Masochism and Ritual Humiliation with Ruth Ben-Ghiat

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🗓️ 31 January 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Host Reed Galen is joined by Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Author and Professor of History and Italian Studies at New York University. They discuss what to take away from the latest E. Jean Carroll verdict, how autocrats and criminal behavior often go hand-in-hand, and Greg Abbott’s handling of the Texas border as viewed through a lens of authoritarianism. Plus, why eroding trust in democratic institutions is an autocrat’s greatest weapon. If you’d like to hear more from Ruth, check out Lucid (her Substack newsletter) and pick up Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present. For more from Reed Galen, subscribe to “The Home Front”. If you’d like to ask a question or share a comment with The Lincoln Project, send an email to podcast@lincolnproject.us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Like some kind of Pizza Ninja, Domino's are slicing their prices.
0:05.0	Domino's price slice.
0:07.0	Small pizzas now 8 quid, medium now 10 quid,
0:10.0	and large now 12 quid.
0:12.0	Yet we're making cuts too.
0:14.0	In 11th of February 24, minimum delivery spend charges and areas may apply,
0:18.0	T.C. Domino's dot-K.
0:20.0	Hey everyone, it's Reed.
0:22.0	Campaign 2024 has begun. We are now on the clock everybody.
0:26.3	We are on the clock. Iowa is in the review mirror.
0:29.4	Super Tuesday is coming up in early March guys Guys, the time has come.
0:33.6	Let's get involved.
0:35.4	Get involved in your communities, in your towns.
0:38.1	Go to join the Union.US, find any number of the 100 plus partner
0:42.2	organizations we have, and get involved in
0:45.0	your community and make sure that we get every last pro-democracy voter to the polls in
0:50.1	November that we can. I want to say thank you and on with the show. Welcome back to the Lincoln Project. I'm your host, Reed Galey. Today I'm
1:07.6	excited to welcome back to the show Ruth Ben Gieu, author and professor of
1:11.4	history and Italian at New York University.
1:13.8	Ruth is an expert on fascism, authoritarianism, war, propaganda, and unfortunately Donald Trump,
1:21.0	and is the recipient of the Guggenheim, Fulbright, and other fellowships.
1:24.8	She's a columnist for MS NBC, has written for a wide variety of outlets including
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