Populism

Anti-Populism with Thomas Frank

29 Nov 2020
Guest host Astra Taylor interviews Thomas Frank about his book The People, No: A Brief History of Anti-Populism.

The Italian Situation with David Broder, Lorenzo Zamponi, and Marta Fana

15 Jun 2019
There is perhaps no more depressing situation in Western Europe than that which prevails in Italy: a coalition government between the far-right Lega party and the now subordinate, bizarre, amorphously anti-corruption, internet-fetishist, pseudo-directly democratic Five...

The Italian Left’s Collapse with David Broder

03 Jul 2018
Today, we’re talking about Italy, where a so-called “populist” alliance of the Five Star Movement and right-wing League just took over the government with anti-migrant and Euro-skeptic agenda. Dan’s guest is David Broder, a historian...