JUBILEE DAY 4: Thomas Frank!

Current Affairs

Comedy, Government, News, Culture, Politics

4.4 • 645 Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2019

⏱️ 71 minutes

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To celebrate the launch of our Kickstarter, we're bringing you seven new interviews with seven mystery guests in seven days! Today's guest is Thomas Frank, historian, co-founder of The Baffler, and author of several legendary books, most notably "What's the Matter with Kansas?" and "Listen, Liberal". In this episode, Current Affairs editor-in-chief Nathan J. Robinson sits down with Thomas for a discussion on the past few decades in American political history. We hope you enjoy this episode. If you want to help us expand and improve Current Affairs, please consider donating to our Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/804992239/help-current-affairs-expand-in-2020

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Nathan Robinson, editor of Current Affairs Magazine.
0:04.2	This episode of the Current Affairs podcast is part of Jubilee Week,
0:07.6	seven days of incredible interviews that we're releasing as part of our campaign
0:11.3	to raise money to expand our magazine and improve our coverage in 2020.
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0:50.7	Good evening, current affairs listeners. My name is Nathan Robinson. I am the editor of Current Affairs Magazine.
0:55.7	I am here tonight with Thomas Frank.
0:59.0	He is the author of a number of best-selling books on American politics and culture,
1:02.7	including What's the Matter with Kansas, the Wrecking Crew, most recently, Listen Liberal.
1:07.0	Actually, it's not most recent.
1:07.8	You've got one after that, haven't you?
1:09.0	Sorry.
1:09.8	It's a book of, I have a book of essays.
1:11.6	Book of essays. Yeah. What's that one called?
1:15.4	Rendezvous with oblivion.
1:17.8	Oh, yeah. You're always so uplifting.
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