{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/57cc3c7d-b0fd-4930-9279-4e84c75df457/18bb76b1-12c3-4926-8452-d0786d337334?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Checks and Balance: On mute","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62e286a834d4d9a8af874246/62e286b5f9094c001179654e.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>In the last week of his presidency Donald Trump is being purged from the political mainstream. Congress has <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/united-states/2021/01/13/congress-has-impeached-donald-trump-for-his-incitement-of-a-mob-attack-on-the-capitol?utm_campaign=checks-and-balance&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">impeached him again</a>. He has been <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/leaders/2021/01/16/big-tech-and-censorship?utm_campaign=checks-and-balance&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">booted off social media</a>. A major golf tournament has been pulled from one of his courses. How should Donald Trump and his followers be <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/leaders/2021/01/16/donald-trumps-reckoning?utm_campaign=checks-and-balance&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">held to account</a> for damaging American democracy?</p><p><br></p><p>We speak to Elizabeth Neumann, who led the counterterrorism office at the Department of Homeland Security, and Megan Squire, a professor of computer science at Elon University who tracks online extremism. <em>The Economist</em> correspondents Steven Mazie and Leo Mirani also join us.</p><p><br></p><p>John Prideaux, our US editor, hosts with New York bureau chief Charlotte Howard and Jon Fasman, US digital editor.</p><p><br></p><p>For access to <em>The Economist</em>’s print, digital and audio editions subscribe: <a href=\"http://economist.com/USpod\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">economist.com/USpod</a></p>","author_name":"The Economist"}