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What Newt Gingrich Wrought
Manage episode 220525459 series 2355375
On The Gist, live, from Slate, it’s a post-apocalyptic skit that just might come to pass if you don’t vote on Tuesday.
In the interview, for decades, there was no need to hope for (or fear) a blue wave; until 1994, the Democratic Party enjoyed a 40-year monopoly on the House of Representatives. Then came Newt Gingrich, who engineered the Republican sweep of the lower chamber, and who looms large in our guest Steve Kornacki’s latest book, The Red and the Blue: The 1990s and the Birth of Political Tribalism.
In the Spiel, more about (what else) the midterms. Also: Go vote.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2512 episodes
Manage episode 220525459 series 2355375
On The Gist, live, from Slate, it’s a post-apocalyptic skit that just might come to pass if you don’t vote on Tuesday.
In the interview, for decades, there was no need to hope for (or fear) a blue wave; until 1994, the Democratic Party enjoyed a 40-year monopoly on the House of Representatives. Then came Newt Gingrich, who engineered the Republican sweep of the lower chamber, and who looms large in our guest Steve Kornacki’s latest book, The Red and the Blue: The 1990s and the Birth of Political Tribalism.
In the Spiel, more about (what else) the midterms. Also: Go vote.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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