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Oct 2024
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Episode 498: Andy Nowicki on Weimar Germ...

TIMOTHY KELLY
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Andy Nowicki returns to Our Interesting Times to discuss his recent piece "Weimar Germany vs Weimerica (bad vs worse)."  We talk about the history of the Weimar Germany, the ascension to power of Adolf Hitler as a reaction to the decadence and desperation that characterized the short-lived republic.  We also talk about the parallels between the Germany of the 1920s and America of the 2020's.

Andy Nowicki is the author of several books, most recently The Insurrectionist, Muze, and Love and Hidden Agendas, as well as the just-published The Rule of Wrath. Visit his YouTube channel.


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