Marianne Williamson: America needs a Philosopher King

UnHerd • Mar 3, 2023 Subscribe to UnHerd today at: http://unherd.com/join UnHerd’s Flo Read meets US Presidential candidate Marianne Williamson. The Democratic challenger talks to Flo Read about her personal crusade for peace. Read the accompanying article: https://unherd.com/thepost/marianne-w… Listen to the podcast: https://plnk.to/unherd?to=page Marianne Williamson, the bestselling self-help author and former Democratic primary candidate, is back in the race to become US President. She is due to announce officially tomorrow, which will make her the first Democrat to put their name in the ring for 2024, before even Joe Biden. In 2020, Williamson (a total political unknown at the time) vied for the progressive vote, but lost out to the better-known Senator Bernie Sanders. Yet since then she has grown a loyal following of young voters who call themselves the ‘Orb Gang’ in reference to her New Age spiritualism. Can a new generation of American voters take her to the White House? I spoke to her from the UnHerd studio to find out.