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206 w/ Damon Root "Packed Courts, Peaceful Transfers of Power"

206 w/ Damon Root "Packed Courts, Peaceful Transfers of Power"

The Fifth Column · The Fifth Column

October 3, 20202h 21m

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Show Notes

Guest: Damon Root @ Reason Magazine, Author, "A Glorious Liberty: Frederick Douglass and the Fight for an Antislavery Constitution"


  • Trump Makes His Pick
  • How Republicans Will Be Disappointed
  • Court Packing And Other Shenanigans
  • Historical Context, Oppressing People of Color
  • COVID Rumors
  • Debate Night Dog Whistles
  • What Trump Really Means
  • Vote by Mail (But Throw Out the Ballots)
  • The First and Only Lady


Recorded Oct 1, 2020

Published Oct 3, 2020



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