What Rough Beast

Why Populist Revolutions Always Fail


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Today we're talking with Benjamin Teitelbaum, author of "War for Eternity: The Return of Traditionalism and the Rise of the Populist Right," who studies traditionalist movements and far-right ideology. We explore why these ideas have such allure in America today, using JD Vance as our lens to examine his conversion t…

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What Rough BeastBy Virginia Heffernan and Stephen Metcalf

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