Shows
Fast Politics with Molly Jong-FastKurt Andersen & Alex GibneyEvil Geniuses author Kurt Andersen examines Trump crossing new lines of lawlessness.Documentarian Alex Gibney details his latest documentary, The Dark Money Game, which explores the money that influences our politics.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2025-04-1640 min
Church of Lazlo PodcastsToxic and Problematic with Kurt Andersen, 01.25.25Kurt Andersen is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Evil Geniuses and Fantasyland, as well as the bestselling novels You Can’t Spell America Without Me, True Believers, Heyday, and Turn of the Century. With Steven Soderbergh he co-created the streaming series COMMAND Z (2023), and has previously written for TV, film and the stage. He co-founded Spy magazine, co-created and hosted the Peabody Award-winning public radio show and podcast Studio 360, and hosted and co-produced the podcast Nixon At War (2021). He’s also a journalist - regular contributor to the New York Times and The Atlantic, formerly a New York...
2025-01-2553 minFast Politics with Molly Jong-FastKurt Andersen & John GanzEvil Geniuses author Kurt Andersen provides a historical perspective on how Pat Buchanan paved the way for today's Trump. When the Clock Broke author John Ganz examines the path that led to our current political moment.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2025-01-0945 min
Impolitic with John HeilemannKurt Andersen & Michael Hirschorn: Reality Used to be a Friend of MineJohn is joined by writer/editor/producers Kurt Andersen and Michael Hirschorn—longtime friends, former business partners, and intellectual entrepreneurs extraordinaire—to take stock of the Trump Era in our politics and culture. The three old friends discuss the once and future president’s reelection, his cabinet picks (one of whom, Kurt reveals, was his college cocaine dealer), and the ways in which the spread of the logic and reality TV not only explains the Trump phenomenon but that of Elon Musk, RFK Jr, and Luigi Mangione. Kurt and Michael also riff on the books, movies, and TV shows that floated the...
2024-12-161h 15Fast Politics with Molly Jong-FastKurt Andersen & Randi WeingartenKurt Andersen examines the plotting, or lack thereof, in the upcoming Trump administration. Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, reacts to Trump's attacks on America's education system.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2024-11-1635 min
The Entertainment with Tom Knoblauch25. Kurt Andersen's Plan to Save the WorldFor a lot of people over the past decade, the nonstop campaigning and chaos of our political system has instilled a kind of constant dread about the future, compounded by looming environmental disaster and geopolitically uncertainty. And sometimes it feels like all we can do is accept that the train is slowly crashing. But what if we could do something about it? In 2023, Kurt Andersen teamed up with Larry Doyle and Steven Soderbergh to create Command Z, a sci-fi comedy web series about a group of time-travelers from the ruined world of the future who are given the opportunity t...
2024-09-0654 min
MagazeumBest of PID—Kurt Andersen (Author & Editor: Spy Magazine, New York, Studio360, more)THE GREATEST STARTUP IN THE HISTORY OF MAGAZINE STARTUPS—We’ve always had a thing for magazine launches. They’re filled with drama and melodrama, people behaving with passion and conviction, and people ... misbehaving. Anything to get that first issue onto the stands and into the hands of readers.Some new ventures seem to sneak in the back door. Who saw Wired or Fast Company coming?Others are to the manner born, and from the most elite print parents. But, even with that pedigree they never gain traction, never display the scrapp...
2024-07-191h 00Fast Politics with Molly Jong-FastRuth Ben-Ghiat, Kurt Andersen & Ian DuntThe Origin Story podcast host Ian Dunt comes by to gloat after the UK finally elects a left-wing government to clean up the mess of the past decade plus. Evil Geniuses author Kurt Andersen stops by to talk about the fun prank he played on Donald Trump and how it haunts him to this day. Author Ruth Ben-Ghiat examines the bad week fascists have had across the globe.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2024-07-1055 min
Future HindsightAmerica's Raw Deal: Kurt AndersenThursday, August 31st, 2023 Kurt Andersen is a prolific writer and author of Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America: A Recent History. We discuss the conservative playbook to move our society culturally, economically, and politically to the right, and why continuous civic engagement and investment in Americans can restore basic fairness. Influential conservatives capitalized on a wave of cultural nostalgia after the turbulent 1960s to turn the American economy into a version of extreme capitalism. Together with neoliberalism from the left, the New Deal was replaced by the raw deal. The US go...
2023-08-3147 minFuture HindsightAmerica's Raw Deal: Kurt AndersenThursday, August 31st, 2023 Kurt Andersen is a prolific writer and author of Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America: A Recent History. We discuss the conservative playbook to move our society culturally, economically, and politically to the right, and why continuous civic engagement and investment in Americans can restore basic fairness. Influential conservatives capitalized on a wave of cultural nostalgia after the turbulent 1960s to turn the American economy into a version of extreme capitalism. Together with neoliberalism from the left, the New Deal was replaced by the raw deal. The US go...
2023-08-3147 minFuture HindsightAmerica's Raw Deal: Kurt AndersenThursday, August 31st, 2023 Kurt Andersen is a prolific writer and author of Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America: A Recent History. We discuss the conservative playbook to move our society culturally, economically, and politically to the right, and why continuous civic engagement and investment in Americans can restore basic fairness. Influential conservatives capitalized on a wave of cultural nostalgia after the turbulent 1960s to turn the American economy into a version of extreme capitalism. Together with neoliberalism from the left, the New Deal was replaced by the raw deal. The US go...
