Talking MAGA’s Intellectuals with Laura Field and Matt McManus

About this episode

Ben Burgis and Matt McManus discuss Laura K. Field's book on the intellectual underpinnings of the MAGA movement.

Ben Burgis and Matt McManus chat with Laura K. Field about her excellent new book "Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right." Order the book:: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691255262/furious-minds Follow Laura on Twitter: @lkatfield Follow Matt on Twitter: @MattPolProf Follow Ben on Twitter: @BenBurgis Follow GTAA on Twitter: @Gtaa_Show Become a GTAA Patron and receive numerous benefits ranging from occasional patron-exclusive content to access to the GTAA Disc...

People in this episode

Host: Ben Burgis

Guests: Matt McManus, Laura K. Field

Topics covered

• MAGA
• political philosophy
• new right
• book discussion
• intellectuals

Keywords

• MAGA
• intellectuals
• politics
• Laura K. Field
• Furious Minds

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Princeton University Press

Books & works: Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right

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