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<p>Before this year’s election, Heather Cox Richardson, a historian at Boston College, joined <a href="https://www.marketplace.org/shows/make-me-smart/live-from-boston-part-2-heather-cox-richardson/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">“Make Me Smart” live in Boston</a> to unpack the high stakes for our economy and democracy. Now that the election is over and the transition to a second Donald Trump administration is underway, we’re following up.</p>
<p>On the show today, Richardson weighs in on the election aftermath. She explains how the current media environment in the United States played into the election, how economic narratives have influenced American politics throughout history, and what the past can tell us about how President-elect Trump might brand his economic agenda while in office.</p>
<p>Then, we’ll get into the bipartisan effort to add federal judges that’s suddenly falling apart. And, author Evan Schwartz was wrong about the inspiration behind L. Frank Baum’s “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.”</p>
<p>Here’s everything we talked about today:</p>
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<li><a href="https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-9-2024" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">“December 9, 2024”</a> from “Letters from an American”</li>
<li><a href="https://time.com/7095898/donald-trump-economy-plan-2024/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">“What Donald Trump’s Win Means for the Economy”</a> from Time</li>
<li><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2024/trump-harris-policy-quiz/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Opinion: “Voters prefer Harris’s agenda to Trump’s — they just don’t realize it. Take our quiz.”</a> from The Washington Post</li>
<li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/10/us/politics/trump-promises.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">“On Issue After Issue, Trump Promises the Moon. No Word on the Rocket.”</a> from The New York Times</li>
<li><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/12/09/austin-tice-syria-hostage-search/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">“Biden special envoy for hostages is in Beirut in search of Austin Tice”</a> from The Washington Post</li>
<li><a href="https://rollcall.com/2024/12/09/house-sets-up-vote-on-bill-to-add-dozens-of-new-federal-judgeships/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">“House sets up vote on bill to add dozens of new federal judgeships”</a> from Roll Call</li>
<li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/us/politics/ernst-hegseth-defense-trump.html?smid=url-share" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">“Ernst, Under MAGA Pressure, Signals Backing for Hegseth’s Pentagon Bid”</a> from The New York Times</li>
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