As election season heats up, The Crisis Files explores the idea of what it means to be a patriot. Host Roshini Rajkumar turns to attorney, historian, and author Steve Yoch, who gives a firsthand account of perhaps the United States’ most infamous traitor, Benedict Arnold. In his book Becoming Benedict Arnold, Steve explains why Benedict’s uncompromising persona mirrors the inflexibility of certain current candidates and reflects the starkly divided political landscape of modern-day USA. Steve stresses how the United States’ Constitution came out of a series of monumental compromises.
Roshini and Steve investigate how political polarization endangers our future unless we learn from the past and embrace the elusive yet essential art of compromise.

Host: Roshini Rajkumar
Guest: Steve Yoch