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Podcast: Plain English with Derek Thompson
Episode: Why the Bad Guys—in China, Russia, Iran, and the U.S.—Are Having a Terrible Winter
Description: One year ago, we had Anne Applebaum on the podcast to talk about her essay, "The Bad Guys Are Winning." And I think you could have made an argument that this was the most important story in geopolitics. Across the world, the rise of authoritarianism—in Russia, China, Turkey, Venezuela, India, and even right here in the U.S. authoritarianism was ascendant. Illiberalism was rising. Anti-democratic forces were assembling.But at this very moment, the opposite narrative seems like it might just be the most important story in the world. The fall of the authoritarians. Look at Ch...