#231 What You Know About Populism is Probably Wrong

Under The Skin with Russell Brand

Russell Brand

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🗓️ 26 March 2022

⏱️ 15 minutes

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This week I had the pleasure of speaking with Thomas Frank. Thomas is a political analyst, historian, and journalist. I wanted him to join me on Under The Skin as I’m currently reading his book The People, No: A Brief History of Anti-Populism—in which he examines the origin of the term “populism” in the United States, and discusses historical examples of populism, its adherents, and its detractors. Populism has gotten a bad wrap, and most people think it is something it is not. In this episode Thomas gives us a history lesson in Populism. You may be surprised by what you learn. More Info: Thomas's book and website: https://tcfrank.com My meditation podcast, Above the Noise, is out now, only on Luminary. I release guided meditations every Wednesday. Please check it out: http://luminary.link/meditate Elites are taking over! Our only hope is to form our own. To learn more join my cartel here https://www.russellbrand.com/join and get weekly bulletins too incendiary for anything but your private inbox. (*not a euphemism) Subscribe to my YouTube channel, I post four videos a week including video clips from these episodes! https://www.youtube.com/russellbrand Subscribe to my YouTube side-channel for more wellness and spirituality: https://www.youtube.com/c/AwakeningWithRussell Instagram: http://instagram.com/russellbrand/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/rustyrockets

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Under the Skin from Luminary this week.
0:02.8	I spoke with Thomas Frank. Thomas Frank is a political analyst, historian and journalist.
0:07.1	He is author of People. No! A brief history of anti-populism.
0:11.0	In this book he examines the origin of the term populism in the United States
0:14.5	and discusses historical examples of populism, his adherence and detractors.
0:20.5	Now that Under the Skin is on Apple Podcasts, please leave a review there.
0:23.4	It helps us and we will read them out.
0:25.2	If you'd like to listen to the rest of this podcast and all my weekly episodes
0:29.2	of Under the Skin, all you have to do is subscribe to Luminary on Apple Podcasts
0:33.0	or download the Luminary app.
0:35.2	In this part we talk about the history of populism and how it formed.
0:38.4	What's that the first part of the podcast, Jim?
0:41.1	It's like a ten minute in roughly.
0:43.2	And he talks about his little history and their old farm and stuff like that.
0:45.2	Yeah, kind of like they're on a train.
0:47.0	It's good thing to learn about because if you're thinking there is no political movement
0:50.7	in the world at the moment that's going to change the world.
0:52.6	Have a listen to what happened in the country of the United States of America
0:55.9	not long ago and what the intentions were.
0:59.2	Trying to achieve equality with the annihilation of category
1:02.8	is not a successful route.
1:04.8	That's exactly right.
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