Interviews
The One Way History Shows Trump’s Personality Cult Will End
April 16, 2022, Politico
“America, beacon of democracy, is vulnerable to authoritarianism,”
January 8, 2022
Electoral Autocracy: The Ruth Ben-Ghiat Interview
Gaslit Nation Podcast, March 17, 2021
Republicans have built a cult of personality around Trump that glosses over his disgraced presidency
Business Insider, March 4, 2021
The Parallels Between Trump and Mussolini
January 22, 2021, MSNBC Morning Joe Show
Extremism in America
ABC News – The Breakdown, January 7, 2021
The Bunker Mentality of an Increasingly Desperate and Delusional Trump
Background Briefing with Ian Masters Podcast, January 14, 2021
Democracy Now Interview
Democracy Now, January 11, 2021
Insurrection At The U.S. Capitol
The Colin McEnroe Show Podcast, WNPR, January 7, 2021
American Democracy’s Near-Death Experience: How Do We Recover and Ensure It Doesn’t Happen Again?
Deep State Radio Podcast, December 21, 2020
Featured Interviews
PBS News Hour
July 18th, 2022
How some members of the Republican Party have normalized the use of violent rhetoric
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This is Critical with Virginia Heffernan Podcast
May 22th, 2022
Zelensky is the Antidote to Putin’s ‘Strongman’
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Renew Democracy Initiative
May 20th, 2022
Winter Is Here Podcast: Why Tyrants Should be Humiliated
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MSNBC – The Beat/ Ari Melber
May 18th, 2022
Busted: Tucker Carlson’s ‘Fascist’ Conspiracy Theory Cited By Shooting Suspect
MSNBC – The Rachel Maddow Show/ Ari Velshi
May 6, 2022
Ruth talks about what the lessons of history suggest will happen if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade and empowers conservatives to criminalize previously private matters.
MSNBC – The Rachel Maddow Show
April 16, 2022
DeSantis is making Florida into his own mini-autocracy
BBC Radio, April 11, 2022
Thinking Aloud podcast
Strongmen: Laurie Taylor explores the global rise of authoritarian leaders.
Thinking Aloud podcast, April 11, 2022
NPR – 1A Podcast, March 8, 2022
Why is authoritarianism surging worldwide?
CNN Newsroom With Anna Cabrera
March 13, 2022
MSNBC – The Sunday Show
March 13, 2022
“Autocrats don’t negotiate, they do deals with other autocrats.”
KCRW – Press Play with Madeline Brand – January 20, 2022
Putin signals he may soon invade Ukraine. How likely is it?
SKY News – January 22, 2021
Trump’s Last Stand
ABC News – The Breakdown
January 7, 2021
Extremism in America
WNYC, November 23, 2020
Podcast interview on A History Of Modern Authoritarians
David Pakman Show/ Free Speech TV, November 19, 2020
“How Authoritarian Strongmen Come to Power” interview
WBUR, November 12, 2020
Podcast interview on On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti
Vox.com, October 23, 2020
Is Trump a fascist? 8 experts weigh in.
Call him a kleptocrat, an oligarch, a xenophobe, a racist, even an authoritarian. But he doesn’t quite fit the definition of a fascist.
Read the full article here.
CNN International Interview – November 15, 2020
NPR On Point Podcast
“What The ’Strongmen’ Of History Reveal About Modern Politics “
NPR 1A Podcast
“What is Fascism? Is Trump a Fascist?”
“A Scholar of Fascism Sees a Lot That’s Familiar with Trump,”
The New Yorker, November 4, 2016
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Strange Days with Fernand Amandi
Two of America’s most prescient scholars on autocracy & fascism, Ruth Ben-Ghiat + Sarah Kendzior, sound the alarm on a must-hear #StrangeDaysPodcast.
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Slate Trumpcast
A Historical Lens on Trump’s Authoritarianism