8:45 Dr Ruth Ben Ghiat   is an internationally renowned historian, speaker, and political commentator on fascism, authoritarian leaders, and propaganda. She’s Professor of History and Italian Studies at New York University and Advisor to Protect Democracy.

Pre order her new book!  Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present

Follow her on Twitter @ruthbenghiat

at 35:35 I catch up with Clint Watts @selectedwisdom who is a real cool guy. He is really nice and down to earth and great at explaining complex foreign policy issues and national security threats. Before becoming a consultant, he served as a U.S. Army infantry officer, a FBI Special Agent on a Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF), as the Executive Officer of the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point (CTC) and as a consultant to the FBI’s Counter Terrorism Division (CTD) and National Security Branch (NSB). Clint earned a B.S. from the United States Military Academy and an M.A. from Middlebury Institute of International Studies.

He is the editor of the SelectedWisdom.com blog, and you can follow him on Twitter @selectedwisdom

1:19 Lastly I argued with Cameron Gabbs for over an hour. Cameron is a Canadian American who lives and goes to school at Arizona State University and someone I call a "Maybe Trumper"

 

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