Episode

How to Be a Dissident

Podcast: To The Contrary with Charlie Sykes
Published: May 9, 2026
Duration seconds: 2878
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Summary

On today’s episode, Charlie welcomes Gal Beckerman, a staff writer at The Atlantic and author of the book, “How to Be a Dissident.” The two walk through Gal’s book which outlines the simple but difficult steps anyone can take to avoid falling mistakenly in line with a political system that’s going off the rails. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.