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In this Weekly Wrap Up, Eddie reflects on personal matters before diving into pressing global and domestic issues. He discusses the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, critiques the current political landscape in the U.S., and addresses public health concerns related to vaccines. Glaude also analyzes economic trends, the implications of political spectacles, and the rise of nationalism, urging listeners to remain vigilant and courageous in the face of these challenges.
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The Man Driving the Nationalist Revival on the Right | The Ezra Klein Show
The Ezra Klein Show
August 1, 2025
The Ezra Klein Show
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Vice President JD Vance gave a speech recently that deserved more attention than it got. Accepting an award at a right-wing think tank, he argued that there’s a fundamental brokenness in how we define who is an American. He explained that this is the root of many of our country’s problems: a national identity that has become too broad. That was also a core idea of the 2018 book “The Virtue of Nationalism,” which caused a sensation on the right. Its author, the Israeli political theorist Yoram Hazony, went on to build a movement. For years, he has hosted NatCon — short for National Conservatism — conferences.
Those events have featured speakers like Marco Rubio, who is now the secretary of state, and Senator Josh Hawley. And one of the most reliable speakers, year after year, has been Vance. I wanted to talk to Hazony. What exactly is his argument, his worldview? And are the Trump administration’s policies putting it into practice?
0:00 Intro
8:38 What is a nation?
18:00 The future that NatCons fear
25:00 A history of division
30:00 ‘Who are you arguing with?’
37:14 The ‘kooky Nazi right’
44:41 ‘MAGA is a very broad alliance’
49:25 Why Vance matters
55:04 The sources of ‘cohesion’
1:03:43 What is multiculturalism?
1:11:03 Rebuilding ‘a dominant center’
1:15:03 NatCons and tolerance
Those events have featured speakers like Marco Rubio, who is now the secretary of state, and Senator Josh Hawley. And one of the most reliable speakers, year after year, has been Vance. I wanted to talk to Hazony. What exactly is his argument, his worldview? And are the Trump administration’s policies putting it into practice?
0:00 Intro
8:38 What is a nation?
18:00 The future that NatCons fear
25:00 A history of division
30:00 ‘Who are you arguing with?’
37:14 The ‘kooky Nazi right’
44:41 ‘MAGA is a very broad alliance’
49:25 Why Vance matters
55:04 The sources of ‘cohesion’
1:03:43 What is multiculturalism?
1:11:03 Rebuilding ‘a dominant center’
1:15:03 NatCons and tolerance
1:18:02 Book Recommendations
