{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/73fe3ede-5c5c-4850-96a8-30db8dbae8bf/6ad108e1e039ee8e85f3846c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Martin Wolf on the US midterms: Is American democracy safe?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/621e1a5bf5df83377cc948b8/1792084235886-7ef9c35b-ec52-4b6e-90ce-84db49cddbcb.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>As Americans prepare to vote in the November 3 midterm elections, FT chief economics commentator Martin Wolf asks what the result will mean for Donald Trump, the future of US democracy and America&#39;s place in the world. In the first of a six-part series of interviews with leading historians and political analysts, Martin speaks to the scholar and former Republican adviser Robert Kagan, who has spent a decade warning about Trump&#39;s authoritarian ambitions. They discuss how Trump has accumulated so much power, whether America&#39;s democratic institutions can still constrain him, and what might happen if Republicans lose control of Congress. Could these elections mark a turning point for American democracy or has the country already gone too far down the road towards authoritarianism?</p><p><br></p><p>Watch the full episode now on the FT’s main YouTube channel here: <u><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@FinancialTimes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.youtube.com/@FinancialTimes</a></u> or search for ‘Martin Wolf on the World’, wherever you get your podcasts</p><p><br></p><p>Host: Martin Wolf</p><p>Producer: Mischa Frankl-Duval</p><p>Senior Producer: Laurence Knight</p><p>Executive Producer: Manuela Saragosa</p><p>Video Editor: Richard Topping</p><p>Audio engineering: Breen Turner</p><p>Broadcast engineers: Andrew Georgiadis</p><p>Podcast development: Laura Clarke</p><p>FT Global Head of Audio: Flo Phillips</p><p><br></p><p><strong><a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/7cca8110-da2d-4915-8f60-4adbddd83edd?syn-25a6b1a6=1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</a></strong></p>","author_name":"Financial Times"}