Fourth Time’s a Charm
Episode #145
Bill and Phil offer some thoughts on the latest indictment of former president Donald Trump, explore how country music has put itself on the front lines of the culture wars, and close with a look at the politics of existential threat, and specifically whether it’s possible to have “normal politics” when one political party becomes convinced that the other side poses an existential threat to the country.
Links related to this week’s episode:
“Country Music’s Culture Wars and the Remaking of Nashville” by Emily Nussbaum in The New Yorker
“How Jason Aldean Explains Donald Trump (And Vice Versa)” by Ronald Brownstein in The Atlantic
“When Small-Town Pride Sounds Like Anger” by Spencer Kornhaber in The Atlantic
“John Eastman: The Dems Made Me Do It” by Laura K. Field for The Bulwark