The Fascist ‘Diaries’ feat. Kathleen Belew

Fever Dreams

The Daily Beast

News & Politics, Government

4.4 • 767 Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

In 1978, an American neo-Nazi published The Turner Diaries, an infamous race-war novel that went on to inspire so many far-right and violent extremists in the subsequent decades. So it wasn’t a huge shock when anti-democratic rioters showed up at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, on Jan. 6, casually recommending that people read the atrociously racist book. “Please don't go buy this book. The money can still go back to white power groups, if you do,” Kathleen Belew, a University of Chicago assistant professor of history, told hosts Will Sommer and Asawin Suebsaeng on this week’s episode of the Fever Dreams podcast.

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0:00.0	Last minute party, what will I bring them something unexpected?
0:06.1	Let's play scratch cards.
0:09.3	Trying to find something a bit different.
0:11.4	Why not add some play to Christmas?
0:13.2	With scratch cards from the National Lottery.
0:15.4	Pick them up in store now.
0:16.6	Please gift responsibly. Rules and procedures apply.
0:18.5	Players and gifters must be 18 or over.
0:31.5	Thank you. Please gift responsibly. Rules and procedures apply. Players and gifters must be 18 or over. Hi, welcome to Fever Dreams. My name's Will Summer. I'm a political reporter at The Daily Beast
0:35.9	and the author of an upcoming book on Q&on for Harper Collins.
0:39.1	And I'm Aswan Tsub-Tang, but please call me Swin.
0:41.5	I'm a senior political reporter at the Daily Beast and co-author of the book Sinking in the Swamp.
0:46.5	All right, here on Fever Dreams, we're going to take you on plunges into the sometimes hilarious and sometimes scary world of the American right as they continue to influence our politics.
0:54.5	Even in the aftermath of the Trump administration, the energy of these conspiracy theorists,
0:58.7	these grifters, and these influencers is still pushing our mainstream political landscape
1:03.3	closer and closer to a breaking point. So, Will, this lengthy July 4th weekend, you went to see
1:10.5	the latest purge movie. Did you actually go to see it in theaters or did you like weekend, you went to see the latest purge movie.
1:11.8	Did you actually go to see it in theaters or did you like, were you allowed to stream it online
1:15.6	as has been the case for the past year and a half?
1:18.8	Hollywood's back, man.
1:19.7	I'm not streaming the purge.
1:21.0	Are you kidding me?
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