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The Most Spatially Aware Man in France
France is on fire, and the most thoughtful Frenchman alive has thoughts.
Dr. Craig Johnson, UC Berkeley lecturer and PhD in Global Fascism Studies, opens at a seven. The days are getting shorter, the ennui is setting in (second week running for that word, a show record), and the thing driving his number is France’s slide into a youth uprising that the far right is, in his view, perfectly positioned to exploit.
For listeners who haven’t been following it, and most Americans haven’t, Nick and Craig lay out the story from the start. In mid-September, French high school students began blockading…
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