Podcasts about those fighting

Jason Hartman talks with Steven Brill, founder of Court TV and co-ceo of the new company News Guard, about how we as a society can combat the massive influx of fake news. We all know that it's a problem, but figuring out which site is actually providing us with accurate information is incredibly overloading. Then Jason and Steven discuss his book Tailspin: The People and Forces Behind America’s Fifty-Year Fall – and Those Fighting to Reverse It, and how some of the things that originally appeared good for our society have swung back around and ended up hurting the American people. Key Takeaways: [0:41] How does News Guard combat the problem of "fake news"? [5:51] Where News Guard saw a proliferation of fake news leading up to the 2018 elections [9:09] Tailspin came about as Steven was trying to wrap his mind around what happened to America [11:11] How the 1st Amendment has boomeranged against the American people [14:44] What can be done about the lobbying discrepancies between the haves and the have nots? Website: www.NewsGuardTechnologies.com

Jason Hartman talks with Steven Brill, founder of Court TV and co-ceo of the new company News Guard, about how we as a society can combat the massive influx of fake news. We all know that it's a problem, but figuring out which site is actually providing us with accurate information is incredibly overloading. Then Jason and Steven discuss his book Tailspin: The People and Forces Behind America's Fifty-Year Fall – and Those Fighting to Reverse It, and how some of the things that originally appeared good for our society have swung back around and ended up hurting the American people. Key Takeaways: [1:27] How does News Guard combat the problem of "fake news"? [6:10] Where News Guard saw a proliferation of fake news leading up to the 2018 elections [9:28] Tailspin came about as Steven was trying to wrap his mind around what happened to America [11:30] How the 1st Amendment has boomeranged against the American people [15:03] What can be done about the lobbying discrepancies between the haves and the have nots? Website: www.NewsGuardTechnologies.com

Steven Brill's provocative book "Tailspin: The People and Forces Behind America's 50-Year Fall and Those Fighting to Reverse it" paints a picture of the United States in decline and divided not by left and right but rather by the protected and unprotected. He also argues that certain shifts in American society in the 1960's have led to a deeply entrenched new aristocracy.

This week we add “Tailspin: The People and Forces Behind America's Fifty-year fall--and Those Fighting to Reverse It” to the Audible Words Matter Library. The latest book by award-winning journalist and best-selling author Steven Brill is a brilliant analysis of how and why major American institutions no longer serve us -- causing a deep rift between a vulnerable majority and the protected few. And at the same time, Mr. Brill gives us hope by explaining how some individuals and organizations are laying the foundation for real, lasting change. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Happenings Q&A gang welcome lawyer, journalist, and author Steven Brill to the show. Mr. Brill is the author of the recent book, “Tailspin: The People and Forces Behind America’s Fifty-Year Fall - and Those Fighting to Reverse It.” This interview aired live on July 19, 2018. www.hap2it.com twitter.com/StevenBrill

On The Gist, President Trump’s high approval ratings aren’t as significant as they seem. America is a playground for the rich, and that’s in good part because of the expansion of lobbying that started in the 1970s. Steven Brill lays out the many ways in which power begets power in Tailspin: The People and Forces Behind America’s Fifty-Year Fall—and Those Fighting to Reverse It. In the Spiel, keeping track of Trump’s bullshit claims is truly God’s work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On The Gist, President Trump’s high approval ratings aren’t as significant as they seem. America is a playground for the rich, and that’s in good part because of the expansion of lobbying that started in the 1970s. Steven Brill lays out the many ways in which power begets power in Tailspin: The People and Forces Behind America’s Fifty-Year Fall—and Those Fighting to Reverse It. In the Spiel, keeping track of Trump’s bullshit claims is truly God’s work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

            How did our culture, politics and economy get where we are today? Just how bad is it and is it fixable? By comparison, 50 years ago, the country was truly coming apart. War, assassination and riots undermined the very fabric of America. All of this came just twenty years after the Greatest Generation won the the war, and five years after Camelot. Out of this cauldron came of age a new generation. One, as Kennedy said, was “born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage.” So what happened and how does it explains today’s disfunction, chaos, distrust and tribalism? The tailspin we seem to be in, finds it origins and in turn maybe its solutions, in the the molten core of something that happened in the 1960’s To try and find and pull these threads together, Steven Brill gives us Tailspin: The People and Forces Behind America's Fifty-Year Fall--and Those Fighting to Reverse It My conversation with Steven Brill: