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Timothy Snyder speaks
Timothy Snyder is a historian and professor at Yale University, specializing in Eastern and Central Europe, totalitarianism, and the Holocaust. His books have received widespread acclaim nationally and internationally from both academic and general audiences. His most recent book, "On Tyranny: Twent...
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12 episodes
Timothy Snyder Speaks, Ep. 1: Russia Defeats America
Recorded on November 8, 2017
In the first episode of "Timothy Snyder Speaks," historian and author Timothy Snyder discusses the lessons A...
Timothy Snyder Speaks, ep. 2: America Defeats America
In the 2016 presidential elections, America defeated itself. The Russian intervention, intelligent as it was, could only work because of our own fail...
Timothy Snyder Speaks, ep. 3: What is Oligarchy?
What does oligarchy mean? In the third episode of "Timothy Snyder Speaks," historian and author Timothy Snyder explores the meaning of oligarchy, wher...
Timothy Snyder Speaks, ep. 4: Sadopopulism
Sadopopulism: how America can be governed without policy and with pain. A guide to the logic of the Senate tax plan.
Timothy Snyder is a...
Timothy Snyder Speaks, ep. 5: Christianity and Christmas
Too often these days invoking the name of Jesus or claiming Christian religion has become an escape from responsibility for plainly un-Christian behav...
Timothy Snyder Speaks, ep. 6: The Con of America First
America First is not a foreign policy and it's not a domestic policy. It creates a vacuum of power filled by China, and a vacuum of values filled by E...
Timothy Snyder Speaks, ep. 7: The Evil of America First
"America First" brings both political weakness and moral hazard. The last episode was about America's new weakness in the world. This one is about how...
Timothy Snyder Speaks, ep. 8: Cybercolony USA
In 2016 Russia defeated the United States in a cyberwar, selecting the president of the United States. Since that victory, Russia continues its campai...
Timothy Snyder Speaks, ep. 9: Reporters – the Heroes of Our Time
Without the people who seek facts, we can forget about justice, freedom, and equality.
Timothy Snyder is a historian at Yale University,...
Timothy Snyder Speaks, ep. 11: Much More Than Collusion
To speak of "collusion" is to misunderstand the Russia story. To understand Trump as an instrument of Russian power, we have to begin the Russia story...
Timothy Snyder Speaks, ep. 10: Pompeo or Pompeii? Climate Security is National Security
No matter what issue we think matters in the preservation of basic American interests, from Syria to Mexico, climate matters intensely. To deny climat...
Timothy Snyder Speaks, ep. 12: The Mueller Investigation
The Mueller investigation is not a contest of men but of principles. It is a contest between two ways of seeing the world, the outcome of which will v...