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/428/ The First Poaster (Vice) President? ft. Ryan Zickgraf

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On JD Vance, Hillbilly Elegy, and arresting decline.

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We discuss the Netflix adaptation of vice-presidential nominee JD Vance's memoir – and the memoir itself – and what it tells us about the direction of US politics, Trump, and MAGA. We ask:

  • What is Ryan's own anti-hillbilly elegy, drawn from his experience in Central Illinois?

  • How far does the character in the film correspond with Vance’s public persona today?

  • How do we account for Vance’s political pivot – at least in rhetoric – from “lift yourself up by your bootstraps” meritocracy to pro-labour nationalism?

  • What will happen to rural/small-town US American life?

  • Plus: Is reading books gay? Is a "hillbilly" just Hillary + Bill? And what is a horseshoe sandwich?

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On JD Vance, Hillbilly Elegy, and arresting decline.

[For the full episode: patreon.com/bungacast]

We discuss the Netflix adaptation of vice-presidential nominee JD Vance's memoir – and the memoir itself – and what it tells us about the direction of US politics, Trump, and MAGA. We ask:

  • What is Ryan's own anti-hillbilly elegy, drawn from his experience in Central Illinois?

  • How far does the character in the film correspond with Vance’s public persona today?

  • How do we account for Vance’s political pivot – at least in rhetoric – from “lift yourself up by your bootstraps” meritocracy to pro-labour nationalism?

  • What will happen to rural/small-town US American life?

  • Plus: Is reading books gay? Is a "hillbilly" just Hillary + Bill? And what is a horseshoe sandwich?

Links:

  continue reading

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