Kurt Andersen

Author, Journalist

air date: Jan 4, 2018

Kurt Andersen talks about the Trump presidency, the media landscape and his books “You Can’t Spell America Without Me.”

Kurt Andersen is a critically acclaimed writer and host of the public radio program “Studio 360.” He has written many novels, including national bestseller and New York Times Notable Book of the year “Turn of the Century” and New York Times bestseller “Heyday.” In 2017, Andersen published “Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History” and “You Can’t Spell America Without Me,” a parody on Donald Trump’s first year as president co-written with Alec Baldwin.

• Audience Q&A
• You Can't Spell America Without Me
• Climate change
• The internet and alternative facts

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