Book · 2016 · credentialism
Listen, Liberal
Or, What Ever Happened to the Party of the People?
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Listen, Liberal by Thomas Frank who wrote What's the Matter with Kansas? Who had a call to arms about the future of the Democratic Party about 10 years ago.
What they say about it
- Discusses the party of the people“Whatever Happened to the Party of the People”2
- Explains core point of the book“this is the point of Listen, Liberal”2
The best things said about it
The book again is called Listen, Liberal or Whatever Happened to the Party of the People by Thomas Frank.
Thomas Frank said in Listen, Liberal, you know, that when you listen to these people moralize, it's stomach churning.
Jimmy Dore The Tucker Carlson Show · Oct 2024 He had a private plan with Newt Gingrich to privatize Social Security, but Monica Lewinsky screwed that plan up if you read Listen, Liberal.
Jimmy Dore The Tucker Carlson Show · Oct 2024 That's pretty much the way Thomas Frank means you to say the title of his new book Listen, Liberal or Whatever Happened to the Party of the People.
This is the point of Listen, Liberal that that I really want your listeners to understand.
Where and when it comes up
Most mentions, by podcast
5 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
Listen, Liberal by Thomas Frank is a critical examination of how the Democratic Party abandoned the working class in favor of professional elites. Zephyr Teachout recommended the book on The Ezra Klein Show, describing it as an urgent call to arms regarding the future of the Democratic Party. On The Book Review, Pamela Paul and Alexandra Alter discussed the book and its title, noting that it asks what happened to the party of the people. Thomas Frank appeared on the same podcast to explain that there is a severe cost to political figures failing to look reality squarely in the face. Additionally, Jimmy Dore referenced the book on The Tucker Carlson Show during a critique of the political establishment. Dore highlighted Frank's commentary on the stomach-churning nature of political moralizing and cited the text to support a historical argument regarding Bill Clinton's presidency and policy plans. Across these various platforms, commentators and the author himself engaged with the core thesis that the political left shifted its allegiances away from everyday working people toward technocrats and corporate interests, creating lasting consequences for American democracy that continue to reverberate in contemporary political discussions and campaign strategies.
Every mention
Pamela Paul the book again is called listen liberal or whatever happened to the party of the People by Thomas Frank for… 3
“Thomas Frank is here to talk about his new book listen liberal”
“and that's pretty much the way Thomas Frank means you to say the title of his new book listen liberal or whatever happened to the party of the people”
“the book again is called listen liberal or whatever happened to the party of the People by Thomas Frank for some crazy reason”
Zephyr Teachout Um, and then listen liberal. Listen liberal by Thomas Frank who wrote What's the Matter with Kansas? Who ha… 1
“Um, and then listen liberal. Listen liberal by Thomas Frank who wrote What's the Matter with Kansas? Who had a call to arms about the future of the Democratic Party about 10 years ago.”
Jimmy Dore And as you know, Thomas Frank said in Listen Liberal, you know, that when you listen to these people morali… 2
“And as you know, Thomas Frank said in Listen Liberal, you know, that when you listen to these people moralize, it's stomach churning.”
“And he had a private plan with Newt Gingrich to privatize Social Security, but Monica Lewinsky screwed that plan up if you read Listen Liberal.”
Thomas Frank but this the point that I making in listen liberals that they have a cost you know there's a cost to uh not… 2
“but this the point that I making in listen liberals that they have a cost you know there's a cost to uh not looking this thing Square in the face”
“and this is this is the point of of listen liberal that that I really want your listeners to understand”
Alexandra Alter some other books that are coming up on Amazon include listen liberal by Thomas Frank author of what's the m… 1
“some other books that are coming up on Amazon include listen liberal by Thomas Frank author of what's the matter with Kansas”
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“he's the author of uh what's the matter with Kansas and uh and he has a new book called listen liberal”