The Gray Area with Sean Illing

Was the cruelty the point?

Aug 23, 2021

01:01:07

Episode guests

Adam Serwer

Highlights

AI Chapters

Episode notes

Are You Pessimistic?

02:04

Is Persuasion Possible?

03:41

Owning the Lives Isn't Just a Mean to Some Political End

03:56

Introduction

3min

Cruelty in American Politics

3min

Owning the Lives Isn't Just a Mean to Some Political End

4min

I've Been Cruel Before. Everyone Has

4min

The Cruelty Is the Point

2min

The Democratic Party Cannot Engage in Exclusivest Identity Politics

4min

Do You Think White Identity Politics Works?

2min

Rad Power Bike Review

3min

The Civility Essay

4min

10.

Is Persuasion Possible?

4min

11.

Is There a Democratic Party That Can Survive?

2min

12.

What Do You Think of the Anti Critical Race Theory Hysteria?

3min

13.

Why Do You Not Capitalize the Letter B in Black?

3min

14.

Is There a Backlash to the George Floyd Protest?

2min

15.

Are We Making Race Two Front and Center?

3min

16.

The Price of Past National Reconciliations Has Been the Abandonment of Multi Racial Democracy

2min

17.

The American Story Is a Story

2min

18.

Are You Pessimistic?

2min

19.

I Think It's a Trump Arrow, but I Think It Is a Bit Mechanistic

3min

20.

Facebook Groups, More Together

2min

21.

Can the Republican Party Evolve Into a Small, De Democratic Party?

4min

Vox's Sean Illing talks with Adam Serwer, whose new book The Cruelty Is the Point documents the role of cruelty in American politics, the way it was weaponized by the GOP during the Trump administration, and how these tactics could continue to shape the future of America.

Host: Sean Illing (@seanilling), Interviews Writer, Vox

Guest: Adam Serwer (@AdamSerwer), staff writer, The Atlantic

References:

The Cruelty is the Point: The Past, Present, and Future of Trump's America by Adam Serwer (One World; 2021)
"The Cruelty Is the Point" by Adam Serwer (The Atlantic; Oct. 3, 2018)
"The Great Awokening" by Matt Yglesias (Vox; Apr. 1, 2019)

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This episode was made by:

Producer: Erikk Geannikis
Editor: Amy Drozdowska
VP, Vox Audio: Liz Kelly Nelson

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The Gray Area with Sean Illing

Was the cruelty the point?

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Are You Pessimistic?

Is Persuasion Possible?

Owning the Lives Isn't Just a Mean to Some Political End

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