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Freedom Over Fascism is hosted by Dr. Stephanie Gerber Wilson. After the Trump regime won (??) the 2024 election, we’ve begun to face deep uncertainty about the future and an authoritarian dictatorship. We face informational asymmetry and an inability to reach a wider audience that doesn’t want to think about politics. Stephanie has been exploring values-forward ways to talk about politics without talking about politics directly. Stephanie focuses on discussing issues begun in the past, events and understanding of the present, and visions for the near and distant future, without talking about the next election. She speaks with independent journalists, creators, authors, historians, and cultural figures. She’ll also focus on places we can make the most change in our lives: our local and online communities, understanding our information environment, and how to address the crisis of belonging.
After the election we looked around and asked ourselves, how do we talk about politics without talking about politics, so we reach people who are politically disengaged—by choice or necessity. The answer lies in some of cultural institutions and narratives that the fascist regime is trying to break down: understanding our true history, learning from a free press not cowed or terrified by threats of vengeance, seeing how culture intersects with our values, and much more.
Each episode relates our values and society without talking (much) about electoral politics. Please consider upgrading to a paid subscription today to help me continue to publish helpful and interesting content. The podcast was founded January 2023 and is now part of the Democracy Group, a network of podcasts that examines what's broken in our democracy and how we can work together to fix it.
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