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Anthropologist/author Wade Davis @authorwadedavis talks about wading into US politics to warn about the end of the American era & the Trump virus with Skaana (@skaanapod) host Mark Leiren-Young (@leirenyoung). A special two-part election edition of Skaana featuring National Geographic’s Explorer in Residence, the real-life Indiana Jones. For links on how/where to vote visit our show notes.
“America was the land of Walt Whitman and the Grateful Dead. Abraham Lincoln couldn’t tell a lie. The current president cannot recognize the truth. If Lincoln called for charity for all and malice toward none, this dark troll of a buffoon advocates malice towards all and charity for none.” -Wade Davis
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For more about Wade Davis and his work:
- Books: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/authors/6589/wade-davis
- Website: https://daviswade.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WadeDavisExplorer/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/authorwadedavis
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wadedavisofficial/
- Rolling Stones Article: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/covid-19-end-of-american-era-wade-davis-1038206/
USA Voter Information: https://www.usa.gov/voting
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Music:
- Diana Krall- “Autumn in New York”
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5FVmJKPSrY
Timecodes
- 0:00– Intro
- 05:30– Discussing life during the pandemic
- 07:06– “I travel in pursuit of stories. I’m a storyteller.”
- 08:30– How the Rolling Stones article took off
- 10:52– “Holding the mirror” to America’s face to see how far they’ve fallen
- 13:33– “Every kingdom is born to die.”
- 15:00– How Wade Davis’s father-in-law almost became Richard Nixon’s Vice President
- 18:56– “COVID reminds us of a number of things. First of all, we’re living biological beings on a biological planet. Our lives were brought to a standstill by a parasite 10,000 times smaller than a grain of salt that commandeered the mechanisms of reproduction of ourselves. Forcing us to create it, not us.”
- 20:45– Discussing the US’s WWII production records
- 22:40– “Since 1970, China’s never been at war and America has never been at peace.”
- 25:10– America’s income disparity
- 28:03– I would argue that advocates for a wall are committing treason
- 28:05– “Treason is also the acts that betrayal the very essence of your own country.”
- 32:02– When you look at americans who deny the science… until… the fortitude to defeat it…
- 33:10– Discussing the 2016 election
- 36:17– That is a psychotic act… ending on chapel of the nation
- 36:20– Americans viewing the federal government as a core problem
- 40:00– Wade Davis’s own experience with the Canadian health care system
- 42:10– Canadian patriotism and what sets Canada apart from the USA
- 45:23– “Autumn in New York” by Diana Krall