The Jackpod: The 'F-word'

On Point | Podcast

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Talk Show, Daily News, News, Npr, On Point, Daily

4.2 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on the rise in Donald Trump’s use of rhetoric and imagery associated with 1930’s Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy.

Two leading historians say the former president represents a present-day form of fascism.

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0:00.0	Hello, it's Meghna here with a small request before today's episode.
0:03.4	We really appreciate that you listen to the Onpoint podcast, but we'd like to know a little bit more
0:08.9	about your listening preferences so that we can serve you better.
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0:17.0	It's at WBU.org
0:18.0	slash survey, or click the link in the episode show notes.
0:22.0	Now, on with today's show.
0:24.0	I'm Megna Chakrubarti and welcome to the jackpot
0:32.0	where on point news analyst Jack Beaty
0:34.8	helps us connect history, literature, and politics in a way that brings truly
0:39.4	unique clarity to the world we live in now.
0:42.1	Hello there, Jack.
0:44.0	Hello, Magna.
0:44.9	Okay, so today we are at episode 11.
0:47.4	Tell us what your headline is, Jack.
0:49.8	The F word.
0:51.5	Now, the first time you told me this Jack I'll admit I laughed but then you told
0:54.4	me what you wanted to talk about and it's far more sobering so what do you mean?
0:58.7	What I mean is Donald Trump's increasing use of fascist and Nazi imagery in his speeches.
1:07.0	Okay. Wow. Well, we actually have one example here that you pointed us to and it happened over the weekend at a
1:15.8	Veterans Day speech in Claremont, New Hampshire and here is what Trump said.
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