# How to Fix the USA – Escaping the Two Party Trap Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bunker-news-without-the-nonsense-1209382/how-to-fix-the-usa-escaping-the-two-party-trap Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bunker-news-without-the-nonsense-1209382/how-to-fix-the-usa-escaping-the-two-party-trap.md Podcast: [The Bunker – News without the nonsense](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bunker-news-without-the-nonsense-1209382) Published: 2026-06-30T03:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/the-bunker/episodes/how-to-fix-the-usa-escaping-the-two-party-trap Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a2ad2e9440b9d7bbf6bde6b/e/6a428f79c2fe1c7f49baeb1f/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-bunker-news-without-the-nonsense-1209382/episodes/how-to-fix-the-usa-escaping-the-two-party-trap Duration seconds: 1690 ## Resource Fables Of The Reconstruction: A Bunker mini-series for the 250th anniversary of the USA…  After Trump’s reign and his war on the pillars of American democracy are over, will America need a reboot, like after the Civil War? A new Reconstruction?  Today: Nothing reduces the America system to gridlock and vindictiveness like the polarised two-party system . And when Trump remade the Republicans into a self-radicalising personality cult, he made it worse. Is there any breaking out of the Democrat vs Republican vendetta? Casey Burgat , former congressional staffer turned politics professor at George Washington University, give Andrew Harrison a brisk education on what’s not working in US party politics… and what, surprisingly, is.   •  Don’t miss the other episodes of this three-part miniseries. • Want more on the politics of the USA? Don’t miss our brilliant podcast American Friction – out twice weekly. • Special offer! Get 20% off any vehicle history check at carVertical.com/TheBunker .  www.patreon.com/bunkercast   Written and presented by Andrew Harrison. Audio production by Robin Leeburn. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Artwork by James Parrett. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. www.podmasters.co.uk   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-bunker-news-without-the-nonsense-1209382/episodes/how-to-fix-the-usa-escaping-the-two-party-trap/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bunker-news-without-the-nonsense-1209382/how-to-fix-the-usa-escaping-the-two-party-trap.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.