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"Walking The Floor" with Chris Shiflett

Episode 170 - Thomas Frank

"Walking The Floor" with Chris Shiflett

Chris Shiflett

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4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2020

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Writer Thomas Frank returns to the show today to chat about his latest book, "The People, No: A Brief History of Anti-Populism."

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey guys it's Thomas Frank here I'm back on Walk in the Floor with Chris

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Shiflet.

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I'm walking the floor over you.

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Walking the floor.

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I'm walking the floor

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Walking the floor over you

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Ho Lassin yours and senioritas. This is Chris Shiplet, and you are listening to episode 170

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of your favorite podcast, Walking the Floor.

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I say your favorite podcast, but for some of you it might not be your favorite podcast for long,

0:40.0

because today it's a little diversion from our typical subject matter.

0:45.0

We're going to be talking politics and history and you know I totally get it that

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that pisses a lot of people off and you know we're living through these polarized times

0:54.2

and shit's fucking crazy out there if you don't want to hear it I do do it I get it turn it

1:00.1

off delete this episode from your phone because we get into it. And I say we. Me and my

1:08.1

buddy Thomas Frank who's one of my favorite writers, you can tell he's one of my favorite writers because he's been on my show more than any other

1:16.6

person this is his third appearance on walking the floor if you don't know Tom

1:21.9

he writes about politics and every time I talk to him he actually swears he's never going to write about politics again and I have stopped believing it because he's one of the best at it in my opinion.

1:33.0

I hate when people refer to like a book or an album or something as important,

1:37.5

but for me, Tom's work is important.

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It's really important because he's a historian so he gives you like the context you need to understand

1:45.9

what our fearless leaders in Washington are doing and why and what might come next based on historical

1:52.1

precedent and all that sort of thing.

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