GASLIT NATION WITH ANDREA CHALUPA AND SARAH KENDZIOR

GasLit Nation: Joe Manchin Gaslights America

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April 14, 2021

This week we take on the new mascot of obstructionism and excuse for legislative inaction — Joe Manchin! This human barrier to democracy has not received the level of investigation he deserves, so we dove in. We discuss his recommendation that everyone be nice to the seditious Capitol attackers and not upset them with something scary like voting rights, his seemingly self-destructive opposition to the filibuster, and his bizarre voting history and policy proposals, particularly regarding the Middle East.

GASLIT NATION WITH ANDREA CHALUPA AND SARAH KENDZIOR

GasLit Nation: Sleeper Cells

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March 31, 2021

We describe the uneasy interim period of the early Biden era and what’s to come when the covid crisis ends – and predict that it’s going to look a lot like what happened after the end of the 1918 Spanish Flu: white mob violence, anti-immigrant movements, economic turmoil, rising fascism, and the consolidation of dictator personality cults. Day to day life is slowly improving under the Biden administration, but the US remains as vulnerable to autocracy as before – unless certain policy decisions are made.

GASLIT NATION WITH ANDREA CHALUPA AND SARAH KENDZIOR

GasLit Nation: The Rep. Gwen Moore Interview

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This week Gaslit Nation welcomes Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-Wisconsin) who gives us an inside view on the Capitol attack, what steps need to be taken to hold the perpetrators accountable, how the Biden administration can ensure a more just and fair United States, and much more!

GASLIT NATION WITH ANDREA CHALUPA AND SARAH KENDZIOR

GasLit Nation: “Cults of personality” – from Mussolini to Trump

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Historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat, author of Strongmen: From Mussolini to the Present, explains all the ways Trump and Republican leaders rely on the dictator’s playbook to weaken our democracy and consolidate power. A Professor of History and Italian Studies at New York University, she provides chilling insights into Mussolini, Berlusconi, Trump, and other strongmen that ruled through destructive cults of personlity. This is a discussion not to miss.

GASLIT NATION WITH ANDREA CHALUPA AND SARAH KENDZIOR