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Alistair Burt on Boris Johnson's Party Purge
S2019 E2049 - 2m 58s
Alistair Burt was one of the over 20 Conservative MPs who rebelled to vote against Prime Minister Boris Johnson and in favor of legislation to block a No Deal Brexit. His reward? Johnson kicked him out of the Conservative Party in what critics called a purge. Burt joins the program from London to discuss the week’s extraordinary events.
Yascha Mounk on Brexit, Democracy and European Unity
S2019 E2049 - 2m 36s
As Europe looks on in bafflement at the U.K.’s paroxysms, what Brexit could herald for the future of democracy on the continent is still in question. Political scientist Yascha Mounk joins the program from Berlin to provide reflections on democracy and European unity going forward.
Linda Villarosa on the Legacy of Slavery in the US
S2019 E2049 - 16m 58s
400 years ago, a ship carrying more than 20 enslaved Africans arrived in Jamestown, Virginia, starting the long and painful history of slavery in the U.S. Journalist Linda Villarosa, a contributor to the New York Times Magazine's 1619 Project, sits down with Walter Isaacson to discuss slavery’s powerful legacy in shaping the very physical health of Americans today.
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