Blast the propaganda… Bernie’s on the airwaves… – PB/TK
Listeners can now ‘feel the Bern’ with new Sanders podcast – by Amanda Hoover April 14 2017
Progressives who felt “the Bern” in 2016 can keep up with their preferred Democratic candidate anytime, anywhere, thanks to a new podcast from Bernie Sanders.
The independent senator from Vermont released the first episodes of the podcast “The Bernie Sanders Show” in late March. At around a half an hour long each, the segments are conversations between Mr. Sanders and activists, scientists, and journalists who share the senator’s progressive views.
During the 2016 Democratic primary, Sanders garnered a large, loyal following by pushing progressive policies such as free education, universal health care, and racial justice. But that following also split the Democratic party, with some arguing that mainstream Democrats attempts to derail the Vermont senator’s candidacy set the ground for President Trump’s victory. Others maintained that Sanders’s bid fractured the party, setting eventual nominee Hillary Clinton up for failure in the general election by weakening her support base.
Sanders’s followers, including a number of first-time voters, have remained loyal to the outsider candidate, pushing his podcast to third place in the iTunes charts as of Thursday, out-ranking the hit podcast “Serial” and mainstay radio show “This American Life.” By maintaining a point of contact with such a large base, Sanders has the potential to influence voters in the future, experts say.
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