John Ganz On the Decade that Changed the Republican Party

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🗓️ 9 July 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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According to political writer John Ganz, a sense of “national despair” emerged in the U.S. during the early 1990s due to an economic recession that shrank America’s middle class and a growing cynicism about politics. This despair was exploited by various figures – some well known and some fringe – who would later gain influence within the Republican Party. He connects the current rise of right-wing populism, exemplified by figures like Trump, back to this pivotal period in American history. We talk to Ganz about the rise in right wing populism, both in the US and abroad, and its influence on electoral politics. Guests: John Ganz, author, "When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:37.1	The From KQED in San Francisco, I'm Guy Marzorati and for Mina Kim.
0:53.2	Coming up on forum, the early 1990s were
0:56.0	a pivotal moment for the development of right-wing nationalism and insurgent populism in America,
1:01.8	driven by what writer John Gans calls the politics of national despair. Gans' new book, When the
1:07.9	Clock Brokows figures like Pat Buchanan, Rush Limbaugh,
1:11.9	and David Duke, who would lay the groundwork for the rise of Donald Trump.
1:15.8	We talked to Gans about the relationship between the contemporary far-right and its 1990s precursors
1:21.3	and get his views on the resurgence of far-right movement around the globe.
1:25.6	That's next after this news.
1:38.4	This is Forum. I'm Guy Marzirotti in from Mina Kim. In his new book, When the Clock Broke, writer John Gans looks back to the early 1990s as an inflection point when the despair
1:44.1	of voters was answered by popular
1:46.3	figures and political candidates, particularly on the right, espousing a blend of populism,
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