Broken

Can the Senate Save Itself and the Country?

By: Ira Shapiro

Narrated by: Stephen R. Thorne

While the hyper-partisanship in Washington that has stunned the world has been building for decades, Ira Shapiro argues that the US Senate has suffered most acutely from the loss of its political center.

In Broken, Ira Shapiro, a former senior Senate staffer and author of the critically-acclaimed book The Last Great Senate, offers an expert's account of some of the most prominent battles of the past decade and lays out what must be done to restore the Senate's lost luster.

With a narrative that runs right through the first six months of the Trump presidency, Broken is a must-listen book for all concerned about the state of our politics and the future of our country.

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Critic reviews

"By chronicling the dysfunction of contemporary American politics through the prism of the Senate and its role, Shapiro has given us important insights into what went wrong and why, and a roadmap to fix at least one vital part of a system gone awry." (Norman J. Ornstein, coauthor of One Nation After Trump)

Shallow theory, few meaningful recommendations

Lots of examples, many very familiar from the news, not much tying it together. Shame though.