Historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat on global authoritarianism and the future of democracy

Going into November, we’ll be doing some shows where we talk with one guest, for the hour, who knows a lot about the election. This hour, we talk with Ruth Ben-Ghiat about authoritarianism and democracy. GUEST:  Ruth Ben-Ghiat: Professor of History and Italian Studies at New York University. Her latest book is Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present. She also writes the Substack newsletter “Lucid.”  Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.