Politics, Polarization and President Trump: The Bill Kristol Interview

Editor, political analyst and veteran of previous Republican presidential administrations, Bill Kristol brings a critical take on President Trump and a long range overview of political polarization to this episode of The Braver Angels Podcast. Ciaran O’Connor and John Wood, Jr co-host.

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nobody
08/04/2019 at 4:18 pm

Just FYI, your podcasts have not been updating on iTunes since May 28, and before that not since April 8

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John Canning
08/05/2019 at 8:10 am

I sincerely do not think Mr Kristol’s interview was good for the Braver Angel’s theme and message. His approach is not conciliatory. In the interview came off as too anti our president.

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Politics, Polarization and President Trump: The Bill Kristol Interview

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