EP 139: The Year American Politics Went Berserk

Lean Out with Tara Henley

2020 was a turbulent year in American politics, and in the America media. The editor of The New York Times recently conceded that the paper went “too far” during that time and said that it is now working to pull itself back from such “excesses.” Our guest on the program today was at the paper during that period — and left to report critically on what she calls “the revolution,” both for her new media company and for her new book, which is out this week.

Nellie Bowles is an American journalist and co-founder of The Free Press. Her new book is Morning After the Revolution: Dispatches From the Wrong Side of History.

You can find Tara Henley on Twitter at @TaraRHenley, and on Substack at tarahenley.substack.com