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    #827 Southern Exposure: Featuring Cenk Uygur
    Like the next-piece box in Tetris, the United States often offers a preview of political trends that will soon come to Canada. So with dozens of 2020-election deniers set to be elected to Congress next month, what does that bode for our own near future?
    Jonathan Goldsbie
    News Editor
    Kattie Laur
    Producer
    Tristan Capacchione
    Audio Editor & Technical Producer
    André Proulx
    Production Coordinator

    Like the next-piece box in Tetris, the United States often offers a preview of political trends that will soon come to Canada. So with dozens of 2020-election deniers set to be elected to Congress next month, what does that bode for our own near future?

    The Young Turks’ Cenk Uygur joins Jonathan Goldsbie to chew over that and also why the right seems to have a structural advantage in the media.

    Host: Jonathan Goldsbie

    Credits: Kattie Laur (Producer) Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor & Technical Producer) André Proulx (Production Coordinator) SoCalled (Music)

    Guest: Cenk Uygur

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