How important is your identity to your political beliefs? Yascha Mounk, the author of The Identity Trap argues that over the past decades, a healthy appreciation for the culture has transformed into an obsession. He joins Ros Taylor in the Bunker to explain why he thinks we need to move beyond individuality for the collective good.

“I don’t think woke is a useful term.” - Yascha Mounk
“There's a set of new ideas that are largely untested, but have taken on tremendous power very quickly,” - Yascha Mounk
“There have been some very prominent stories of people paying high and unfair prices for speaking their mind.” - Yascha Mounk

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Written and presented by Ros Taylor. Producer: Liam Tait. Assistant Producer: Adam Wright Audio editor: Simon Williams. Managing editor: Jacob Jarvis. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production.

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Self reservations: The problem with identity politics – Ros Taylor talks to Yascha Mounk