The Good Ol' Days

Published: Dec. 16, 2022, 5 p.m.

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This year, right-wing groups at home and abroad were animated by wistful recollections of the past. On this week\'s On the Media, hear how nostalgia is weaponized in politics. Plus, a deep dive into newspaper archives reveals that we\\u2019ve been having the same debates for over a century.

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1.\\xa0Sophia Gaston\\xa0[@sophgaston], social researcher and the Head of Foreign Policy & UK Resilience at UK think tank Policy Exchange, on the use of nostalgia as a cultural and political force in Europe.\\xa0Listen.

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2. Adam Serwer [@AdamSerwer], staff writer at The Atlantic, and the author of \\u201cThe Cruelty Is the Point," on weaponized nostalgia in American discourse.\\xa0Listen.

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3.\\xa0OTM correspondent Micah Loewinger [@MicahLoewinger] speaks with political scientist Paul Fairie [@paulisci] about\\xa0at some of the big media narratives that felt representative of 2022 and\\xa0how little has changed in our political discourse.\\xa0Listen.

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Music:\\xa0

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Berceuse in D Flat Major by Ivan Moravec

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