Rick Perlstein

32 Podcast Episodes

Recent Favorite: Family Jewels w/ Rick Perlstein

Recent Favorite: Family Jewels w/ Rick Perlstein

Here’s a recent favorite episode — the first part of a four-part series we did on the Church Committee hearings. We’ll b... Read more

12 Jan 2023

28mins

Season 4 Episode 7: Rick Perlstein (+ Sean Hannity Thinks You Should Work 90 Hours a Week)

Season 4 Episode 7: Rick Perlstein (+ Sean Hannity Thinks You Should Work 90 Hours a Week)

Sean Hannity thinks that if you don't want to be poor you should be willing to work "70, 80, 90 hours a week," so Ben Bu... Read more

6 Aug 2022

2hr 25mins

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Rick Perlstein on Garry Wills

Rick Perlstein on Garry Wills

Rick Perlstein is the author of a series of books on the rise of the American right, sprawling works of narrative histor... Read more

30 May 2022

34mins

Family Jewels Pt 4: Meddling In The Press (1975) w/ Rick Perlstein

Family Jewels Pt 4: Meddling In The Press (1975) w/ Rick Perlstein

We wrap up our four-part series on the 1975/76 Church Committee hearings with a look at the contentious, cozy, and murky... Read more

15 May 2022

17mins

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Family Jewels Pt 2: Meddling At Home (1975) w/ Rick Perlstein

Family Jewels Pt 2: Meddling At Home (1975) w/ Rick Perlstein

Our miniseries on the 1975/76 Church Committee findings on CIA and FBI operations continues. This episode, we look at wh... Read more

10 May 2022

24mins

Family Jewels Pt 1: Meddling Abroad (1975) w/ Rick Perlstein

Family Jewels Pt 1: Meddling Abroad (1975) w/ Rick Perlstein

We’ve got a new miniseries for you, looking back at the 1975 Church Committee hearings and report, which disclosed a wid... Read more

8 May 2022

27mins

HMCH18: Roe v. Wade; Liz Cheney’s Leadership; Transphobe Dave Chappelle; Fucker Carlson’s “Patriot Purge”; Rick Perlstein, Chronicler of Conservative America; Ijeoma Oluo, Antiracist writer; Senator Joe Manchin

HMCH18: Roe v. Wade; Liz Cheney’s Leadership; Transphobe Dave Chappelle; Fucker Carlson’s “Patriot Purge”; Rick Perlstein, Chronicler of Conservative America; Ijeoma Oluo, Antiracist writer; Senator Joe Manchin

In this episode we look a the coming 2022 midterm elections, Congressperson Liz Cheney's courage, the impending reversal... Read more

2 Jan 2022

48mins

Political Update: Harold Meyerson; Abortion in Texas: Rick Perlstein; 'Summer of Soul': John Powers

Political Update: Harold Meyerson; Abortion in Texas: Rick Perlstein; 'Summer of Soul': John Powers

Democrats are headed toward passage of both the bipartisan infrastructure bill AND the reconciliation bill: Harold Meyer... Read more

Rick Perlstein - Reagan Vs. Carter

Rick Perlstein - Reagan Vs. Carter

Rick Perlstein is a historian and author of numerous best-selling books, the most recent of which is Reaganland, now ava... Read more

18 Aug 2021

58mins

Daily: How REAGANISM still ruins America – with historian Rick Perlstein

Daily: How REAGANISM still ruins America – with historian Rick Perlstein

World War II seemed to mark the end of American conservatism, and a new liberal age. Then Reagan came along – and we’re ... Read more

18 Aug 2021

28mins

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