Week 1: Donald Trump is President. Political Norms Are Dead. Where Does That Leave Us?

01/24/17 • 57 min

CNN host Fareed Zakaria and author Masha Gessen join the conversation this week to help establish a set of democratic norms against which the Trump Administration’s actions can be measured moving forward. Then, Academy-Award winning filmmaker Michael Moore talks about the newly scrambled political norms, in which labor populism bumps up against conservative culture.

This program is produced in partnership with WNYC Studios, Minnesota Public Radio News, and The Economist. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and come back Mondays through Thursdays for new episodes.

WNYC Studios is the producer of other leading podcasts including Radiolab, Freakonomics Radio, 2 Dope Queens, Death, Sex & Money, On the Media and many more.

The hosts include WNYC's Brian Lehrer, Minnesota Public Radio's Kerri Miller, WNYC's Kai Wright, John Prideaux and Anne McElvoy of The Economist and longtime conservative radio host Charlie Sykes.

WNYC Studios is the producer of other leading podcasts including Radiolab, Freakonomics Radio, 2 Dope Queens, Death, Sex & Money, On the Media and many more.

The hosts include WNYC's Brian Lehrer, Minnesota Public Radio's Kerri Miller, WNYC's Kai Wright, John Prideaux and Anne McElvoy of The Economist and longtime conservative radio host Charlie Sykes.

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Week 1: New President, New Show, New Normal

America has a new president. It also has a new show that will zoom in closely on Donald Trump's first 100 days as commander-in-chief and how people from coast to coast are adjusting to the change in power.

In this first episode, we invite listeners from all over to call in and talk about how different things feel on this first full day of the new presidency.

We also talk to Pramila Jayapal, who's new to Beltway politics and recently made history in her own right with her election to Congress.

WNYC Studios is the producer of other leading podcasts including Radiolab, Freakonomics Radio, 2 Dope Queens, Death, Sex & Money, On the Media and many more.

The hosts include WNYC's Brian Lehrer, Minnesota Public Radio's Kerri Miller, WNYC's Kai Wright, John Prideaux and Anne McElvoy of The Economist and longtime conservative radio host Charlie Sykes.

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WNYC Studios is the producer of other leading podcasts including Radiolab, Freakonomics Radio, 2 Dope Queens, Death, Sex & Money, On the Media and many more.

The hosts include WNYC's Brian Lehrer, Minnesota Public Radio's Kerri Miller, WNYC's Kai Wright, John Prideaux and Anne McElvoy of The Economist and longtime conservative radio host Charlie Sykes.