Episode 103: "Ideological Dorks" with (Jonah Goldberg)

Jonah Goldberg joins us for a discussion on what unites intellectual conservatives and libertarians and the history of the political left.

We talk about a variety of topics on this episode, including cultural conservativism and libertarianism, whether libertarians are more at home on the right or left, Goldberg’s 2009 book, Liberal Fascism, and the rise of outsider candidates on the political right and what they may (or may not) be signalling about the preferences of the electorate.

Show Notes and Further Reading

Goldberg’s books, The Tyranny of Clichés: How Liberals Cheat in the War of Ideas (2013) and Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Change (2009).
http://www.amazon.com/The-Tyranny-Clich%C3%A9s-Liberals-Cheat/dp/1595231021
http://www.amazon.com/Liberal-Fascism-American-Mussolini-Politics/dp/0767917189

Charles C. W. Cooke’s new book The Conservatarian Manifesto: Libertarians, Conservatives, and the Fight for the Right’s Future (2015).
http://www.amazon.com/Conservatarian-Manifesto-Libertarians-Conservatives-Rights/dp/0804139725/

The History News Network’s Symposium on Liberal Fascism.
http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/122469

David Oshinsky’s New York Times review of Liberal Fascism.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/30/books/review/Oshinsky-t.html

Download the .mp3 of this podcast: http://bit.ly/1Mac2vA
Subscribe in iTunes: https://bitly.com/18wswtX