2023-08-3147 min
Riverside Chats161. Kurt Andersen on America's Inflection Points and His New Dystopian Comedy 'Command Z'Last year, author, screenwriter, and host of Studio 360 Kurt Andersen joined Riverside Chats to discuss his two volume explanation of America, Fantasyland and Evil Geniuses. In that conversation, he mentioned that he was working on a third part to this series, which would be fictional. He wouldn’t give away any details at the time, but it turns out that he was working on Command Z, a new 8 part web series directed by Steven Soderbergh. The show follows a team from the 2050s who can transport their consciousnesses back into people today to try to reverse the trends leading to...
2023-08-1853 min
The Climate PodKurt Andersen On 'Command Z' And Why We Can Still Fix ThingsWhen Ty talked to Kurt Andersen back in 2020 upon the release of his exceptional book Evil Geniuses, we never thought it would lead to a sci-fi comedic series. Nevertheless, Andersen and Steven Soderbergh have co-created and recently released a new series, Command Z, which is a hilarious adaptation that addresses not only the major themes of Evil Geniuses but also explores how we might all think about all types of political action in 2023. Kurt's back on the show this week to discuss why making Command Z was a dream come true and what he wanted to explore with...
2023-08-161h 02Fast Politics with Molly Jong-FastNaomi Klein, John Heilemann & Kurt AndersenThe Shock Doctrine author Naomi Klein explains how to counter RFK Jr.'s misinformation. Showtime's The Circus host John Heilemann lays out the pretzel Republicans have tied themselves in as we learn that the DOJ has sent another Target letter to Donald Trump. Additionally, Evil Geniuses author Kurt Andersen details his new TV show, Command Z, with famed director Steven Soderbergh.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2023-07-1950 min
2023-06-251h 12
Bubble Trouble: Laying Out Inconvenient Truths About How Business and Financial Markets Really WorkHistory Doesn't Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes: With guest Kurt AndersenJoining us this week is writer Kurt Andersen discussing his books Fantasyland and Evil Geniuses. (Repeat from March, 2022). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2023-05-0131 min2023-04-2359 min
We Didn't Start the Fire: The History PodcastWatergate with Kurt AndersenBy the 1970s, Richard Nixon's paranoia has reached new heights. He's become consumed with wiretapping, secret recording devices and surveillances, and he's convinced everyone's out to get him. He's dipping his toes into criminality, and the cover ups on top of cover ups are become more and more incriminating. But how does he get to this point? What's the point of new return? And how does it impact his legacy? It's the original scandal that broke the non-existent internet... let's chat Watergate with host of Nixon At War, Kurt Andersen! Learn more about your ad...
2023-02-1337 min
The X-Rae Podcast with Iris Bahr & Rae LynnAUTHOR KURT ANDERSENIris chats with best-selling author KURT ANDERSEN about his creative process, the latest Oscar nominated films, leaving the comfort of Brooklyn for the edgy Upper East Side, and more!
2023-02-081h 16
Impolitic with John HeilemannKurt Andersen and Lawrence O’DonnellKurt Andersen and Lawrence O’Donnell first met 46 years ago as undergraduates at Harvard, forming a friendship that’s flourished alongside their careers as two of their generation’s most incisive, insightful observers of American politics and culture. Andersen made his mark in the 1980s as co-founder of the iconic Spy magazine, then went on to serve as editor-in-chief of New York magazine, host of the Peabody Award-winning radio program “Studio 360,” and best-selling novelist and non-fiction author. O’Donnell cut his teeth in Washington as staff director of the powerful Senate Finance Committee and protege to legendary New York Senator Dani...
2023-02-071h 22
Riverside Chats125. Kurt Andersen on America's Inherent Pull toward Fantasyland, the Evil Geniuses Who Weaponize It, and a Future Diverged from the Status QuoMany episodes of this show grapple with the perhaps unanswerable question: why is America the way it is? Is there something inherent in American culture that answers where we're going? Kurt Andersen has been exploring the nature of American culture throughout his varied career, from co-founding Spy Magazine, writing for Time and The New Yorker, writing several novels, hosting the public radio show Studio 360, and most comprehensively through his recent two volume history of America: Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire and Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America. He’s here today in conversation with Tom Knoblauch about his intellectual jou...
2022-11-1253 min
Success Story with Scott D. ClaryKurt Andersen - Writer & Best-Selling Author | How to Make America New Again➡️ Like The Podcast? Leave A Rating: https://ratethispodcast.com/successstory ➡️ About The Guest Kurt Andersen is the author of the New York Times bestsellers “Evil Geniuses” and “Fantasyland”, as well as the bestselling novels “You Can’t Spell America Without Me”, “True Believers”, “Heyday”, “Turn of the Century”, and the podcast “Nixon at War”. He co-founded “Spy” magazine and co-created and hosted “Studio 360”, a Peabody Award-winning public radio show about art and pop culture that aired until 2020. He’s also a journalist — former New Yorker columnist and staff writer, Time critic and columnist, New York editor-in-chief and columnist — an...
2022-11-0952 min
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2022-07-261h 34
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2022-07-251h 27
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2022-05-1539 min
2022-05-1554 min
MagazeumKurt Andersen (Author & Editor: Spy Magazine, New York, Studio360, more)We’ve always had a thing for magazine launches. They’re filled with drama and melodrama, people behaving with passion and conviction, and people ... misbehaving. Anything to get that first issue onto the stands and into the hands of readers.Some new ventures seem to sneak in the back door. Who saw Wired or Fast Company coming?Others are to the manner born, and from the most elite print parents. But, even with that pedigree they never gain traction, never display the scrappiness and experimentation that we’ve come to expect from anything new. (You know w...
