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Apr 2019
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#75 Democracy Is Dead. What Now? (with D...

Russell Brand
About this episode
David Runciman is author of "How Democracy Ends" and host of the Talking Politics podcast. We spoke about what the function of democracy is, the significance of the generational divide when voting, the relationship between corporations and government, anarcho-syndacalism & the rise of populism. 

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