We lived through 'Woke 1'. Should you be afraid of 'Woke 2'?

<p dir="ltr">AOC says "<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/08/aoc-democrats-wokeness-republicans/688241/">Woke 1 was crazy</a>" &mdash; but is laughing off an era of defunding the police, prison abolition and ideological conformity actually enough? On this episode of "<a href="https://pages.deseret.com/podcasts/deseret-voices">Deseret Voices</a>," <a href="https://www.deseret.com/authors/mckay-coppins/">McKay Coppins</a> sits down with The Atlantic's <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/author/idrees-kahloon/">Idrees Kahloon</a> to ask why Democrats can't simply wash their hands of <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/style/woke-1-aoc-dsa.html">Woke 1.0</a> and what the party's chaotic 2026 primaries reveal about its identity crisis heading into 2028.</p>

<p dir="ltr">In this conversation, you'll learn:</p>

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<p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Why Republicans will never let Democrats "slink away" from woke-era positions</p>

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<p dir="ltr" role="presentation">How DSA candidates in 2026 still endorse prison abolition and resist prosecuting violent crime</p>

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<p dir="ltr" role="presentation">What the horseshoe between far-left and far-right ideas on race actually looked like</p>

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