2022-04-011h 06
Bubble Trouble: Laying Out Inconvenient Truths About How Business and Financial Markets Really WorkHistory Doesn't Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes: with guest Kurt AndersenJoining us this week is writer Kurt Andersen discussing his books Fantasyland and Evil Geniuses.Visit https://www.bubbletroublepodcast.com/ for the transcript for this episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2022-03-1631 min
Great PodversationsKurt Andersen and Daron AcemogluWriter Kurt Andersen discusses his latest book “Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America: A Recent History,” with professor and author Daron Acemoglu. Kurt Andersen is the bestselling author of the novels “Heyday, “Turn of the Century,” and “True Believers.” He is also a contributor to Vanity Fair and The New York Times and was the host and co-creator of Studio 360, the Peabody Award-winning public radio show and podcast. Andersen writes for television, film, and the stage. He regularly appears as a commentator on MSNBC. Andersen co-founded Spy magazine, served as editor in chief of New York Magazine...
2021-11-0543 min
The Dismantling Doctrine PodcastEvil Geniuses: Explaining America's Vast Wealth Inequality (with Kurt Andersen)Kurt Andersen is a returning guest, this time to talk about his sequel to Fantasyland, which is his excellent and thought-provoking work, Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America--A Recent History. How exactly does it function as a sequel to Fantasyland? In this followup book, Kurt reveals that the vast wealth and income inequality in America was not by accident, but by design--the work of the "evil geniuses" he identifies in the book. And not only did the evil geniuses succeed, the "fantasy-industrial complex" he identified in Fantasyland is hard at work, providing a distraction for all the...
2021-10-0156 min
Prevail with Greg OlearLost in Fantasyland (Season Two Premiere, with Kurt Andersen)The journalist, editor, critic, and author Kurt Andersen talks to Greg Olear about his two books, “Fantasyland” and “Evil Geniuses,” the prescient genius of SPY magazine, and how the 80s never died. Plus: a new brand of tea.Follow Kurt on Twitter:https://twitter.com/KBAndersenCheck out his website:https://www.kurtandersen.com/Buy his books:https://www.amazon.com/Kurt-Andersen/e/B001HCYO0W?ref_=dbs_p_pbk_r00_abau_000000
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2021-08-271h 22
The World as You’ll Know It: The Future Of AgingSeason Two: The Future of Technology with Kurt AndersenTechnology is at an inflection point. Can we harness it to make life better...or will it harness us? Join Kurt Andersen as he and a world-class selection of thinkers explore this question as it pertains to our brains, our personal lives, our laws and our government.The World as You'll Know It returns for a second season on August 24th. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit h...
2021-08-2301 min
QC Uncut - QuadCities.comQC Uncut: Kurt Andersen, M.D. Talks About Covid In The Quad Cities (Episode #107)Today I was invited to participate in a Zoom session with Kurt Andersen, M.D., Senior Vice President of Physician Operations and Chief Medical Officer, Genesis Health System. He answered a number of questions regarding new data on covid numbers in the Quad-Cities, how the delta variant is spreading throughout the area, new mitigations, vaccine requirements for Genesis, and more. It’s the latest news on this important topic, and fact-based information gained from a highly-trained and educated medical professional. We invite all to listen in on the conversation about this incredibly important topic.
2021-08-1233 min
Trickle-Down SocialismKurt Andersen | Evil Geniuses Rigged the Political Economy, Re-Wrote the Rules, and Soured Americans on GovernmentPat talks to Kurt Andersen about his book: Evil Geniuses, the Unmaking of America. Andersen is the author of novels such as Fantasyland. He co-founded Spy Magazine, was managing editor of Time magazine, lead host of NPR's studio 360 and he's covered the politics and architecture beat for various publications. While he was aware of the widening wealth gap throughout the 1970s, 80s, and 90s, it wasn't until he wrote Fantasyland and started research for Evil Geniuses that he saw the intentionality and deviousness of the systematic way in which corporate interests have shaped our political economy over the last 50...
2021-08-121h 23
The Dismantling Doctrine PodcastBonus Episode - Fantasyland: Blurring Fiction and Reality (with Kurt Andersen) In this special bonus episode, I recently caught up with Kurt Andersen, author of the 2017 book Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire--A 500-Year History. Kurt's book explains so much about the current state of America today by looking at its history through the lens of "fantasyland"--basically, what happens when people begin to blur, or commingle, fantasy and reality. It's not that other nations don't do this, but it's more than what makes America so exceptional is that we seem to have a corner on doing it the best. Join the MindShift Podcast Patreon Community! Follow me on Twitter @MindShift2018 Like the...
2021-07-2649 min
Stay Tuned with PreetNixon and Trump (with Kurt Andersen)On this episode of Stay Tuned, “Nixon and Trump,” Preet answers listener questions about the investigation of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s alleged sexual harassment, Cuomo’s potential role in spreading false rumors that Preet is running for New York governor, and the indictment of Trump ally Thomas Barrack. Then, Preet interviews Kurt Andersen, the host of the new podcast Nixon at War. They discuss Nixon’s psychology, the links between Watergate and the Vietnam War, and the use of an iconic expletive in the New York Times. For show notes and a transcript of the episo...
