Episode 59: Practical Ways to Stay Engaged in Challenging Times—A Discussion of On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder

Please join us for a conversation about historian Timothy Snyder’s book On Tyranny. Carrie and Parker discuss four of the twenty hallmarks of authoritarian governments addressed in Synder’s clear and informative work. The book is relatively short, but chock-full of insights, stories and practical advice when navigating the very real challenges of our times. We’ll look at the large overarching symptoms of an existential threat to our democracy, but also how to bring it home and to focus upon the power we each have in our daily and personal lives for defending and preserving our most deeply held values, community and national aspirations.

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Also, here are links to Parker’s clear and prophetic On Being 2016 article “Will Fascism Trump Democracy” and his powerful book on democracy and citizenship, Healing the Heart of Democracy: The Courage to Create a Politics Worthy of the Human Spirit. It has been recently reissued as a 10th anniversary edition with Parker’s new and powerful introduction.

Here’s a link to Timothy Snyder’s Substack newsletter and a video of The Twenty Lessons read by John Lithgow.