What happens if Republicans win the midterms? We asked Tim Snyder… We sat down with historian Timothy Snyder to learn how authoritarians actually take power — and what every one of us can do to stop them. When we look at the state of our nation, we often feel deep, paralyzing dread. We’ve seen our neighbors taken by ICE in broad daylight, watched as our loved ones’ rights are stripped away, and seen the checks and balances that hold the government together ignored by the people in power. It’s hard not to wonder if the whole nation is on a runaway train to authoritarianism. So Emily and I went looking for answers from the man who literally wrote the playbook on resisting authoritarianism: Dr. Timothy Snyder. In 2017, Tim published On Tyranny, a short, essential guide to recognizing authoritarianism and understanding what ordinary people can do to resist it. Nearly a decade later, his warnings about Donald Trump and the erosion of American democracy feel more prescient than ever. We ...