2021-07-221h 14
CAFE InsiderStay Tuned Bonus 7/22: Kurt AndersenIn this bonus from Stay Tuned, journalist and author Kurt Andersen talks about his 1980s coverage of Donald Trump and whether Trump will run for president in 2024. Thank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community.For references & supplemental materials, head to: cafe.com/stay-tuned-bonus/stay-tuned-bonus-7-22-kurt-andersen
2021-07-2210 minCAFE InsiderStay Tuned Bonus 7/22: Kurt AndersenIn this bonus from Stay Tuned, journalist and author Kurt Andersen talks about his 1980s coverage of Donald Trump and whether Trump will run for president in 2024. Thank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community.For references & supplemental materials, head to: cafe.com/stay-tuned-bonus/stay-tuned-bonus-7-22-kurt-andersen
2021-07-2210 min
Impolitic with John HeilemannKurt AndersenIn which John Heilemann talks with Kurt Andersen, the host, writer, and co-producer of the podcast series "Nixon at War," a seven-part exploration of Richard Nixon's downfall through the less of Vietnam. Heilemann and Andersen discuss Andersen's thesis that the war in Southeast Asia and the Watergate scandal, the twin disasters of Nixon's time in office, are not separate stories but deeply entwined; the astonishing archival audio, much of it from Nixon's White House taping system, that makes the series come alive; the striking similarities between Nixon and Donald Trump, personal (insecurity, paranoia, resentment) and political (us versus them...
2021-07-201h 35
Here's The Thing with Alec BaldwinKurt Andersen on Nixon at WarWhen Kurt Andersen started working on his new podcast, Nixon at War, he thought he knew a lot about Richard Nixon’s presidency, especially the bookend events of his 1968 campaign and his 1973 resignation. Devastating events with far-reaching consequences but unrelated - or so he thought. The surprising connections between the two are at the heart of Nixon at War. Kurt Andersen is a prize-winning novelist, historian, and public radio host (Studio 360). His most recent books -- Evil Geniuses, Fantasyland, and You Can’t Spell America Without Me, were all New York Times bestsellers. For more, visit Nixonatwar.org.
2021-07-0642 min
Politics and Polls#237: Nixon at War (Kurt Andersen)President Richard M. Nixon is perhaps best known for the Watergate scandal and becoming the first U.S. president to resign. But how much more is there to that familiar narrative? Kurt Andersen joins Julian Zelizer to discuss his new podcast, Nixon at War, and the behind-the-scenes story of the downfall of America's 37th President. Kurt Andersen is a New York Times bestselling author, journalist, and radio host. Currently he's the host, writer, and co-producer of the new PRX podcast Nixon at War, a seven-episode series that tells the story of America's 37th President.
2021-06-2431 min
Future HindsightAmerica's Evil Geniuses: Kurt AndersenEvil Geniuses Influential conservatives have capitalized on a wave of cultural nostalgia after the turbulent 1960s to turn our economy into a version of extreme capitalism. Economists like Milton Friedman, politicians like Ronald Reagan and Mitch McConnell, and CEOs like the Koch Brothers have used money, policy, secrecy, and cultural movements to demonize the federal government and rig our economy for the rich. Together with neoliberalism from the left, the New Deal was replaced by the raw deal. Investing in America The US government is responsible for many of the greatest inventions of t...
2021-04-2237 minFuture HindsightAmerica's Evil Geniuses: Kurt AndersenEvil Geniuses Influential conservatives have capitalized on a wave of cultural nostalgia after the turbulent 1960s to turn our economy into a version of extreme capitalism. Economists like Milton Friedman, politicians like Ronald Reagan and Mitch McConnell, and CEOs like the Koch Brothers have used money, policy, secrecy, and cultural movements to demonize the federal government and rig our economy for the rich. Together with neoliberalism from the left, the New Deal was replaced by the raw deal. Investing in America The US government is responsible for many of the greatest inventions of t...
2021-04-2237 minFuture HindsightAmerica's Evil Geniuses: Kurt AndersenEvil Geniuses Influential conservatives have capitalized on a wave of cultural nostalgia after the turbulent 1960s to turn our economy into a version of extreme capitalism. Economists like Milton Friedman, politicians like Ronald Reagan and Mitch McConnell, and CEOs like the Koch Brothers have used money, policy, secrecy, and cultural movements to demonize the federal government and rig our economy for the rich. Together with neoliberalism from the left, the New Deal was replaced by the raw deal. Investing in America The US government is responsible for many of the greatest inventions of t...
2021-04-2237 min
SALT TalksKurt Andersen: Author "Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America" | SALT Talks #76Kurt Andersen is the bestselling author of the novels Heyday, Turn of the Century, and True Believers. He contributes to Vanity Fair and The New York Times and was the host and co-creator of Studio 360, the Peabody Award–winning public radio show and podcast. He also writes for television, film, and the stage. Andersen co-founded Spy magazine, served as editor in chief of New York, and was a cultural columnist and critic for Time and The New Yorker. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College.In the 1970s, a subtle yet radical shift took place in Am...
2021-03-3139 min
The Secret Life Of CookiesMayonnaise is the Best Belief System We Have: Life in Fantasyland with Kurt AndersenThis week I’m joined by New York Times best-selling author, host of Studio 360 and my former boss at SPY magazine, Kurt Andersen. We discuss the murky origins of patriotism and why we should keep blaming the Puritans for everything in this fine country Andersen calls “Fantasyland.” Tune in and learn how we got stuck with true believers like Marjorie Taylor Greene: It’s all about the feelings, baby. Kurt makes a perfect negroni and I start eating gin-soaked raisins. Warning: This episode is for mayonnaise lovers only. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2021-03-0655 min
Impolitic with John HeilemannKurt Andersen and Lawrence O’DonnellKurt Andersen and Lawrence O’Donnell first met 46 years ago as undergraduates at Harvard, forming a friendship that’s flourished alongside their careers as two of their generation’s most incisive, insightful observers of American politics and culture. Andersen made his mark in the 1980s as co-founder of the iconic Spy magazine, then went on to serve as editor-in-chief of New York magazine, host of the Peabody Award-winning radio program “Studio 360,” and best-selling novelist and non-fiction author. O’Donnell cut his teeth in Washington as staff director of the powerful Senate Finance Committee and protege to legendary New York Senator Dani...
