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0:00 Pratap’s bona fides
3:16 How Pratap ran afoul of Modi (and the price he paid)
12:53 Trump vs Modi: compare and contrast
23:50 India’s birth as a multi-ethnic state
37:45 Pratap on how we got Trump (and Modi)
48:21 Heading to Overtime
Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Pratap Bhanu Mehta (Indian Express, Princeton University, The Burden of Democracy). Recorded April 22, 2025.
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Overtime titles:
0:00 How to resist authoritarianism—mindfully
2:58 Is America’s democracy in worse shape than India’s?
10:36 Authoritarianism and the media
17:02 Will our institutions hold?
25:30 Pratap: The secret to Trump’s success is…
Overtime video:
