Charlatans and magical thinkers aren’t new to this country; they helped shape it. So goes the thesis of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Fantasyland-America-Haywire-500-Year-History-ebook/dp/B004J4WNJE">Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire</a>. Author <a href="https://twitter.com/KBAndersen">Kurt Andersen</a> joins Mike to consider religious quacks, the wackadoodles of the left and right, and the shrinking authority of the academy. Andersen is the host of <a href="https://www.pri.org/programs/studio-360">Studio 360</a>. In the Spiel, we’re long overdue for another Lobstar.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

The Rage Was Already There

For thirty minutes each day, Pesca challenges himself and his audience, in a responsibly provocative style, and gets beyond the rigidity and dogma. The Gist is surprising, reasonable, and willing to critique the left, the right, either party, or any idea.