America’s Descent Into Madness, w/ Chapo’s Felix Biederman & Rania Khalek

from Rania Khalek Dispatches · host Rania Khalek

From his perch at the Chapo Trap House podcast, Felix Biederman has been an acerbic observer and commentator. He joined Dispatches with Rania Khalek for a wide-ranging discussion about America’s cultural and political decline. Listen to every episode of Dispatches with Rania Khalek anywhere you get podcasts.Apple: https://apple.co/3zeYpeW Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3za9DRKTIME CODES: 0:00 Intro 1:18 Why does America have so many mass shootings? 6:44 America’s loneliness crisis12:38 Cowboy foreign policy 14:37 Online left vs the grassroots real world23:08 Reactionary Supreme Court 26:59 MMA & physical fitness 33:23 Growing political polarization & fears of civil war37:18 Who will run for president in 2024? Do Democrats like to lose? 43:50 War in Ukraine53:03 Disingenuous far right54:15 The obsession with culture1:04:49 Media challenges on the left

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