Are We Going the Way of the Roman Empire?

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Historically, societies fall. Civilizations collapse. But is that what’s happening now in the United States? With the help of historians, a former CIA-funded researcher on political instability, and one grumbling dad, Ben Bradford looks at the warning signs that can precede collapse — from polarization and political division to outside shocks and cascading crises. How much of that is visible in America right now? What would collapse actually look like in modern life? And if the alarms are blinking, is there still time to turn back? Guests: Ian Morris, historian, archaeologist, Stanford University professor, author: Why the West Rules—For Now. Monty Marshall, former senior consultant for the…