Fire and Furries, Feat. Jane Coaston

Fever Dreams

The Daily Beast

News & Politics, Government

4.4 • 767 Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2022

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Is Joe Biden just as bad as Donald Trump for calling attention to voting rights? The nation’s whataboutist pundits say yes! This week, Fever Dreams dives into the beltway’s favorite new talking point. Elsewhere in D.C. this weekend, anti-vax celebrity Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggested that he was more persecuted than teenage Holocaust victim Anne Frank because he cannot hide in an attic. (Kennedy currently has a top-selling book, so the persecution analogy falls a little flat.) Later, Jane Coaston, host of the New York Times podcast “The Argument” explains how she broaches tough conversations and forges unlikely agreements with people across the political spectrum. Finally, a hoax about separate restrooms for students who identify as “furries” has sent Michigan Republicans into a weird, anti-trans panic.

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0:00.0	Hi, welcome to Fever Dreams. My name's Will Summer. I'm a political reporter at The Daily Beast and the author of an upcoming book on QAnon for Harper Collins.
0:07.8	And I'm Aswin-Sub-Tang, but please call me Swin. I'm a senior political reporter at the Daily Beast and co-author of the book Sinking in the Swamp.
0:15.2	All right, here on Fevered Dreams, we're going to take you on plunges into the sometimes hilarious and sometimes scary world of the American right as they continue to influence our politics. Even in the aftermath of the Trump
0:24.6	administration, the energy of these conspiracy theorists, these grifters, and these influencers
0:29.0	is still pushing our mainstream political landscape closer and closer to a breaking point.
0:34.5	Fever Dreams listeners, as the august Will Summer told you on last week's episode,
0:40.1	he is taking a much needed hiatus right now. Don't worry, he'll be back in due time in just a few
0:45.5	weeks, but we have a treat for you on this episode. I'm introducing to you the return, the
0:52.7	reinstatement, the revitalization of the Kelly Weil era.
0:57.4	Kelly, how have you been?
0:58.9	I've been great. I'm really looking forward to my restoration here and frankly,
1:04.6	cleaning up Will's messes.
1:07.1	Okay, was the number one, number two mess you got cleanup.
1:10.4	What are the reforms that we should expect as you as forever queen of the fever dreams hosting duties?
1:16.3	Militant hardline vegan socialism.
1:18.8	Of course.
1:19.2	So that's mandatory now for our listeners.
1:21.5	No.
1:22.6	Glad to be here.
1:24.1	It's so good to have you.
1:25.0	And before we get started on everything else, you have an upcoming book
1:29.3	to plug. Please plug away, tell our listeners what it's all about, and where they can expect to see
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