2021-01-261h 15
The Next TrackEpisode #201 - Kurt Andersen on Why Music Hasn't Changed in DecadesIn his recent book Evil Geniuses, Kurt Andersen noted that people have dressed the same for decades, and that music has barely changed since the 1980s. We discuss this decades long stasis, and why it may have happened.
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2021-01-2037 min
This DayUnited States vs One Book Called Ulysses (1933) w/ Kurt AndersenIt’s December 6th. On this day in 1933, a judge ruled that James Joyce’s “Ulysses,” which had been effectively banned in the United States, was not obscene.
Jody and Niki are joined by Kurt Andersen to discuss the ruling, the history of obscenity laws in the United States, and what to make of the current debates over free speech.
Kurt’s recent books are “Fantasylad” and “Evil Geniuses.”
Find a transcript of this episode at: https://tinyurl.com/esoterichistory
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2020-12-0621 minThis DayUnited States vs One Book Called Ulysses (1933) w/ Kurt AndersenIt’s December 6th. On this day in 1933, a judge ruled that James Joyce’s “Ulysses,” which had been effectively banned in the United States, was not obscene.
Jody and Niki are joined by Kurt Andersen to discuss the ruling, the history of obscenity laws in the United States, and what to make of the current debates over free speech.
Kurt’s recent books are “Fantasylad” and “Evil Geniuses.”
Find a transcript of this episode at: https://tinyurl.com/esoterichistory
This Day In Esoteric Political History is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX...
2020-12-0621 min
The Filter Podcast with Matt AsherEp 27: Kurt Andersen on Fantasyland NationKurt Andersen is co-founder of Spy magazine and the author of several bestselling books, including Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire. We discuss the fantasy industrial complex, new urbanism, and the draw of comforting explanations. We also discuss the relationships between science and fantasy, conspiratorial thinking, links between spirituality and politics, and the cultural legacy of Spy magazine.
Related Links:
Kurt Andersen's Website
Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire
Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America
The Filter episode with Jesse Walker
Spy Magazine Archive
The Half-life of Facts and
What if we're wrong
2020-12-0350 min
The Common Good PodcastKurt Andersen: Evil GeniusesWhile the last four years in America have certainly felt crazy and chaotic, the best-selling author of the recent book, “Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America: A Recent History,” Kurt Andersen, contends that the insanity actually started much earlier, beginning back in the 1970s. Joined by rock-star Vanity Fair journalist, Joe Hagan, Kurt traces where America went wrong, what exactly happened and how we can get back to a more equitable, prosperous and ultimately more sane America.
Who are the evil geniuses and how did we get here?
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2020-11-1849 min
LIVE! From City LightsKerri Arsenault and Kurt AndersenKerri Arsenault in conversation with Kurt Andersen discussing their two new books. Mill Town: Reckoning With What Remains, by Kerri Arsenault, (St. Martin’s Press) and Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America: A Recent History, by Kurt Andersen, (Random House). This event was originally broadcast live via Zoom.
Kerri Arsenault serves on the board of the National Books Critics Circle, is the Book Review Editor at Orion magazine, and Contributing Editor at Lithub. Arsenault received her MFA in Creative Writing from The New School and studied in Malmö University’s Communication for Development master’s programme. Her writing has appeared in Free...
2020-10-3058 min
Yahoo Finance PresentsInfluencers with Andy Serwer: Kurt AndersenInfluencers with Andy Serwer: Kurt Andersen See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2020-10-0933 min
The Climate PodKurt Andersen on "Evil Geniuses" and The Unmaking of Environmental and Climate ProtectionsThis week, Kurt Andersen, best-selling author, co-founder of Spy magazine, former editor-in-chief of New York magazine, and legendary journalist, joins the show to discuss his new book, Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America - A Recent History . Kurt discusses how a paradigm shift in recent decades has radically transformed the American economy for the worse and set the conditions to accelerate the climate crisis. Co-hosts Ty Benefiel and Brock Benefiel also discuss the Sébastien Roblin's recent piece on how the U.S. military will have to respond to climate change at home. As always, follow u...
2020-09-231h 13
WorkingHow Kurt Andersen Succeeds in So Many Creative FieldsThis week, host June Thomas talks to novelist, journalist, editor, and radio host Kurt Andersen, who talks about the curiosity and drive that has fueled so many of his creative pursuits. He also discusses his latest nonfiction book, Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America, and he ponders the legacy of Spy magazine, a publication he co-founded in the 1980s. After the interview, June and co-host Isaac Butler discuss the difference between generalists, who know a little bit about a lot of topics, and specialists, who have a specific area of expertise. Send your questions about crea...
2020-08-3042 min
The Virtual Memories ShowEpisode 390 - Kurt AndersenWith his fantastic new book, Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America (Random House), Kurt Andersen explores how rich conservatives responded to the 1960s by pushing America on a pro-business trajectory that has led to record income inequality and a nation unequipped to handle a pandemic. We get into the one-two punch of this book and Kurt's previous history of America, Fantasyland, the over-exaggeration of individualism and how puts us on the precipice of disaster, post-'80s cultural stasis and nostalgia, the way "if it feels good, do it" led to "profits over all", the long-term impact of the Occupy...
2020-08-111h 35
Get Lost In This Immersive Full Audiobook — Perfect At Home.Evil Geniuses by Kurt AndersenPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/153695to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Evil Geniuses
Author: Kurt Andersen
Narrator: Kurt Andersen
Format: mp3
Length: 16 hrs and 24 mins
Release date: 08-11-20
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 1,185 ratings
Genres: Economic History
Publisher's Summary:
During the 20th century, America managed to make its economic and social systems both more and more fair and more and more prosperous. A huge, secure, and contented middle class emerged. All boats rose together. But then the New Deal gave way to the Raw Deal. Beginning in the early 1970s, by means of a long war conceived of and executed...
