Slate News What Next: How to Prepare for the Worst
Nov 11, 2024
Barton Gellman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning senior advisor at the Brennan Center, dives into the alarming tactics being employed by political leaders to brace for possible authoritarianism under Trump’s second term. The conversation explores how journalists are shifting from reporting crises to actively preventing them. Gellman discusses tabletop simulations that uncover scenarios of executive abuse and mass deportation, stress-testing democracy's defenses. He emphasizes vigilance against gradual erosions of democratic values and the need for unity in pro-democracy efforts.
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Intro
00:00 • 2min
Journalism in Crisis: From Reporting to Prevention
01:36 • 3min
Strategizing Democracy: Simulations of Authoritarian Scenarios
05:03 • 4min
Exploring Power Dynamics in Hypothetical Governance
08:41 • 10min
Preventing the Gradual Erosion of Democracy
18:59 • 3min
Guardians of Democracy
22:21 • 6min
Encouraging Unity in Democracy and Exclusive Content Offer
27:59 • 2min