The Daily Poster’s David Sirota was the featured guest on last week’s edition of The Intercept’s podcast Deconstructed. Sirota talked with reporter Ryan Grim about his new series MELTDOWN, and the cautionary lessons the Obama era should have taught Democrats about the current moment. They discussed those lessons in the context of the ongoing battle in Congress over whether to scale back Democrats’ promised economic agenda.

Listen to the full discussion here.

You can also click here to read the recent Guardian op-ed from Sirota and Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney, which looks at whether or not Democrats have learned anything from the 2009 financial crisis.

The full MELTDOWN series can be found here.


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