Hear Me Out: Trump Isnt a Bug. He's a Feature.
b'On today\\u2019s episode of Hear Me Out: live from Seattle.\\n\\nHear Me Out had its first-ever live show on May 4, 2024 \\u2014 and it was such a great conversation that we wanted to make sure our podcast listeners heard it, too.\\xa0\\n\\nThe Cascade PBS Ideas Festival was full of smart, unconventional thinkers on the biggest issues facing this country\\u2026 so what better place to have a conversation about Donald Trump, and the future of this country?\\xa0\\n\\nIt\\u2019s tempting to think of the MAGA ideology as an unprecedented threat to democracy. But is it? Or are the authoritarian, anti-democratic ideas percolating into our mainstream politics a feature, rather than a bug?\\n\\nHistorian and author Heather Cox Richardson joined us in Seattle.\\n\\nIf you have thoughts you want to share, or an idea for a topic we should tackle, you can email the show: hearmeout@slate.com\\n\\nPodcast production by Maura Currie.\\n\\nWant more Hear Me Out? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking \\u201cTry Free\\u201d at the top of our show page. Or, visit slate.com/hearmeoutplus to get access wherever you listen.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'