Paul Johnson interview on The Majority Report regarding his new book, I The People: The Rhetoric of Conservative Populism in the United States

Paul Elliott Johnson, assistant professor in the department, recently appeared on The Majority Report to discuss his new book, I The People: The Rhetoric of Conservative Populism in the United States. The wide-ranging conversation touched on a number of topics, including the role of race in the rise of the American Right, the widespread obsession with victimhood in US politics, and how we should use the term populism in discussing conservatism in the US. You can listen here.