{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Heartland Daily Podcast","title":"Democracy's Resilience to Populism's Threat (Guest: Kurt Weyland)","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/4fbe2100\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3784,"description":"Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Kurt Weyland, Mike Hogg Professor in Liberal Arts at the University of Texas at Austin, to discuss his new book, Democracy's Resilience to Populism's Threat: Countering Global Alarmism. They discuss how populist leaders can only destroy democracy under special, restrictive conditions, which many never face. They also chat about how left-wing populists typically suffocate democracy only when benefitting from huge revenue windfalls, whereas right-wing populists must perform the heroic feat of resolving acute, severe crises.Get the book here: https://www.cambridge.org/us/universitypress/subjects/politics-international-relations/comparative-politics/democracys-resilience-populisms-threat-countering-global-alarmism?format=HBShow Notes:National Constitution Center: Democracy, Populism, and the Tyranny of the Minority (VIDEO)https://constitutioncenter.org/news-debate/podcasts/democracy-populism-and-the-tyranny-of-the-minority","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/2xLxMmPe28MnonUa9AciVxMi_Bu3CavKGZzqhK99mjE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzM2NzQzLzE2Njk4/Mzk1OTktYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}