#1168 Understanding the Rise of the Right
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English - March 02, 2018 23:00 - 1 hour - 51.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 3.1K ratingsPolitics News News Commentary capitalism counterspin hightower intersectionality left liberal maddow marx socialism antiracism Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Air Date: 3/2/2018
Today we take a look at the rise of the right from Trumpism in the US to the far-right parties gaining steam in Europe and beyond
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Show NotesCh. 1: Opening Theme: Loving Acoustic Instrumental by John Douglas Orr
Ch. 2: Act 1: Brian Klass on understanding what it takes to make Trumpism enticing - The Good Fight - Air Date 6-7-17
Ch. 3: Song 1: Eventual Victory - Codebreaker
Ch. 4: Act 2: Christian Picciolini explaining what draws people into hate - Speak Out with Tim Wise - Air Date 9-30-17
Ch. 5: Song 2: The Trestle - Lillehammer
Ch. 6: Act 3: Timothy Snyder on the anatomy of tyranny - Ideas from CBC - Air Date 2-23-18
Ch. 7: Song 3: Tyrano Theme - Tyrano
Ch. 8: Act 4: Understanding the recent elections in Germany - Trumpcast - Air Date 10-4-17
Ch. 9: Song 4: Delicious - Towboat
Ch. 10: Act 5: Understanding the Golden Dawn party in Greece - @Making_Contact - Air Date 12-13-17
Ch. 11: Song 5: Vengeful - Warmbody
Ch. 12: Act 6: How we are encouraging the enemies of democracy - The Good Fight - Air Date 4-12-17
Ch. 13: Song 6: Thannoid - Bodytonic
Ch. 14: Act 7: Liz Fekete economic push for the rise of the right in Europe - This is Hell - Air Date 1-20-18
Voicemails
Ch. 15: The challenge to redefine our society - V from Central New York
Voicemail Music: Low Key Lost Feeling Electro by Alex Stinnent
Ch. 16: Final comments on the importance of finding the intersections of political issues
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Closing Music: Upbeat Laid Back Indie Rock by Alex Stinnent
(Additional music from Blue Dot Sessions)
Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
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