34: Dissident at the Doorstep

Lauren Layfield introduces Dissident at the Doorstep on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast.What happens when someone becomes a human-rights icon – but then turns out to stand for something else entirely? Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng was locked up for fighting against China’s One Child Policy and suffered years of unlawful imprisonment. In 2012, following a daring midnight escape, he landed in the United States a hero. But that’s only the beginning of his story. Just a few years later, he would re-enter the spotlight as an avid Trump supporter and a “Stop the Steal” rally-goer. How did this happen? Alison Klayman, Colin Jones, and Yangyang Cheng set out on a journey to find out – did Guangcheng change, or was he totally misunderstood from the beginning? You can follow Dissident at the Doorstep and listen to all of the episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.