Alt Right Reservoir Dogs feat. Matt Ford

Fever Dreams

The Daily Beast

News & Politics, Government

4.4 • 767 Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

On the latest episode of Fever Dreams, host Will Sommer and guest host Asawin Suebsaeng–returning to the podcast he helped launch– talk about the “little people just riding around the miasma of MAGA-ism”. One of those people is Ray Epps, whose life has been turned upside down by a Jan. 6 conspiracy theory and who's had to go on the run. But the big guys have problems, too. The hosts discuss Trump's reasons for running again in 2024—not least among them, his belief that it's harder to prosecutors to go after him if he's in the Oval Office. And Matt Ford, a writer with the New Republic, delves into the nitty gritty of how exactly we got to where we are as a country with an aggressively rightwing Supreme Court

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0:00.0	Imagine sweeping through green fields, floating five feet above ground, sun on your face as you slide by on track to your destination.
0:11.1	Not a care in the world as you simply lean back, and before you know it, you're there.
0:16.7	London to Manchester from just 32 pounds each way.
0:20.5	Avanti West Coast.
0:22.2	Feel good travel.
0:23.8	Exclusions and limitations apply.
0:25.6	Full terms and conditions can be found at avantiwestcoastcoast.com.
0:28.3	uk forward slash plan.
0:32.4	Hi, I'm Will Summer.
0:33.9	Welcome to The Daily Beast's fever dreams.
0:35.6	I'm a politics reporter at The Daily Beast,
0:41.2	and I'm currently working on a book about Q&ON called Trust the Plan for Harper Collins coming out later this year. And I'm Kelly Weil. I am also a reporter at The Daily Beast, and I'm the author
0:46.2	of the book Off the Edge, Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything.
0:51.9	On this podcast, we're going to take you on plunges into the sometimes hilarious,
0:55.3	sometimes scary fanatics, infecting the way that millions of Americans view the world and how
0:59.5	they vote.
1:00.1	Even in the aftermath of the Trump administration, the energy of these conspiracy theorists,
1:05.0	grifters, and influencers is still pushing our mainstream political landscape closer and closer
1:10.0	to a breaking point.
1:11.5	Welcome back to Fever Dreams, where we have Swin for one more episode, or so we think he may
1:17.5	refuse to leave. Swin, welcome back. Look, I've gotten used to the perks of a guest host. I'm not
1:22.5	just your run-of-the-mill every week host anymore. I've gotten used to the perk of you telling the
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