{"id":11978,"date":"2016-12-28T17:39:54","date_gmt":"2016-12-29T01:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11978"},"modified":"2016-12-29T11:16:14","modified_gmt":"2016-12-29T19:16:14","slug":"where-denial-meets-dystopia-and-why-princess-leia-made-that-just-a-little-easier-bradcast-12282016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11978","title":{"rendered":"Where Denial Meets Dystopia, And Why Princess Leia Made That Just a Little Easier: &#8216;BradCast&#8217; 12\/28\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/BradCast_logo_mixer.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">On today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/BradCast\"><i>BradCast<\/i><\/a>, yours truly, Angie Coiro, picks up the reins from <a href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/nicolesandler.com\/\">Nicole Sandler<\/a>, in our joint effort to keep Brad and Desi on vacation.<\/p>\n<p>First up: a look at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.philly.com\/philly\/blogs\/attytood\/Watchlist-of-liberal-profs-has-weaponized-McCarthyism.html\">Professor Watchlist<\/a> and one of its targets: a Costa Mesa college professor afraid to leave her home. Then an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2016\/12\/its-not-the-economy-stupid\/511634\/\"><em>Atlantic<\/em> story<\/a> on the economic revival of Elkhart Indiana, where even a vast upswing in manufacturing and employment leaves residents still in denial that Barack Obama has been good for the economy. <\/p>\n<p>Author <a href=\"http:\/\/megelison.com\"><strong>Meg Elison<\/strong><\/a> joins me to discuss her trek through the US class system and its mythology, and her novel <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9781503939110\"><em>The Book of the Unnamed Midwife<\/em><\/a>, with its dystopian world of male dominance and destroyed class distinctions. <\/p>\n<p>Finally, a contrast: how Carrie Fisher&#8217;s openness about her bipolar diagnosis helped America, while Donald Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/magazine\/archive\/2016\/06\/the-mind-of-donald-trump\/480771\/\">almost certain Narcissistic Personality Disorder<\/a> might doom it. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i><b><a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/audio\/BradCast_AngieCoiro_MegElisonDystopia_NewsReview.mp3\">Download MP3<\/a> or listen online below&#8230; <\/i><\/b><br \/>\n[audio:http:\/\/bradblog.com\/audio\/BradCast_AngieCoiro_MegElisonDystopia_NewsReview.mp3]<\/blockquote>\n<p><center><b>* * *<\/b><\/center><i>While we post <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><\/i>The BradCast<i><\/a> here every day, and you can hear it across all of our great affiliate stations and websites, to automagically get new episodes as soon as they&#8217;re available sent right to your computer or personal device, subscribe for free at <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-bradcast-w-brad-friedman\/id803467610\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/stitcher.com\/s\/player.php?fid=25838&#038;src=psl\">Stitcher<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/The-BradCast-with-Brad-Friedman-p477565\/\">TuneIn<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/podcastgen\/bradcast\/feed.xml\">our native RSS feed<\/a>!<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On today&#8217;s BradCast, yours truly, Angie Coiro, picks up the reins from Nicole Sandler, in our joint effort to keep Brad and Desi on vacation. First up: a look at the Professor Watchlist and one of its targets: a Costa Mesa college professor afraid to leave her home. 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