Since the Jeffrey Epstein ugliness has been front and center recently and the Miami Herald's Julie K. Brown has been covering it for over a decade, I thought we'd reach back to 2021 for the interview I did with her when her book PERVERSION OF JUSTICE: THE JEFFREY EPSTEIN STORY was released. It's a snapshot in time, and a pretty ugly one at that.
That interview happened on August 2, 2021, so four years ago next week. It’s amazing how much has happened, yet how little has changed with regard to this case. Listening back to it, I can’t help but realize how different the interview would have been if I were doing it now. Perhaps when I get back from vacation, I’ll reach out to Julie again. Though she is the hot get these days… That’s a good thing. She’s a good journalist.
For the second half of today’s vacation show, I pulled a really important interview considering what the orange moron has been doing to this nation in the six months he’s occupied the White House this time around. Too many people use a lot of words they don’t quite understand, so I thought it was time for a primer on fascism, socialism, communism and the other -isms that many of the people who yell at me on social media think are all interchangeable.
Last May, as we were girding ourselves for the possibility another D’ump term, some of us were studying Project 2025 for an idea of what would be in store. It was frightening. And we had good reason to be frightened. It’s bad and continues getting worse. On May 22, I interviewed Federico Finchelstein who had just written his eighth book on fascism - THE WANNABE FASCISTS: A GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING THE GREATEST THREAT TO DEMOCRACY.
I promise you, this was important then, and even more so now. Unfortunately we had a lousy phone connection (if I recall correctly, he was in Europe on a ski trip with his son when we spoke) and has a thick accent – he’s from Argentina. Maybe the YouTube or podcast’s transcription will help, or just take your time listening… It’s worth it!!
Here’s the audio of today’s show, via YouTube:
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