A loose movement of radical intellectuals is driving American politics.  They’re called the “New Right,” and they share a basic hostility to American liberal democracy, a real desire to fundamentally overhaul it, and real influence in the White House. But why do they think that? How much influence do they really have? And what would a response to their rising prominence look like?

Today’s guest is Laura Field, a political theorist who’s spent a lot of time in the conservative intellectual world cataloging the wild world of far-right thinking for her book <a href="https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691255262/furious-minds?srsltid=AfmBOoroMlaDHFV_jm5NwLYvYv8zJ2q6PWRPPJ-009QG3A57nqfROa7b">Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right</a>. 

She speaks with guest host Zack Beauchamp, author of Vox newsletter On The Right, about why ordinary Americans should really, definitely, and absolutely care what a handful of thinkers are putting out on obscure Substacks and YouTube channels.

Host: <a href="https://www.vox.com/authors/zack-beauchamp">Zack Beauchamp</a>
Guest: <a href="https://www.lkfield.com/">Laura Field</a>
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