The Italy referendum and the populist march on Europe

Hosted by Warren Olney Dec. 06, 2016 National

First there was Brexit, now Italy's political instability is threatening the European Union. Liberal democracies are under siege in other parts of the world. What's the relationship to Donald Trump's victory over America's political establishment?

Photo: Italian Prime Minister Mateo Renzi (Palazzo Chigi)

From this Episode:

Wasteful spending at the Pentagon (again)

The Washington Post reports that the Pentagon buried an internal study documenting no less than $12 billion in wasteful spending. The Post says bureaucrats were trying to...

6 min, 31 sec

Is populism a threat to democracy?

In the aftermath of the Cold War, the consensus of Western politics was that more countries would evolve into liberal democracies and stay that way. The European Union was...

33 min, 38 sec

Fake news, real guns and a top Trump advisor

"Pizzagate" and a top aide to Donald Trump.

9 min, 26 sec

Credits

Host:
Warren Olney

Producers:
Jenny Hamel, Paul von Zielbauer, Katie Cooper