Season 5 Recap and Follow Up - a podcast by Justin Ahn

My final episode before the end of the Trump presidency — I explore the major themes of his chaotic final weeks by re-examining my episodes from season 5 in light of recent developments. Topics include: Joe Biden's cabinet picks; the state of the COVID-19 pandemic; the political theory behind Trumpism, the sequence of lies to anger to authoritarianism; economic stimulus and vaccine rollout; applauding political courage from Republicans and Biden's encouraging naivete when it comes to unity; why Christianity as a right-wing tool of identity politics upsets me; why Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock won the Georgia Senate runoffs; understanding the January 6 Capitol Hill riots through the lens of grievance conservatism; the positions of Trump, Republican congresspeople, and Republican consensus regarding the peaceful transfer of power; and finally, Trump's historic second impeachment. 

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