Moving Kentucky Forward

Right after the 2016 election, Krystal Ball wrote a HuffPost essay titled "The Democratic Party Deserved to Die." As you can imagine, the post went viral ... and out of it came a new book AND a new political project. The book is entitled Reversing the Apocalypse: Hijacking the Democratic Party to Save the World, and it has drawn widespread praise for its honest assessment of the state of the party AND what to do about it. Here's our review of the book. And here's where you can order it on Amazon Kindle. The new project is The People's House, a project to challenge incumbent Republicans throughout Appalachia and the Midwest. The project is just launching, and you can visit the web site here. In our interview, Krystal Ball discusses her move to Kentucky, the People's House project, and her insights into the party and how to rebuild it. She also spends some time talking about the economic plight facing so many of our citizens, and how automation is going to make their situation even worse, and we take some ti