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From the Vault: How Stupid Are We? / Rick Shenkman

Jul 3 2023
Episode 1612: From the Vault: How Stupid Are We? / Rick Shenkman
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We have a 10-alarm fire in the country. Our politicians are able to get away with policies that don’t pass the smell test. But its because ignorant voters are sitting ducks for wily politicians…Nobody knows how much ignorance a country can take, but we’re gonna find out.

Rick Shenkman is the author of "Just How Stupid Are We? Facing the Truth about the American Voter" (Basic Books), the second chapter of which was excerpted at TomDispatch.com as the article, "How Ignorant Are We?: The Voters Choose… but on the Basis of What?." Rick is an Emmy Award-winning investigative reporter, New York Times bestselling author, and professor of history at George Mason University is also the founder and editor of History News Network, a website that features articles by historians on current events. He also blogs at "How Stupid?"

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Rick Shenkman

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Rick Shenkman is the founder of George Washington University's History News Network. He is the author of "Just How Stupid Are We? Facing the Truth about the American Voter" (Basic Books), the second chapter of which was excerpted at TomDispatch.com as the article, "How Ignorant Are We?: The Voters Choose… but on the Basis of What?." Rick is an Emmy Award-winning investigative reporter, New York Times bestselling author, and professor of history at George Mason University.