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The Al Franken Podcast

BEST OF: Anne Nelson on the Right Wing Shadow Network

The Al Franken Podcast

The Al Franken Podcast

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4.67.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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The journalist/author discusses the secret hub of the radical right

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0:00.0

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0:08.6

Hey everybody, I plan to do a new one today, you know, as usual, but I got COVID during

0:18.8

my West Coast tour.

0:21.0

So today, a best up.

0:23.4

Not just a good one, but a great one.

0:25.9

So as usual, because the best of's are great.

0:30.0

This is one that folks really reacted to because we learned a lot about what we are really

0:35.3

up against.

0:36.3

My guest is journalist Ann Nelson, author of Shadow Network, Media Money and the Secret

0:42.3

Hub of the Radical Right.

0:44.4

It's a scary one.

0:45.9

These people have been at for 40 plus years.

0:48.8

This is the marriage of the Christian right, fossil fuel interests and your garden variety,

0:54.7

homophobic races and fascists and how they operate under the radar, at least under our radar.

1:04.3

This midterm we dodge the bullet, but we are by no means out of the woods folks.

1:09.1

And this one will give you some chilling, historical perspective and a real idea of what

1:13.7

we are up against.

1:16.0

And I know you will get a lot out of this one.

1:18.8

So my COVID, I picked it up on my tour somewhere between Portland and San Luis, a bit

1:24.7

of a disco.

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