How Trump Is Remaking Culture To Fit His Worldview

How Trump Is Remaking Culture To Fit His Worldview

President Trump has made unprecedented moves to influence American culture, from taking broadcast corporations to court to his efforts to control the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the Smithsonian Institution. We discuss what could be motivating these efforts and what impact they’re having on arts and culture.

This episode: White House correspondent Deepa Shivaram, critic-at-large Eric Deggans, and senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro.

This podcast was produced by Casey Morell & Bria Suggs, and edited by Rachel Baye.

Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi.

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