{"id":780,"date":"2019-06-20T13:53:47","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T13:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jamietennant.ca\/?p=780"},"modified":"2019-06-26T19:08:59","modified_gmt":"2019-06-26T19:08:59","slug":"135-with-dave-meslin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jamietennant.ca\/index.php\/2019\/06\/20\/135-with-dave-meslin\/","title":{"rendered":"E135 with DAVE MESLIN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I HAVE A DRAFT.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s kind of a fourth draft, and it&#8217;s kind of a first draft. Depends on what chapter you&#8217;re reading. But it&#8217;s done, and it tells the story tip to tail, and I&#8217;m thrilled. Now, to fix up the blatantly awful sections and send to beta readers. Thank you for letting me share.<\/p>\n<p>Now back to the show! This week we talk to activist and author <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.ca\/authors\/2114479\/dave-meslin\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Dave Meslin<\/span><\/a> about his book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.ca\/books\/533225\/teardown-by-dave-meslin\/9780143197058\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Teardown: Rebuilding Democracy from the Ground Up<\/span><\/a>. Ever thought hey, why are politics just the worst? Why&#8217;s it so hard to get involved? Why do witless buffoons always win when most people don&#8217;t seem to like them? How could this whole damned thing be better, friendlier, easier to engage with, and more representative of voters&#8217; beliefs? Dave has some thoughts. They&#8217;re good thoughts. Recommended reading. Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GET LIT E135 Meslin June 20 by James Tennant\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F639072399&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=750&#038;maxwidth=500\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I HAVE A DRAFT. It&#8217;s kind of a fourth draft, and it&#8217;s kind of a first draft. Depends on what chapter you&#8217;re reading. But it&#8217;s done, and it tells the story tip to tail, and I&#8217;m thrilled. Now, to fix up the blatantly awful sections and send to beta readers. Thank you for letting me [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-780","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-blog","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jamietennant.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jamietennant.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jamietennant.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamietennant.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamietennant.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=780"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamietennant.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":784,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamietennant.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780\/revisions\/784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jamietennant.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamietennant.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamietennant.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}