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Ruth Ben-Ghiat: How Can We Stop All the Strongmen?
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat: How Can We Stop All the Strongmen?

On today's episode, Andrew talks with historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat about her new book, Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present, and the history of "strongmen" like Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.

Ruth Ben-Ghiat is an internationally acclaimed historian, speaker, and political commentator for the Atlantic, CNN, the Washington Post, and other publications. She is a professor of history and Italian studies at New York University and lives in New York City.

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