2020-08-114h 24
Best Full-Length Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Current Affairs, Law, & PoliticsEvil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America: A Recent History by Kurt AndersenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/427398 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America: A Recent History Author: Kurt Andersen Narrator: Kurt Andersen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 24 minutes Release date: August 11, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.34 of Total 35 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • When did America give up on fairness? The author of Fantasyland tells the epic history of how America decided that big business gets whatever it wants, only the rich get richer, and nothing should ever change—and charts a way back to the fu...
2020-08-1110 min
Channels with Peter KafkaKurt Andersen on the “Evil Geniuses” that got America into this messAuthor Kurt Andersen sits down with Recode’s Peter Kafka to talk about Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America: A Recent History. Andersen argues that starting in the 1970s, a small group of men made a concerted, and successful push to move the US to the right. Now he wants the country to correct course.Featuring: Kurt Andersen (@kbandersen), AuthorHost: Peter Kafka (@pkafka), Senior Editor at RecodeMore to explore: Subscribe for free to Recode Media, Peter Kafka, one of the media industry's most acclaimed reporters, talks to business tit...
2020-08-0647 min
Reliable SourcesKurt Andersen on 'Fantasyland' thinking about the pandemic and America's long-held taste for mistruths"Believe-whatever-you-want fantasy is deeply embedded in our DNA," journalist Kurt Andersen wrote in his 2017 book "Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire." Brian Stelter asks him to apply the lessons of "Fantasyland" to the Covid-19 crisis. Andersen also discusses the American affinity for "ultra-individualism," Trump's disconnect from "reality-based" Americans, and the impact of the QAnon conspiracy theory.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2020-06-2738 min
MKN Küchenschnack#6 Liselotte Kira Gregers Andersen - Danish SeaweedIm heutigen Podcast wird’s international! Die beiden Podcaster Tom & Olli haben sich für die neue Folge eine der besten Köchinnen Dänemarks, Liselotte Kira Gregers Andersen, eingeladen. Mit ihrer charmanten Art gibt Liselotte Einblicke in die skandinavische Küche, erklärt, wie unterschiedlich die Ausstattung in deutschen und dänischen Küchen sein kann und erzählt, warum ihr das Kochen mit Seegras so gut gefällt. Vorhang auf für Folge 6 des MKN Küchenschnack. www.mkn.compodcast@mkn.de
2020-05-2931 min
Point of InquiryKurt Andersen, Fantastyland, and How Irrational Thought Worsened the PandemicKurt Andersen is the author of the novels Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History (2017), True Believers (2012), Heyday (2007), and Turn of the Century (1999). He's also written for film, television, and the stage and is the former host and co-creator of the Peabody Award winning Studio 360, a weekly radio show about arts and culture. He regularly appears as a commentator on MSNBC, CNN, PBS, and the BBC. He is also the former editor of New York Magazine and co-creator of Spy magazine. On this week's episode Andersen speaks with Point of Inquiry's new host, Leighann Lord, to...
2020-04-0940 minPoint of InquiryKurt Andersen, Fantastyland, and How Irrational Thought Worsened the PandemicKurt Andersen is the author of the novels Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History (2017), True Believers (2012), Heyday (2007), and Turn of the Century (1999). He's also written for film, television, and the stage and is the former host and co-creator of the Peabody Award winning Studio 360, a weekly radio show about arts and culture. He regularly appears as a commentator on MSNBC, CNN, PBS, and the BBC. He is also the former editor of New York Magazine and co-creator of Spy magazine. On this week's episode Andersen speaks with Point of Inquiry's new host, Leighann Lord, to...
2020-04-0940 min
SongWriter turns stories into songsKurt Andersen + Vienna TengPublic radio's Kurt Andersen reads from his critical history of America, Fantasyland. He tells the story of colonist Anne Hutchinson and the singular religious rebellion she started, which led to her eventual banishment and death.Vienna Teng plays a song written in response, using a looper pedal and backwards vocals to depict an argument between the complex truth and simplistic jingoism.https://SongWriterPodcast.comTwitter.com/SnogWriterInstagram.com/SongWriterPodcastFacebook.com/SongWriterPodcast
2019-09-1718 min
WTF with Marc Maron PodcastEpisode 1040 - Kurt AndersenAt some point in the past decade, Kurt Andersen felt like he had to figure out America. Coming from a professional career rooted in satire and troublemaking, Kurt had a pretty good vantage point to examine the tug of war between reason and magical thinking that has become a chronic American condition. Kurt talks with Marc about putting this all into his book, Fantasyland, and recalls the founding of Spy Magazine, where he and Graydon Carter took pleasure messing with public institutions like the New York Times, Hollywood, and Donald Trump. They also talk about Kurt's time at the Harvard...
2019-07-291h 25
Programa do webEpisode 1040 - Kurt AndersenAt some point in the past decade, Kurt Andersen felt like he had to figure out America. Coming from a professional career rooted in satire and troublemaking, Kurt had a pretty good vantage point to examine the tug of war between reason and magical thinking that has become a chronic American condition. Kurt talks with Marc about putting this all into his book, Fantasyland, and recalls the founding of Spy Magazine, where he and Graydon Carter took pleasure messing with public institutions like the New York Times, Hollywood, and Donald Trump. They also talk about Kurt's time at the Harvard...
