“The anti-immigrant bias in a nation of immigrants is a pathology that is deep in the American psyche,” argues David Simon AoDespair about his new adaptation of Philip Roth’s alternative history “The Plot Against America”, on “The Economist Asks” podcast
in which Franklin D Roosevelt lost the 1940 presidential election to an anti-Semitic isolationist—on a platform to lead America towards fascism.
As the country prepares for a very different election, Anne McElvoy asks David Simon about the roots of anti-immigrant feeling in America and whether individuals can change the course of history. Plus, when does a storyteller need to learn to let go? And they swap lockdown binge-watching favourites from the streaming archives. Runtime: 26 min
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