{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/695ed31524334d02345bdb78/695ed33de06ab03ba366b578?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Cruelty Was the Point. Is It Still?","description":"<p>Donald Trump’s combination of bigotry, lies, and meanness led to a victory that stunned political pundits in 2016. Atlantic writer Adam Serwer would go on to coin the phrase that summed up Trump’s appeal: <em>the cruelty is the point.</em> Serwer has collected his essays chronicling the Trump era in the new book, <em>The Cruelty is the Point: The Past, Present, and Future of Trump’s America, </em>and joins host Jason Johnson to discuss it on this week’s episode of A Word.<em> </em></p><p>Guest: <a href=\"https://twitter.com/AdamSerwer?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\">Adam Serwer</a>, staff writer for The Atlantic and author of<em> The Cruelty is the Point: The Past, Present, and Future of Trump’s America. </em></p><p>Podcast production by Ahyiana Angel and Jasmine Ellis</p><p>Y<em>ou can skip all the ads in A Word by joining Slate Plus. Sign up now at </em><a href=\"http://slate.com/awordplus\"><em>slate.com/awordplus</em></a><em> for just $1 for your first month.</em></p><p> </p>","author_name":"Slate Podcasts"}