Today, Amanda and Julia dive into Babylon Berlin. They discuss the Weimar Republic and what brought it to an end, and get deep about just how relevant this era of German politics is to the modern day United States. What makes a country susceptible to fascism? Why leaders who seem to have their heads on straight allow extremists into office thinking they can keep them under control, when history has shown us again and again that this isn't the case? In the face of economic recession and social progress, conservative e groups tend to react strongly by electing radical right wing leaders. It's no coincidence that we got Donald Trump right after electing our first black president, but the question arises: what do we do now?