About this episode

The episode discusses the concept of Cultural Marxism and its perception by the right, featuring insights from A.J.A. Woods and Greg Grandin.

Greg Grandin, author of a recent article for the New York Review of Books , looks at how Pope Leo was shaped by his time in Peru. A.J.A. Woods, author of The Cultural Marxism Conspiracy , explains why the right sees the Frankfurt School as the root of modern decay. Behind the News , hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global.

People in this episode

Host: Doug Henwood

Guest: A.J.A. Woods

Topics covered

• Cultural Marxism
• Frankfurt School
• politics
• economics
• modern decay
• history

Keywords

• Cultural Marxism
• Frankfurt School
• Greg Grandin
• A.J.A. Woods
• Doug Henwood
• politics
• economics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New York Review of Books, Frankfurt School

Books & works: The Cultural Marxism Conspiracy

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