Incredibly honored to have renowned scholar and author Ruth Ben-Ghiat on the podcast. Ruth is one of the most important voices in the world explaining and speaking out about the rise of fascism and disinformation. She regularly appears on television and is the author of Strongmen: From Mussolini to the present.
Ruth provides incredible context for what weโre experiencing right now and delivers the crucial message that to get out of this mess weโre going to have to find radical love. Dehumanizing the enemy is what they want.
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Radicalized: Truth Survives, an investigative podcast on disinformation and radicalization with Heidi Cuda, Jim Stewartson, High Fidelity, and Sean Conner.
Special Guest: Ruth Ben-Ghiat.
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat is an American historian and cultural critic. She is a scholar on fascism and authoritarian leaders. Ben-Ghiat is professor of history and Italian studies at New York University. Author of Strongmen: From Mussolini to the Present. W.W. Norton & Company. https://www.amazon.com/Strongmen-Muss...
Jim, like you I am just so goddamn angry that I can ever pretend to be polite anymore.