Oct 21, 2016
Professor Jennifer Mittelstadt is
the guest on this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega
Show. She is a Professor of History at Rutgers University and
the author of the new book The Rise of the Military Welfare
State.
In this week's episode
of the podcast, Jennifer and Chauncey talk about the social safety
net, gender, race, welfare, and the United States military.
Jennifer also offers some great insights about the influence of
"free market" ideologies in some surprising places--such as the
decision to end the draft in the United States. Chauncey and
Jennifer also try to make sense of Donald Trump and how to best
locate him relative to American history.
During this week's podcast, Chauncey
reviews Shin Godzilla, the new Birth of a
Nation, and The Accountant. Chauncey also offers some
thoughts on the third presidential debate between Donald Trump and
Hillary Clinton and what transpired there. Hint: Donald Trump is a
great threat to American democracy.