From VICE News.

Shane Smith sits down with veteran journalist Chuck Todd, former Meet the Press moderator
and current host of Sunday Night with Chuck Todd, in a deep dive on the state of American
politics and media today.

Chuck opens up about his decision to leave legacy media behind and reinvent political
journalism for the long-form podcast era, why Meet the Press became “an aircraft carrier that
couldn’t turn,” and how he rediscovered his voice in independent media. Together, he and Shane
dissect how the Democrats misread Obama’s 2012 victory, how identity politics replaced class
politics, and why Gen X got “screwed” out of ever having a president of its own.

The two discuss the decline of institutional trust, the collapse of local journalism, and the
growing “cold civil war” fueled by redistricting and algorithmic polarization. Todd argues that
saving democracy begins at the local level by rebuilding trust through community storytelling,
youth sports, and bottom-up journalism, while Shane connects the dots between sports, politics,
and America’s addiction to tribalism.

The conversation moves seamlessly from Obama and Trump to Reagan and Ross Perot, from
Moneyball politics to AOC’s rise, from Walter Cronkite’s myth to TikTok reality. Along the way,
Chuck delivers one-liners worthy of a newsroom veteran (“A man named Craig made classifieds
free, and yada yada yada, Trump became president”), while Shane pushes him into bold territory
on civil war, secession, and whether democracy itself can survive the age of social media.

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Chapters
00:00 Welcome, Chuck Todd!
03:00 The Change of Legacy Media Nowadays
08:04 The Controversial Side of the Media
13:08 The Puppet Theater Behind Democracy
18:09 Trump’s Impact on American Politics
24:38 The Mistake Behind Democrats’ Strategy
30:28 Q&A
35:41 Learning From the Past’s Mistakes
39:46 The Rock Bottom of the Democratic Institutions
44:44 China VS America’s Disorganized Democracy
47:50 The Redistricting Battles of the US
50:05 The Politics Narcissistic Fragmentation
54:13 The Never-Ending American Civil War
1:00:24 Final Thoughts
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