Ep. 145 - Jason Stanley [II]

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess. On this our 145th episode our returning guest is Jason Stanley. You first heard Jason Stanley on Episode 122 of the podcast. Jason Stanley is the Jacob Urowsky Professor of Philosophy at Yale University. Before coming to Yale in 2013, he was Distinguished Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Rutgers University. Stanley is the author of "Know How;" "Languages in Context;" and "Knowledge and Practical Interests," which won the 2007 American Philosophical Association book prize; and “How Propaganda Works,” which won the 2016 PROSE Award for Philosophy from the Association of American Publishers. His first book, "Knowledge and Practical Interests," won the American Philosophical Association Book Prize, awarded to one philosopher every year, for 2005-6. He is a frequent contributor to The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Review, and The Chronicle of Higher Education, among other publications. Stanley lives in New Haven, Connecticut, with his family. His new book, “How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them,” was released on Sept. 4, 2018. His latest article, “Is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s ‘Fascism’ Claim Too Extreme?” was published in The New York Times on July 4. Join The Rob Burgess Show mailing list! Go to tinyletter.com/therobburgessshow and type in your email address. Then, respond to the automatic message. Also please make sure to comment, follow, like, subscribe, share, rate and review everywhere the podcast is available, including iTunes, YouTube, SoundCloud, Stitcher, Google Play Music, Twitter, Internet Archive, TuneIn, RSS, and, now, Spotify. The official website for the podcast is www.therobburgessshow.com. You can find more about me by visiting my website, www.thisburgess.com.If you have something to say, record a voice memo on your smartphone and send it to [email protected]. Include “voice memo” in the subject line of the email.