Ilan and Ethan talk about Ilan's book, "How to Save Politics in a Post-Truth Era." If there are any publishers listening, Ilan is ready for his next book contract! In the meantime, listen to 3 opinion discuss post-truth, power, identity, the importance of political responsibility, and why methodology matters.
 
Music for this episode: Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkaba (c) copyright 2011 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345 Ft: Morusque, Jeris, CSoul, Alex Beroza

American Democracy and Tolstoy

Join Ilan Baron, a Professor of International Politics and Political Thought at Durham University in the UK, and Ethan Joselow, a health care policy wonk in Washington, DC, in their ongoing discussions about history, theory, politics, culture, and current events on a range of subjects that they think they know something about. After a couple of decades of correspondence, this team has decided they are hopelessly outnumbered by their opinions.