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On "The Summer of Our Discontent" w/ Thomas Chatterton Williams

On "The Summer of Our Discontent" w/ Thomas Chatterton Williams

Update: 2025-08-26

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Kmele connects with Thomas Chatterton Williams to discuss his latest book, “The Summer of Our Discontent”. It’s a wide-ranging conversation that revisits the (or at least Thomas’) optimistic feelings toward the Obama moment in american politics, the backlash of the Trump years, and the ideological hangover of 2020’s “racial reckoning.” They wrestle with…

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On "The Summer of Our Discontent" w/ Thomas Chatterton Williams

On "The Summer of Our Discontent" w/ Thomas Chatterton Williams

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