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TexasTowelie

(112,224 posts)
Sun Oct 16, 2022, 10:10 AM Oct 2022

Rachel Maddow Explains Our Fight Against Fascism (Past and Present) - Offline with Jon Favreau



Rachel Maddow, longtime MSNBC anchor, joins Jon to to talk about her new podcast “Ultra,” which details an all-but-forgotten ring-wing plot to overthrow American democracy — not in 2022, but in 1940. Though the context has changed, Rachel argues that the tactics and strategies to defeat fascism have not and that we can learn from those who defeated the threat the first time.

CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
2:07 Rachel Maddow's New Podcast "Ultra"
14:45 Ad Break
18:27 The Timeless Appeal of Fascism and Having to Argue the Opposite
35:23 Ad Break
38:58 How Did We Stop Fascism in the 1940s? How Can We Do it Now?
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Rachel Maddow Explains Our Fight Against Fascism (Past and Present) - Offline with Jon Favreau (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2022 OP
This is a great discussion BlueSky3 Oct 2022 #1
You're welcome. TexasTowelie Oct 2022 #2
I've downloaded her podcast "Ultra" BlueSky3 Oct 2022 #3

TexasTowelie

(112,224 posts)
2. You're welcome.
Sun Oct 16, 2022, 08:32 PM
Oct 2022

The video clip is longer than most clips that I post, but Rachel Maddow does an excellent job in her analysis.

BlueSky3

(514 posts)
3. I've downloaded her podcast "Ultra"
Sun Oct 16, 2022, 09:15 PM
Oct 2022

that she discusses here. I plan to listen to it as well. I wish this were a DU home page article — it needs to be…

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