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The episode discusses JD Vance's relationship with the new right and its implications for democracy.

Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz speak with the author of “Why Postliberalism Failed,” James M. Patterson of the University of Tennessee and Thomas D. Howe of Princeton, about JD Vance and his relationship to the new right, its fascist roots, and ideologues who despise democracy. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Become a member of Legal AF YouTube community: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJgZJZZbnLFPr5GJdCuIwpA/join Become a member of the Legal AF Substack: https://michaelpopok.substack.com/20off Follow Legal AF on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/legalafmtn.bsky.social Follow Michael Popok on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mspopok.bsky.social Subscribe to the Legal AF podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/legal-af-by-meidastouch/id1580828595 Subscribe to the Intersection with Michael Popok podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-intersection-with-michael-popok/id1818863274 Subscribe to Unprecedented with Michael Popok and Dina Doll podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unprecedented-by-legal-af/id1867023089 Subscribe to Court of History with Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz…

People in this episode

Hosts: Sidney Blumenthal, Sean Wilentz

Guest: James M. Patterson

Topics covered

• Trump
• JD Vance
• new right
• fascism
• democracy
• political commentary

Keywords

• Trump
• JD Vance
• fascism
• democracy
• politics
• postliberalism
• commentary

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Tennessee, Princeton

Books & works: Why Postliberalism Failed

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