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Time of Monsters: How Ron DeSantis Botched His Launch

Time of Monsters: How Ron DeSantis Botched His Launch

FromThe Nation Podcasts


Time of Monsters: How Ron DeSantis Botched His Launch

FromThe Nation Podcasts

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Length:
35 minutes
Released:
May 31, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

After months of teasing voters and reporters, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has finally launched his presidential bid. He did it on an unusual platform: Twitter Spaces. The launch was widely viewed as a bungle because of its small audience and many technical glitches.Even if was a fiasco, it was significant as an example of Elon Musk trying to remake himself as a right-wing media mogul, a Rupert Murdoch of the digital age. To better understand what DeSantis and Musk are up to, I talked with Parker Molloy, who runs the fine newsletter The Present Age.Subscribe to The Nation to support all of our podcasts: thenation.com/podcastsubscribe. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Released:
May 31, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

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