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Talk Radio: A Political History

Season 4, Ep. 73

Wherein Ben and Alicia Wanless welcome Brian Rosenwald, an American political historian, to tell us about the history of talk radio and the Republican Party.


Find Brian's book here: https://www.brianrosenwald.com/book

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