Welcome to ’Put Em on the Couch,’ the podcast where hosts Nelson Beaulieu and Jason McCoy invite you to explore every nook and cranny of this thing called life. Join long-time friends and educators, weekly as they embark on a variety of evocative discussions and fun thought experiments. Who knows, you may even come away happier and smarter.
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Welcome to ’Put Em on the Couch,’ the podcast where hosts Nelson Beaulieu and Jason McCoy invite you to explore every nook and cranny of this thing called life. Join long-time friends and educators, weekly as they embark on a variety of evocative discussions and fun thought experiments. Who knows, you may even come away happier and smarter.
In this 83rd episode of Put Em on the Couch, we break down 10 clear signs that suggest President Donald Trump may be steering our country towards Autocracy. Nelson and I rewind Trumps recent speech to a joint session of congress. Using the President's own words, we analyze his rhetoric and discuss how it mirrors that of authoritarianism. Tune in to find out what all of this might mean for the future of American democracy.
References:
Arendt, H. (1973). The origins of totalitarianism. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
Friedrich, C. J., & Brzezinski, Z. K. (1956). Totalitarian dictatorship and autocracy. Harvard University Press.
Hetherington, M. J., & Weiler, J. D. (2009). Authoritarianism and polarization in American politics. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511627012
Pepinsky, T. (2017, January 9). Life in authoritarian states is mostly boring and tolerable: Americans have an overly dramatic view of what the end of democracy looks like. The Big Idea. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-big-idea/2017/01/09/life-in-authoritarian-states-is-mostly-boring-and-tolerable/
Put Em On The Couch
Welcome to ’Put Em on the Couch,’ the podcast where hosts Nelson Beaulieu and Jason McCoy invite you to explore every nook and cranny of this thing called life. Join long-time friends and educators, weekly as they embark on a variety of evocative discussions and fun thought experiments. Who knows, you may even come away happier and smarter.
