italy Now?
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