{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/695d5c48154465cd6010f4b3/695d5c558e6dd12efb08ea6b?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Trump Isn’t a Bug. He's a Feature.","description":"<p>On today’s episode of Hear Me Out: live from Seattle.</p><p><br></p><p>Hear Me Out had its first-ever live show on May 4, 2024 — and it was such a great conversation that we wanted to make sure our podcast listeners heard it, too. </p><p><br></p><p>The <a href=\"https://crosscut.com/festival\">Cascade PBS Ideas Festival</a> was full of smart, unconventional thinkers on the biggest issues facing this country… so what better place to have a conversation about Donald Trump, and the future of this country? </p><p><br></p><p>It’s tempting to think of the MAGA ideology as an unprecedented threat to democracy. But is it? Or are the authoritarian, anti-democratic ideas percolating into our mainstream politics a feature, rather than a bug?</p><p><br></p><p>Historian and author <a href=\"https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/\">Heather Cox Richardson</a> joined us in Seattle.</p><p><br></p><p>If you have thoughts you want to share, or an idea for a topic we should tackle, you can email the show: <a href=\"mailto:hearmeout@slate.com\">hearmeout@slate.com</a></p><p><br></p><p>Podcast production by Maura Currie.</p><p><br></p><p>Want more Hear Me Out? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Or, visit <a href=\"http://slate.com/awordplus\">slate.com/hearmeoutplus</a> to get access wherever you listen.</p><p> </p>","author_name":"Slate Podcasts"}