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Encore: Living Colour: Cult of Personality (Psychology of Fascism with Ruth Ben-Ghiat)

Living Colour and fascism expert Dr. Ruth Ben-Ghiat talk personality cults, propaganda and the fascism playbook

This episode originally aired on 11/18/2020. In this encore episode, Vernon Reid and Corey Glover from the band Living Colour join us for a discussion with NYU fascism and propaganda professor, Dr. Ruth Ben-Ghiat, about the fascism playbook, how authoritarian regimes end, fascism and the illusion of authenticity, modern examples like Trump, and Billy Joel’s smashed piano.

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