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What’s the Deal with Concentration Camps? (with Andrea Pitzer)
Description
Trent and Caitlin talk with author and journalist Andrea Pitzer about the modern concentration camp model, its history and public perception, and the concentration camps the United States government is operating and hopes to open in the near future.
Resources
https://andreapitzer.com/
Andrea's newsletter: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/
Andrea's book on camps: https://bookshop.org/p/books/one-long-night-a-global-history-of-concentration-camps-andrea-pitzer/ea53c06c993f6ad0?ean=9780316303569&next=t
Andrea's book on Nabokov: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-secret-history-of-vladimir-nabokov-andrea-pitzer/fe47f57e9a2b2a73?ean=9781639361182&next=t
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/ice-buys-warehouses-immigration-detention/
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/us/politics/ice-warehouses-trump-voters.html
https://bookshop.org/p/books/friendly-fascism-the-new-face-of-power-in-america-bertram-gross/414671ea6a34dd2c?ean=9781497689404&next=t
https://www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/news/black-lives-matter-movement-not-covid-19-encouraged-voters-toward-biden-2020-election