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Episode 268 - Supreme Courting (w/ Corey Robin) (Patreon)

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Corey Robin joins Bad Faith to offer a deeper dive on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in the wake of a ProPublica expose that uncovered decades of undeclared gifts Thomas has taken from a rightwing billionaire. Robin literally wrote the book on Thomas, and is able to give a much more complex and nuanced read on what motivates the man beyond reading the tea leaves of Nazi artifacts.

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Produced by Armand Aviram.

Theme by Nick Thorburn (@nickfromislands).

Comments

Lydia Maria Child

Love Corey Robin. His work on "the reactionary mind" is excellent and a must read for anyone wanting to really understand what "conservatives" are really all about. Cuts through the bullshit and deals with the authoritarianism at the heart of it all. Good stuff.

Anonymous

This was an excellent episode! One of your best. I love episodes like this where I go into thinking, “I don’t even really care about this topic” but then I listen and 🤯

Anonymous

Absolutely fascinating and fantastic episode!!! Enlightening and educating! Some assumptions I didn’t even realize I was making were blown out of the water! Must read the book and give lots of things I’ve thought about Thomas for decades a healthy rethink. Thanks for this episode! Wow!

E G

Another episode that should be available to all eventually…

Cclear

Haven't had time to listen yet but it looks interesting. I always enjoy legal themed episodes. Would also be great to have Eric Segall back on again

John H

I also loved this one. It corrected and humanized (and didn't improve one bit) my perceptions of Thomas, which also helped greatly to explain the phenomenon of Black Republicans (as distinct from Black conservatives, who always made plenty of sense to me). I kept thinking about links to the episode where Black entrepenureship came up, with the idea of money as status as dignity (especially for Black people, given the effects of racism across class lines), and perceptions of the Left or Democrats as anti-money. And while I don't think that the ENTIRETY of geopolitics is defined by the psychodramas of the elite and subscribe to a generally material view of politics, I can't help but notice the influence of well documented psychological disorders resulting from childhood neglect/abuse (whether domestic, societal, or both) on so many of the people who (I think not accidentally) pursue and achieve power in human social hierarchies. I was also reminded of Kanye West (without the bipolar disorder), who went from pointing out to a national (probably global) audience that George Bush doesn't care about Black people to advancing the worst antisemitism this side of Stormfront and Likud (I maintain that there is no formalized group on the planet more antisemitic than Israel's right wing political parties, since insisting that Judaism means supporting genocide is a worse slur than the blood libel).

Nora

So interesting!! Thank you for this episode…You should have this author and professor on again!

Anonymous

I put off listening to this one because I just assumed it wouldn’t be up my alley but man I was wrong as hell. This guest was amazing and I learned so much. It really made me take a look inward about how often (and why) I was so quick to take false assumptions and narratives about Thomas / his ideological journey as truths. Also made me think about some of the turns some of my conversations with friends are taking in the face of our own “political trauma” and frustrating experiences with Yt liberals in the northeast. How easily that can drive you toward the arms of the opposition of the smarmy enemy in front of you - no matter how awful - God at least I knew right away when I was face to face with a racist in Texas. God at least the republicans didn’t PRETEND to care about the kids in cages. Yeah I get how leftists (or would be leftists) can become some of the worst most jaded capitalists. Obviously at it’s face it takes some really crazy mental leaps but this shithouse system is enough to drive anyone’s eyes crossed. Shits dangerous. And again re: “political trauma” of the 60s - I sort of newly understand the pessimistic & patronizing response of my boomer father at my excitement at the peak of Bernie’s 2020 run. (Still a communist! Not a phase, dad!) Anyway not like I have any newfound love for the Justice but I sure have a much better sense of empathy and understanding. Ordering the book.