{"id":13528,"date":"2020-08-14T16:59:34","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T23:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=13528"},"modified":"2020-08-14T17:18:05","modified_gmt":"2020-08-15T00:18:05","slug":"thomas-frank-unpacks-populism-bradcast-8142020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=13528","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Frank Unpacks Populism: &#8216;BradCast&#8217; 8\/14\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.BradBlog.com\/Images\/BradCast_ThePeopleNo-ThomasFrank_081420.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">It&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/nicolesandler.com\">NICOLE SANDLER<\/a> back behind the guest host&#8217;s microphone today for a special edition of the  <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/BradCast\"><i>BradCast<\/i><\/a>. [<i>Audio link is posted below.<\/i>]\n<p>It&#8217;s special because I&#8217;m joined by one of my favorite guests of all time. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/tcfrank.com\">THOMAS FRANK<\/a><\/strong> is the author of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_sr_il_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=tbb-20&#038;keywords=Thomas frank&#038;index=aps&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;linkCode=xm2&#038;linkId=2decc78b192938358406c5ab73604415\">many books<\/a>, essential reads for anyone who cares about the future of our country and certainly for those with a progressive point of view. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/tcfrank.com\/product\/whats-the-matter-with-kansas\/\">What&#8217;s the Matter with Kansas?<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/tcfrank.com\/product\/pity-the-billionaire\/\">Pity the Billionaire<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/tcfrank.com\/product\/listen-liberal\/\">Listen, Liberal<\/a><\/em> and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/tcfrank.com\/product\/the-wrecking-crew\/\">The Wrecking Crew<\/a><\/em> are just a few. <\/p>\n<p>Frank&#8217;s new book is <em><a href=\"https:\/\/tcfrank.com\/product\/the-people-no\/\">The People, No: A Brief History of Anti-Populism<\/a><\/em>. He gives us the fascinating story behind the populist movement and how the two sides flipped. And he bemoans our lost opportunities to harness the populist power when it was so close so recently&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i><b><a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/audio\/BradCast_NicoleSandler_ThomasFrank_081420.mp3\">Download MP3<\/a> or listen online below&#8230; <\/i><\/b><br \/>\n[audio:http:\/\/BradBlog.com\/audio\/BradCast_NicoleSandler_ThomasFrank_081420.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=\"https:\/\/www.pandora.com\/podcast\/the-bradcast-w-brad-friedman\/PC:1000025838\">Pandora<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/The-BradCast-with-Brad-Friedman-p477565\/\">TuneIn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.google.com\/feed\/aHR0cHM6Ly9icmFkYmxvZy5jb20vcG9kY2FzdGdlbi9icmFkY2FzdC9mZWVkLnhtbA\">Google<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-BradCast-w-Brad-Friedman\/dp\/B08JJRN86R\/ref=sr_1_1\">Amazon<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/podcastgen\/bradcast\/feed.xml\">our native RSS feed<\/a>!<\/i><\/p>\n<p><!--BB-DONATEPITCH-START--><\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#f5f0e0; border:2px solid #6b5a2e; border-radius:6px; padding:10px 14px; text-align:center; font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"display:block; margin:0 0 8px 0; color:#3a2e0e; font-size:0.95em; line-height:1.5;\"><strong>The BRAD BLOG<\/strong>, <em>The BradCast<\/em> and <em>Green News Report<\/em> are all 100% independent and 100% listener and reader supported!<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Donate\" style=\"display:inline-block; background:#6b5a2e; color:#ffffff; padding:6px 18px; border-radius:4px; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none; font-family:Georgia,serif; font-size:0.9em;\">Please CLICK HERE to help support our work today!<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!--BB-DONATEPITCH-END--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s NICOLE SANDLER back behind the guest host&#8217;s microphone today for a special edition of the BradCast. 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