The current situation is making the fascism debate of 2016 to 2021 look even more ridiculous

LR 167 - The Death Of Hollywood? With Danny Bessner twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

The shocking thing about Bessner’s piece on the crisis in Hollywood isn’t its content, which is well-researched and incontrovertible.

The shocking thing is the pearl-clutching responses from industry journalists as if macroeconomic and regulatory factors don’t exist.

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E146 - The Nuclear Club, Pt. 1 w/ Jonathan Hunt

Today’s episode is the first part of our discussion with Jonathan Hunt about his book on the world’s most exclusive clique.

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It’s a real shame how everything that happens is immediately slotted into culture war bullshit

Senior Democrat warns of “leftwing fascism” and “totalitarian” protesters: amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…

So basically finance bros who work too many hours to even watch tv are squeezing Hollywood writers so they can’t work enough paid hours to create good tv so that we are all left at the end of our work days with crap tv. Way to go, America. (Excellent work by db Harper's Magazine )

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Why are so many authors of fiction so absolutely dull on podcasts

Extremely stimulating, often heated debate between db and Shadi Hamid on global democracy, US hegemony etc. As a historian, I confess to a certain political science allergy, but these are 2 really sharp guys really going at it. Worth your time.

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Check out my new article in Diplomatic History!

Check out our ep on Brazilian history in the 17th and 18th cs

Ok I do have a gripe w/ US political scientists because a good number make arguments like “the US started promoting democracy in Latin America during the 1980s.” Like Central America didn’t exist