2019-07-291h 25
Özel masallah podcastEpisode 1040 - Kurt AndersenAt some point in the past decade, Kurt Andersen felt like he had to figure out America. Coming from a professional career rooted in satire and troublemaking, Kurt had a pretty good vantage point to examine the tug of war between reason and magical thinking that has become a chronic American condition. Kurt talks with Marc about putting this all into his book, Fantasyland, and recalls the founding of Spy Magazine, where he and Graydon Carter took pleasure messing with public institutions like the New York Times, Hollywood, and Donald Trump. They also talk about Kurt's time at the Harvard...
2019-07-291h 28
WTF with Marc Maron PodcastEpisode 1040 - Kurt AndersenAt some point in the past decade, Kurt Andersen felt like he had to figure out America. Coming from a professional career rooted in satire and troublemaking, Kurt had a pretty good vantage point to examine the tug of war between reason and magical thinking that has become a chronic American condition. Kurt talks with Marc about putting this all into his book, Fantasyland, and recalls the founding of Spy Magazine, where he and Graydon Carter took pleasure messing with public institutions like the New York Times, Hollywood, and Donald Trump. They also talk about Kurt's time at the Harvard...
2019-07-291h 28
Losing Our ReligionTHINKING THURSDAY: How Religion Turned American Politics against Science: Zac Gandara: Kurt AndersenThinking Thursday’s are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together. A Fellow Loser sends in a Big Think video featuring Kurt Andersen talking about how the Christian Right has seriously harmed the perception of science American politics. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History by Kurt Andersen THIS EPISODES SHOW NOTES: THINKING THURSDAY: How Religion Turned American Politics against Science: Zac Gandara: Kurt Andersen Thinking Thursday: Thinking Thursday is about learning ho...
2019-07-1814 min
Scratching the Surface115. Kurt AndersenKurt Andersen is a writer, radio host, and journalist. He's the author of novels True Believers, Heyday, and Turn of the Century, and has written for film, television, and stage. He is the host and co-creator of arts and culture radio show Studio 360, co-founder of Spy Magazine, and author of Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire. Oh, he was also the design critic at Time for eight years. In this episode, Jarrett and Kurt talk about how he started writing about design, how design is a constant theme that runs through all of his, and why Fantasyland might be a book...
2019-03-2049 min
The X-Rae Podcast with Iris Bahr & Rae LynnKurt Andersen and Doug LimanRae was lucky enough to have this powerful duo in the studio at the same time. Kurt Andersen, founder of Spy Magazine, host of Studio360 and NYT best selling author, talks about his latest book FANTASYLAND, working with Alec Baldwin, the state of our union under Trump and how Angelina Jolie hit on him. For his part, Doug Liman, (acclaimed director of Swingers, Bourne Identity, Fair Game and the new film with Tom Holland and Daisy Ridley called CHAOS WALKING) reveals secrets from the set of Mr and Mrs Smith, how he crafts unique action sequences on his films and...
2018-09-1159 min
Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Current Affairs, Law, & PoliticsFantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History by Kurt AndersenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334834 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History Author: Kurt Andersen Narrator: Kurt Andersen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 35 minutes Release date: June 7, 2018 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the audiobook edition of Fantasyland, written and read by Kurt Anderson. You’re entitled to your own opinion but not your own facts Fantasy is the USA’s primary product. From the Pilgrim Fathers onward America has been a place where renegades and freaks came in search of freedom to create their own realities with litt...
2018-06-0705 min
The Politics GuysKurt Andersen on Fantasyland: How America Went HaywireMike talks with journalist and best-selling author Kurt Andersen about his most recent book, '[Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History](https://amzn.to/2jmJF8C)'. Mike and Kurt discuss America's founding by 'a nutty religious cult', the long history of American pseudo-empiricism, the dynamic equilibrium between fantasists and realists that made American great, how the fantasists ended up in the driver's seat, ways in which the 1960s empowered the modern right, Donald Trump as a 21st century P.T. Barnum, and lots more. **[Kurt Andersen on Twitter](https://twitter.com/KBAndersen)** **Listener support helps make The...
2018-05-0258 min
Fresh Art InternationalKurt Andersen on How America Got TrumpedOn Miami Beach, we meet American writer Kurt Andersen to talk about the role of creativity in the Trumping of America. Besides writing novels, he has opined on America’s political landscape for The New York Times, The New Yorker, and his own Spy Magazine. Kurt Anderson is host and co-creator of Studio 360, a New-York based culture magazine show. His latest books explore a certain peculiarity in America’s DNA: a deep passion for fiction and fantasy. He delves into the complexities of this unshakeable character trait in Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire and You Can't Spell America Without Me, a book he co-wr...
2018-03-1514 min
TrumpWatch with Jesse LentHow do you parody a president you consider a self-parody? (Kurt Andersen)For the last TrumpWatch with Jesse Lent of 2017, we decided to revisit one of our favorite interviews--Jesse’s conversation with Kurt Andersen, the host of the Peabody Award-winning public radio program “Studio 360” and co-author (with Alec Baldwin) of the Trump parody novel “You Can't Spell America Without Me: The Really Tremendous Inside Story of My Fantastic First Year as President Donald J. Trump (A So-Called Parody).” This portion of the interview was originally cut for time.
2017-12-2826 min
The 92nd Street Y, New YorkAlec Baldwin and Kurt Andersen with Brian Lehrer: 92Y Talks Episode 127In this episode of 92Y Talks, Alec Baldwin and Kurt Andersen discuss their new book, You Can’t Spell America Without Me: The Really Tremendous Inside Story of My Fantastic First Year as President Donald J. Trump (A So-Called Parody), with Brian Lehrer. The conversation was recorded at 92nd Street Y on November 9, 2017.
