Episode Nine: Can Our Democracy Be Bot?

From money to malware, our democracy is facing serious challenges.

It’s been over a year since the 2016 election. Campaigning has concluded, ballots have been cast, and the results are in. Despite this finality, the year’s events and subsequent questions still linger in the minds of many. One of these people is Donna Brazile, Harvard Shorenstein fellow & former Democratic National Committee (DNC) interim chair. In episode nine of This Week in Dystopia, Brazile sits down with host Christopher Robichaud to discuss her experience during the 2016 presidential election cycle. Brazile discusses how she uncovered an unethical financial relationship between the Clinton campaign and the DNC. She then dives into what it was like dealing with attacks and hacks, focusing on our need for better cyber hygiene and literacy.

Donna Brazile is the former Democratic National Committee (DNC) interim chair, an adjunct professor at Georgetown University, and author of the recently released book Hacks: The Inside Story of the Break-ins and Breakdowns That Put Donald Trump in the White House. She is a former syndicated newspaper and magazine columnist, nd the former vice chair for civic engagement and voter participation at the DNC. Brazile is founder and managing director of Brazile & Associates LLC, a consulting, grassroots advocacy, and training firm based in Washington, DC. She was a fellow at Harvard’s Institute of Politics in 2001.

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📖 Hacks: The Inside Story of the Break-ins and Breakdowns That Put Donald Trump in the White House

📝 Donna Brazile

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