Britain in ‘Real Trouble’ After Queen Elizabeth’s Death

<p>Queen Elizabeth is an important cultural mascot in a way that Americans can’t understand and <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/queen-elizabeth-ii-is-dead-at-96" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">her death will have more implications for Great Britain </a>and the world than simply who will take over the monarchy.</p><p>That’s according to Ian Dunt, columnist at the ‘i’ newspaper and host of the podcasts, Oh God, What Now? and Origin Story, who tells hosts Molly Jong-Fast and Andy Levy on this episode of political podcast <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-new-abnormal/id1508202790" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>The New Abnormal</strong></a><strong> </strong>that the <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-british-monarchy-should-die-with-queen-elizabeth-ii" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">country faces multiple crises </a>as it deals with the queen’s death. Also on the podcast Douglas Rushkoff, author of the new book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0393881067/ref=cm_sw_r_as_gl_api_gl_i_ZE28GRG7QS8R6BWZEG9F?linkCode=ml2&tag=get072-20" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires</em></a>, describes his experience talking to some very rich people about the “event.” </p><br><p><br></p><br><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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