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Podcast: The Muckrake Political Podcast
Episode: How American Exceptionalism Turned Into Ugly Americanism
Description: With covid-19 interrupting Major League Baseball and ravaging America, co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss the role of the myth of American Exceptionalism in exacerbating the crisis, as well as the authoritarian fascists in the country looking to take advantage of the problem. In an exclusive interview, Nick gets to talk with Erwin Chemerisnky, Dean of UC-Berkeley's Dean of the Law School, about the legality of President Donald Trump's actions.