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Burt Cohen
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Host, Keeping Democracy Alive with Burt Cohen
Portsmouth
Beats
Eastern European politics society and culture
Technical writing or academic writing.
Content
By Burt Cohen| Keeping Democracy Alive with Burt Cohen@ When did politics and trash TV become one in the same? According to author Ross Benes, no question: it was the 1990s. As one reviewer said: “this book helps to explain the election of Donald Trump in ways that most strictly scholarly analyses cannot capture.” Such bizarre spectacles as were on the Jerry Springer Show connected with those millions who feel society has it out for them. They celebrated the elimination of rules. And being “deplorable” is, to these folks, a badge of honor.
By Burt Cohen| Keeping Democracy Alive with Burt Cohen@ Can we ever learn from history? November 11 is celebrated as the end of “the war to end all wars.” But in reality it was a peace that ended peace. Listen in as eminent historian Adam Hochschild cuts through the old reassuring myth to get to the truth. That war never really ended. And what a price.
By Burt Cohen| Keeping Democracy Alive with Burt Cohen@ When did politics and trash TV become one in the same? According to author Ross Benes, no question: it was the 1990s. As one reviewer said: “this book helps to explain the election of Donald Trump in ways that most strictly scholarly analyses cannot capture.” Such bizarre spectacles as were on the Jerry Springer Show connected with those millions who feel society has it out for them. They celebrated the elimination of rules. And being “deplorable” is, to these folks, a badge of honor.
Company Info
Keeping Democracy Alive with Burt Cohen
Portsmouth, United States