This week, Brad and Steven are back at it, talking about the ominous turn that the country is taking. They discuss Paul Weiss’ capitulation to Trump and debate what they would have done had they been forced to make a similar decision. They also talk about the risk of being stopped in an airport and the Democrats’ response (or lack thereof) to the authoritarian moment that we’re in. They try to figure out if flawed responders like AOC and Bernie Sanders are better than no responders at all. Have a listen!
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Brad Rothschild is a documentary film director and producer. He produced Kinderblock 66: Return to Buchenwald and directed African Exodus about Israel’s African refugees and Tree Man, about the people who come to New York City to sell Christmas trees every holiday season, all of which were feature length. He is currently directing a film about Tamar Manasseh, a community activist in Chicago. His short films cover subjects as: the wrongfully incarcerated, the women leading Montana’s Resistance movement and a group of Israelis and Palestinians who find mutual understanding in their grief. He was formerly a Speechwriter and Director of Communications for the Mission of Israel to the United Nations.
Steven A. Cook is an expert on Arab and Turkish politics as well as U.S.-Middle East policy. Cook is the author of False Dawn: Protest, Democracy, and Violence in the New Middle East; The Struggle for Egypt: From Nasser to Tahrir Square, which won the Washington Institute for Near East Policy's gold medal in 2012; and Ruling But Not Governing: The Military and Political Development in Egypt, Algeria, and Turkey. Cook is a columnist at Foreign Policy magazine. He has also published widely in international affairs journals, opinion magazines, and newspapers, and he is a frequent commentator on radio and television.
Steven A. Cook is an expert on Arab and Turkish politics as well as U.S.-Middle East policy. Cook is the author of False Dawn: Protest, Democracy, and Violence in the New Middle East; The Struggle for Egypt: From Nasser to Tahrir Square, which won the Washington Institute for Near East Policy's gold medal in 2012; and Ruling But Not Governing: The Military and Political Development in Egypt, Algeria, and Turkey. Cook is a columnist at Foreign Policy magazine. He has also published widely in international affairs journals, opinion magazines, and newspapers, and he is a frequent commentator on radio and television.
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