Political Junkie
Claire Potter, Ryan James Girdusky, Eladio Bobadilla, Neil J. Young, Murph Kinney, Julia Sonnevend, Zayd Ayers DohrnNews you can use about politics, culture, and media
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Historian | Author of "Political Junkies: From Talk Radio to Twitter, How Alternative Media Hooked Us on Politics and Broke Our Democracy" (Basic Books, 2020) | The New York Times, The New Republic, Yale Review, DAME
Ryan Girdusky is an author, podcast host, political consultant, and journalist.
Assistant Professor of History at the @universityofky. @WeberStateU BIS. @DukeU PhD. Navy veteran. Real Salt Lake supporter.
writer, podcaster, dog lover.
Murph Kinney is a historian of nationalism and liturgy, a retired Army officer, and a first-time memoirist, writing The Chaplain's Daughter — a memoir about growing up on Cold War Air Force bases, building a faith entirely her own.
JULIA SONNEVEND is as professor of sociology and co-director of the Center for the American Experience at The New School. She is the author of Charm: How Magnetic Personalities Shape Global Politics, named one of The New Yorker’s Best Books of 2024.
Writer of plays, films, podcasts. New book DANGEROUS, DIRTY, VIOLENT, AND YOUNG out May 19! https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324089315
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