332: The Politics of Fear with Arthur Goldwag
The Lincoln Project
The Lincoln Project
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🗓️ 20 March 2024
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Host Reed Galen is joined by Author Arthur Goldwag to discuss the persistence of paranoia in American history and its influence on politics and society (both past and present). Plus, they examine the current political climate and the need to reach out to Trump supporters (especially through the lens of community). For more from Arthur Goldwag, be sure to pick up his latest book The Politics of Fear: The Peculiar Persistence of American Paranoia wherever fine books are sold and find his other work at ArthurGoldwag.com. For more from Reed Galen, be sure to subscribe to “The Home Front”. If you’d like to ask a question or share a comment with The Lincoln Project, send an email to podcast@lincolnproject.us.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, it's Reed. Before we get started, I just want to reiterate something I said on a |
| 0:04.5 | recent episode. This is a campaign about values. This is a fight about values. Who are we as a people? |
| 0:13.2 | Who are we as a nation? Who are we as individuals? I know that if you're listening to my voice, |
| 0:19.2 | you're on the right side of history and you're on |
| 0:21.2 | the side of good. |
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| 0:29.8 | the arena with us, gang. The work that we will do in the next seven plus months will change |
| 0:36.1 | the future of America and the future of the world |
| 0:39.6 | and will make sure that our kids and grandkids have a country they can be proud of, not one |
| 0:45.7 | they're afraid of. And now, on with the show. |
| 0:52.6 | Welcome back to the Lincoln Project. |
| 0:59.0 | I'm your host, Reid Galen. |
| 1:01.1 | Today, I'm joined by author Arthur Goldwack. |
| 1:04.5 | His brand new book is The Politics of Fear, |
| 1:07.4 | The Peculiar Persistence of American Paranoia, |
| 1:10.6 | and is available wherever fine books |
| 1:12.4 | are sold. Gang, check it out. It is a great read. His previous titles include The New Hate, |
| 1:17.8 | cults, conspiracies, and secret societies, and isms and ologies. In addition to his books, |
| 1:23.5 | his essays have appeared in numerous outlets, including the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, |
| 1:28.2 | and the Atlantic. Today, he's coming to us from Brooklyn, New York. Arthur, welcome to the show. |
| 1:33.9 | I'm so glad to be here. There are many, many places to start here, but let's go back to even |
| 1:41.2 | before the before times. You brought up two things that I did not expect I'd see in your book. |
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