GEORGE PACKER, We Are Living in a Failed State
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English - June 03, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 41.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 28 ratingsNews news kpfk pacifica goverment diabetes diet Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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GEORGE PACKER’s recent essay in the Atlantic, We Are Living in a Failed State, was being quoted a lot - before George Floyd’s death and the ensuing days of rage. Packer is the author of 2013’s THE UNWINDING, which reported on a country growing vulnerable to a demagogue like Trump, and 2019’s Richard Holbrooke biography OUR MAN, just out in paperback. He’s a staff writer at The Atlantic and I reached out after reading two of his recent essays The President Is Winning His War on American Institutions and We Are Living in a Failed State. We talk about how it all fits together.