In this special bonus chat, Liam and special guest Mike Cowburn discuss the two party system in America, and how Trump and the MAGA are challenging the status quo.

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Special guest for this episode:

• Dr. Mike Cowburn, a Postdoctoral Researcher for Digital Democracy at European University Viadrina. His new book Party Transformation in Congressional Primaries is out now

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Additional Resources:

READ: Party Transformation in Congressional Primaries by Mike Cowburn

WATCH: All Politics Is Tribal | Lee Drutman + Andrew Yang | Forward

READ: How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt

READ: The Party Decides: Presidential Nominations Before and After Reform

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