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Claire and Oscar Winberg discuss the implications of allowing television characters to influence government decisions.

Claire and Oscar Winberg consider whether it might be a bad idea to let television characters run your government. Guest Our guest Dr. Oscar Winberg is postdoctoral fellow at the Turku Institute for Advanced Studies and the John Morton Center for North American Studies. His book Archie Bunker for President is available here . Follow him on Bluesky or visit his website . Sensitive Themes & Topics Racism, war Credits - Host & Executive Producer: Claire E. Aubin. Find her on Twitter @ceaubin and Bluesky ceaubin , or check out her website . - Editor: Julia Schifini. Check out her website . - Music: Marshall Dean Williams - Multitude: multitude.productions Want double the episodes, all ad-free, and other exclusive perks? Join the TGS Patreon . Shop our bookshelf - The Hater’s Library - here . Find Us Online - Website: thisguysucked.com - Instagram: instagram.com/thisguysucked - Bluesky: @thisguysucked.com - Twitter: twitter.com/thisguysucked Want to become a sponsor of This Guy Sucked? Head over to https://multitude.productions/ads   See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

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