#006: State of the Union

6. Donald Trump is up at 3 a.m. tweeting, and out golfing on the weekends. Republican voters seem to be showing strong support for Roy Moore, who was recently accused of multiple sexual misconduct violations with minors. Numerous diplomatic posts at the State Department remain vacant. Voters are angry. 

The list goes on, and it’s clear the state of our democracy isn’t exactly great. Enter David Orr, Emeritus Professor of Environmental Studies at Oberlin. He and others organized “The State of American Democracy, A National Conversation,” a multi-day conference on the subject, and we were lucky enough to talk to one of the keynote speakers.

On this episode, hosts Johan Cavert and Daniel Markus are joined by Professor Stephen Kinzer, a distinguished journalist, author, foreign policy expert, and Senior Fellow in International Affairs at Brown University’s Watson Institute of International and Public Affairs. They discuss the country’s cu