Pulitzer Prize Historian: You Won't Notice Until It's Too Late!

Anne Applebaum, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and staff writer at The Atlantic, sits down with Steven Bartlett to discuss the slow erosion of democratic institutions. She explains how democracies collapse from within through incremental dismantling and corruption, emphasizing that the warning signs are often ignored until it's too late. Applebaum also examines the role of Big Tech leaders aligning with authoritarian power, the unprecedented preparation by U.S. allies for a potential betrayal, and the concept of 'Autocracy, Inc.'—the global alliance of autocracies. She argues that America may never fully recover from the institutional damage of the Trump era, leaving a lasting impact on both domestic governance and international stability.