Hello and welcome to Under the Skin with me Russell Brand this week I spoke to David Runtzuman

author of How Democracy Ends and Host of the Talking Politics Podcasts, he teaches politics and

history at Cambridge University. We spoke about what the function of democracy is, the relationship

between corporations and government, anarcho-syndicalism, Steve Bannon and the rise of populism,

Bernie Sanders and Corbyn, a little bit of Brexit. If you've not signed up to the mailing list

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