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"Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present"
Episode 322
Published 3 years, 4 months ago
Description
Ruth Ben-Ghiat joins the podcast to discuss her book Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present, which examines 100 years of authoritarian rule. She describes the characteristics of a strongman and the strange virility cult surrounding these leaders before turning to the central role of corruption in the autocrat's playbook.
(This episode was originally published in November 2021.)