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Explain It to Me

Tucker Carlson vs the free market

Explain It to Me

Vox Media Podcast Network

Politics, Society & Culture, Education, News

4.48K Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2019

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Jane, Dara, and Matt explain the argument over economic populism that’s roiling the conservative world Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:05.0

I don't know about that.

0:19.1

Hello

0:20.4

and welcome to another episode of The Weeds on the Vox Media Podcast Network.

0:23.5

I'm Matthew Eklacius here with Darryl Lynn, Jane Chosten.

0:26.9

The government is still shut down that may or may not be an emergency at the border,

0:32.6

but we wanted to take a break, talk about something else.

0:35.3

It's like a little less silly, frankly.

0:37.2

And Jane had a great article on this yesterday, so I'm going to let you explain

0:42.8

what it is we are talking about because you really know.

0:47.1

It's true.

0:47.9

So last Wednesday, Tucker Carlson, the Fox News host, who have seen very popular show on Fox News,

0:55.8

gave a monologue.

0:56.4

It was about 15 minutes, and it was essentially an indictment of American capitalism,

1:01.8

in which he said that America's ruling class are mercenaries and substitute teachers

1:07.2

who don't actually care, and he railed against payday loans,

1:11.9

and talked about how libertarian economic theories have really done bad things

1:19.2

to not the American economy, but to the American populace.

1:23.4

And this started a firestorm on the right of people responding to it or agreeing to it,

1:29.2

a red-drier at the American conservative, which is more of a paleo conservative publication,

1:33.9

said that Tucker Carlson should run for president, where National Review has had,

1:37.9

I think, like eight pieces of just going back and forth on this.

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