Pulitzer Prize Winning Author Anne Applebaum on Autocracies and Comedian Trae Crowder on JD Vance
The Al Franken Podcast
ASF Productions
4.6 • 7.7K Ratings
🗓️ 4 August 2024
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Our friend Anne Applebaum has written a new book called Autocracy Inc. She chronicles the rise of authoritarianism around the world and how those autocracies work together to keep themselves in power. With Donald Trump running for President of the United States, could we be heading for a similar fate? We've seen other countries thwart autocracies in recent weeks. Is America ready to do the same? Plus, Donald Trump has one of the most disliked VP candidates in history. We talk to The Liberal Redneck, comedian Trae Crowder, about JD Vance and his "Hillbilly" roots.
Read Anne's work in The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/author/anne-applebaum/
Check out Trae Crowder's YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTHsQd-vRXK1bp4vpifl6yA
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| 1:02.0 | That's right. We have two guests a lot, but usually they talk about the same subject, like Molly John Fast and Mark Leibovich on the politics of the week, or IV and Ann Applebaum to talk about the wars in Ukraine and Gaza. |
| 1:19.1 | But this week, Trey Crowder joins us to give his take on JD Vance. |
| 1:24.8 | Trey and Vance became famous around the same time in 2016. |
| 1:30.4 | Vance for Hillbilly Elei and Trey for his liberal redneck persona going viral. |
| 1:37.4 | And both Trey and Vance had moms who were opioid addicts. |
| 1:41.8 | So folks started lumping them together and Vance and his wife came to one of |
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