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Kurt Andersen's History of American Wackadoodles
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Charlatans and magical thinkers aren't new to this country; they helped shape it. So goes the thesis of Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire. Author Kurt Andersen 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 Studio 360.
In the Spiel, we're long overdue for another Lobstar.
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