How to Fight Fascism and Have Fun Doing It (w/ Francesca Fiorentini)

Current Affairs

Comedy, Government, News, Culture, Politics

4.4 • 645 Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Francesca Fiorentini is a comedian, journalist, and host of The Bitchuation Room. She joins Nathan to discuss her viral showdowns on Piers Morgan Uncensored, why compromising with the right is a losing strategy, and why the left-wing resistance should be bold and aggressive—but also fun.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Current Affairs. My name is Nathan Robinson. I am the editor-in-chief of Current Affairs Magazine, and I am joined today by the great Francesca Fiorentini. She is the host of America Unhinged,
0:22.4	co-host of America Unhinged on Zeteo,
0:25.0	the great Zetao, friend of current affairs.
0:27.3	Medi Hassan's wonderful new outlet,
0:29.9	recruiting all the best people.
0:32.9	And every week I see him announcing some new collaboration
0:37.3	between people I love, and also the host
0:40.2	of The Bituation Room.
0:42.5	Francesco, welcome to Curtis.
0:43.9	Thanks for having.
0:44.3	Hey, Nathan.
0:45.1	Thank you so much for having me.
0:47.0	Yeah.
0:48.3	What a time.
0:49.7	What a time.
0:51.2	Yes.
0:52.2	Good to be on.
0:53.1	I'm glad we're hashing these important issues out.
0:56.0	Well, I had Sam and Emma of the majority report on last week.
0:59.0	I had Crystal and Kyle on, and I want to talk to you because I feel as if there's a diminishing
1:05.5	number of people who I regard as sane.
1:10.0	I put you in that sort of diminishing category.
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