Author and Journalist Joe Conason

The Al Franken Podcast

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4.6 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Joe Conason joins to discuss his new book "The Longest Con." In it, he lays out the rich and ugly history of right wing grifters. It's been happening for a long time. Joe goes back to the 1950s with the McCarthy era and takes us all the way through to one of the biggest grifters we've ever seen: Donald Trump. We discuss religious broadcasters and how some of them swindle their viewers regularly. Many of whom have abandoned their values all in the name of making a quick buck. And with Donald Trump on the ballot again this year, Conason explains how his second term will include a windfall of cash for the disgraced former President and his cronies.

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0:55.8	author Joe Coniston on his new book the longest con how grifters swindlers and
1:02.4	frauds hijacked American conservatism.
1:06.1	It traces how the modern right-wing movement, Donald Trump very much included, always had its roots in corruption.
1:15.0	Coniston traces how right-wing grifters exploited American spheres of communism.
1:21.0	It's no coincidence that the first chapter of the book is about Roy Cohen.
1:26.0	Donald Trump's mentor, who taught Trump how to rip off people from contractors for his
1:32.4	buildings and casinos to contributors to the Trump Foundation to
1:37.8	students at Trump University and then use the presidency to pocket huge sums of money.
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