Radio War Nerd EP239 — The Anti-Populists, with Thomas Frank

Guest: Thomas Frank, author Recorded: July 21, 2020 Author Thomas Frank talks about his new book "The People, No" — on the whole sordid & infuriating history of elitist anti-populists, from the 1890s through today's Democracy Scare. Buy Thomas Frank's book "The People, No: A Brief History of Anti-Populism". Check out his website and his gallery of Gilded Age anti-populist cartoons. For more, check out previous Radio War Nerd episodes on populism & anti-democratic politics: EP #161 - "Populism" vs populism; EP #205 - Recovered History of Neoliberalism & Fascism. Total time: 1:52:48 Direct link to this episode's mp3 here