Going into November, we’ll be doing some shows where we talk with one guest, for the hour, who knows a lot about the election. This hour, we talk with Ruth Ben-Ghiat about authoritarianism and democracy.

GUEST: 
Ruth Ben-Ghiat: Professor of History and Italian Studies at New York University. Her latest book is Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present. She also writes the Substack newsletter “Lucid.” 

Going into November, we’ll be doing some shows where we talk with one guest, for the hour, who knows a lot about the election. This hour, we talk with Ruth Ben-Ghiat about authoritarianism and democracy.
GUEST: 
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<li>Ruth Ben-Ghiat: Professor of History and Italian Studies at New York University. Her latest book is <a href="https://wwnorton.com/books/strongmen">Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present</a>. She also writes the Substack newsletter “<a href="https://lucid.substack.com/">Lucid</a>.” </li>
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