2017-11-161h 05
TrumpWatch with Jesse LentDoes parodying Trump help you to understand him? (Alec Baldwin, Kurt Andersen)What goes into creating an iconic impression? Does assuming the personality of a subject, even to make fun of them, allow you any new insight into their way of thinking? On this week’s TrumpWatch, Jesse Lent talks to Alec Baldwin whose impression of Donald Trump on “Saturday Night Live,” has become the definitive impression of the 45th President. In addition to discussing what it’s like to perform as someone he admittedly dislikes, Alec compares playing Trump to some of his other iconic roles. Jesse also speaks with Kurt Andersen, the host of “Studio 360” on Public Radio International, who co-author...
2017-11-0928 min
Real Time with Bill MaherEp. #439: Paul Hawken, Kurt AndersenBill’s guests are Paul Hawken, Kurt Andersen, John Heilemann, April Ryan, and Tom Morello. (Originally aired 9/29/17) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2017-09-3055 min
Rock and Roles with Danny GoldbergEp. 35 - Kurt AndersenOn this episode of Rock and Roles, Danny speaks with author Kurt Andersen about the role of fantasy in American history and our current culture.
2017-09-2500 min
Think Again - a Big Think PodcastKurt Andersen (writer) – The Sleep of ReasonOrthodox kookiness: the true American exceptionalism? Writer Kurt Andersen and host Jason Gots discuss America's 500 year old tendency toward passionate belief in the preposterous in this, Big Think's latest brain-fertilizing podcast.
Writer and media polymath Kurt Andersen is the NY-times bestselling author of the novels Heyday, Turn of the Century, and True Believers, and he’s the host and co-creator of the Peabody-award winning public radio show Studio 360. Kurt’s latest book Fantasyland – How America Went Haywire – is a 500 year history of a different kind of American exceptionalism.
Surprise conversation-starter clips in this episode: Neuroscientist Beau Lotto on diversity, Neil DeGrasse...
2017-09-2356 min
Patt Morrison AsksAuthor Kurt Andersen goes looking for the dangerously strange in "Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire"LA Times columnist Patt Morrison speaks with Kurt Andersen about his new book "Fantasyland: How America Went Waywire"
2017-09-1917 min
Diabetes Connections | Type 1 Diabetes"Fantasyland" Author Kurt Andersen / Introducing InPenBest-selling author and radio host Kurt Anderson is out with a blockbuster book, "Fantasyland, How America Went Haywire, a 500 year history." You may have seen him on the cover of The Atlantic Magazine and all over cable news this month. But you may not know he lives with type 1 diabetes. Stacey and Kurt talk about Fantasyland, as well as his other books like the fictional True Believers, where the main character has type 1. Our Community Connection calls attention to the heroes of the T1D relief efforts in Texas after Hurricane Harvey (Listen to our...
2017-09-0555 min
Stream Popular Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Current Affairs, Law, & PoliticsFantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History by Kurt AndersenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303011 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History Author: Kurt Andersen Narrator: Kurt Andersen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 36 minutes Release date: September 5, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 28 Ratings of Narrator: 4.17 of Total 6 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “The single most important explanation, and the fullest explanation, of how Donald Trump became president of the United States . . . nothing less than the most important book that I have read this year.”—Lawrence O’Donnell How did we get here? In this sweeping, eloquent h...
2017-09-0510 min
Aspen Ideas to GoFantasyland: How America Went Haywire, Featuring Kurt AndersenHas the great American experiment in liberty gone off the rails? Kurt Andersen’s latest book, Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire, a 500 Year History, is a provocative chronicle of magical thinking and make-believe. It provides a new paradigm for understanding the post-factual present, where reality and illusion are dangerously blurred. He and journalist Jeffrey Goldberg discuss the history that religion plays in America’s roots and world view. According to Andersen, history shows Americans have a peculiar knack for believing the unbelievable — for being suckers for those who want to sucker them.
2017-08-2951 min
Aspen Ideas to GoFantasyland: How America Went Haywire, Featuring Kurt AndersenHas the great American experiment in liberty gone off the rails? Kurt Andersen’s latest book, Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire, a 500 Year History, is a provocative chronicle of magical thinking and make-believe. It provides a new paradigm for understanding the post-factual present, where reality and illusion are dangerously blurred. He and journalist Jeffrey Goldberg discuss the history that religion plays in America’s roots and world view. According to Andersen, history shows Americans have a peculiar knack for believing the unbelievable — for being suckers for those who want to sucker them.
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2017-08-2951 min
Radio AtlanticKurt Andersen on How America Lost Its MindWhen did the reality-based community start losing to reality show celebrity? Why are "alternative facts" and fake news suddenly ubiquitous features of the landscape? The spread of American magical thinking isn't, in fact, sudden, argues Kurt Andersen in the September 2017 Atlantic. It was rooted in the very origins of the nation, and started to blossom in the '60s. Andersen explores how these forces made their way to the White House in conversation with our Radio Atlantic cohosts, Jeffrey Goldberg, Alex Wagner, and Matt Thompson. For links and other show notes, go here. L...
2017-08-1150 min
Channels with Peter KafkaDonald Trump is still a 'short-fingered vulgarian' (Kurt Andersen, co-founder, Spy)Kurt Andersen, co-founder of Spy magazine and host of WNYC and PRI's Studio 360, talks with Recode's Peter Kafka about branding Donald Trump a "short-fingered vulgarian in the 1980s and how Trump has changed (or not) since then. Andersen says the real estate mogul flirted with running for president as early as 1987, but that over time, the fantasy became more and more real. He also discusses the organizations Spy influenced — including Gawker and "Last Week Tonight" — and why he now likens podcasting to the rise of public radio 40 years ago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...
2016-10-1331 min