Ep 403: Shikha Dalmia Is the Unpopulist
Description
Populism is on the rise everywhere, and the long arc of history has bent away from freedom. Shikha Dalmia joins Amit Varma in episode 403 of The Seen and the Unseen to discuss the derangements of our modern times -- and the threat that Donald Trump poses.
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Also check out:
1. Shikha Dalmia on Twitter, LinkedIn, Reason, The Week and ISMA.
2. Institute for the Study of Modern Authoritarianism.
3. The UnPopulist.
4. The Seen/Unseen episode on immigration with Shikha Dalmia.
5. The Populist Playbook -- Episode 42 of Everything is Everything.
6. Why Both Modi and Trump are Textbook Populists (2017) -- Amit Varma.
7. Rhinoceros -- Eugène Ionesco.
8. Stopping the Rhinoceros Takeover -- Shikha Dalmia.
9. Gita Press and the Making of Hindu India — Akshaya Mukul.
10. The Gita Press and Hindu Nationalism — Episode 139 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Akshaya Mukul).
11. Colours of the Cage: A Prison Memoir — Arun Ferreira.
12. The Reactionary Spirit -- Zack Beauchamp.
13. Narendra Modi takes a Great Leap Backwards — Amit Varma (on demonetisation).
14. Beware of the Useful Idiots — Amit Varma.
15. Stay Away From Luxury Beliefs -- Episode 46 of Everything is Everything.
16. The Good and Bad of Critical Race Theory -- Fabio Rojas.
17. The Color of Law -- Richard Rothstein.
18. Identity -- Francis Fukuyama.
19. Coleman Hughes, Glenn Loury and John McWhorter on Twitter/X.
20. The Fall of Minneapolis -- Alpha News.
21. What Really Happened to George Floyd? -- Coleman Hughes.
22. The retconning of George Floyd: Parts One, Two, an Update, Three -- Radley Balko.
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