Lily Geismer
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Sep 24, 2026
Jason MylesHOST
While he was a stalwart opponent of the new upstart wing of the party, it wouldn't take long for him to be inculcated into the new regime.
Jason MylesHOST
So while Zoran, Bernie, and the squad represent a potentially changing tide in Democratic Party politics away from market-based approaches to solve the problem of capitalism, our guest today, author and professor Lily Geismer, lays out the history of the most recent seismic shift in Democratic Party policy, from the New Dealers to what we have today in her book Left Behind.
Jason MylesHOST
Quote from the book Left Behind, "Accounts of politics in the late 20th century have tended to focus on conservatives and the Republican Party.
Jason MylesHOST
In this telling, a powerful coalition of right-wing businesspeople and activists used the economic and social chaos of the late 1960s and early 1970s as an opportunity to gain political power through the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980.
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Lily GeismerGUEST
Thank you.
Lily GeismerGUEST
[applause]
Jason MylesHOST
That was Professor Lily Geismer, an author, an author, '90s fan.
Jason MylesHOST
Will we listen to '90s music in the Champagne Room? I don't know.
Jason MylesHOST
This isn't the only reason why.
Jason MylesHOST
Actually, Toure had hit me to Lily Geismer, and he sent the introductory message 'cause he's a professor and, and she responded and, and, um, I'm glad she came on the show.
Jason MylesHOST
It is a really good book, Left Behind, because that history is important.
Jason MylesHOST
It's important to understand that you have this 50-year turn where people are looking at the New Deal through this racialized lens of failure and not, uh, the reality that, you know, A, it wasn't perfect by any stretch of the imagination.