Syria, Authoritarianism, and U.S. Politics

This week on Angry Planet writer David Faris joins us to talk about his time in Syria and life in America.

• David’s travels from Lebanon to Syria

• When people hoped Bashar al-Assad would change Syria

• What a real totalitarian state feels like

• The nightmare that follows the collapse of a dictatorship

• Once again, the ugly legacy of colonialism rears its head

• The post-Assad players

• After 15 years, everyone is tired of war

• Turning to domestic politics

• Don’t panic

• “Trump will govern very corruptly.”

• Talking politics with children

• The Trump Cinematic Universe

• “We need billionaires to fight billionaires.”

• The collapse of the liberal intelligentsia

The McDonald’s bombing in Beirut