Episode

11/24 Kathryn Olmsted: Right Out of California: the Hidden History of Modern Conservatism

November 24, 2015

Kathryn Olmsted, the Chair of the History Department at the University of California Davis and author of Right Out of California: the 1930s and the Big Business Roots of Modern Conservatism, explains the surprising California roots of modern Republican politics. The plutocrat reaction to FDR and how the California agriculture industry helped spread modern conservatism.

On The Fun Half: Donald Trump advisor knows he would get beaten up if he went to a Black Church. CNN takes Muslim baiting to a new extreme. Glenn Greenwald calls out CNN for war mongering and your IMs.

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