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Robert Scheer Talks With Thomas Frank About Democrats' Shift Away From Addressing Inequality (Audio)

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RS: Right -- and when she -- and when she breaks through the glass ceiling, all American women will have it made, right?

TF: Right. Well, the ones who want -- no, I mean, women will be able to become, you know, CEOs of the Fortune 500 or something like that. The point that I'm making is that our country's problems, and women's problems, are much, much, much bigger than that.

RS: Well, thank you, Thomas Frank, for writing a really critical book for this election season, and actually for the future of American politics. "Listen, Liberal: Or, Whatever Happened to the Party of the People?" Please don't ignore this book; it's critical to getting a debate going in this country about what's truly important. And thank you, Thomas Frank, for joining me.

TF: Thank you for having me, Robert.

RS: That's it for Scheer Intelligence. My guest today was Thomas Frank, the author of a really important book that just came out called "Listen, Liberal: Or, Whatever Happened to the Party of the People?" Our producers are Josh Scheer and Rebecca Mooney. Mario Diaz was our engineer. Thanks to WAMU in Washington, D.C. See you next time.

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Robert Scheer is editor in chief of the progressive Internet site Truthdig. He has built a reputation for strong social and political writing over his 30 years as a journalist. He conducted the famous Playboy magazine interview in which Jimmy (more...)
 

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