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Updated · The Guardian · Oct 11
Aditya Chakrabortty Spotlights 10 Books in Podcast on 'End Times Fascism'
Updated
Updated · The Guardian · Oct 11

Aditya Chakrabortty Spotlights 10 Books in Podcast on 'End Times Fascism'

3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Oct 11

Summary

  • Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor headline the latest Radical Thinking episode, with Aditya Chakrabortty linking listeners to the full interview and their new book End Times Fascism.
  • The episode expands into a reading list on Trump’s second term, tech power and authoritarian politics, including works by Branko Milanović, Quinn Slobodian, Ben Tarnoff and Paul Heideman.
  • 4 more recommendations focus on Silicon Valley and AI—Karen Hao’s Empire of AI, Gil Durán’s The Nerd Reich, Yanis Varoufakis’s Technofeudalism and Cecilia Rikap’s The Rulers.
  • The package frames the podcast less as breaking news than as a guide to current debates over fascism, business support for Trump and corporate control in the AI era.

Insights

Will the massive energy demands of AI infrastructure ultimately give tech billionaires more geopolitical power than traditional governments?
Could the rise of quasi-sovereign corporate towns and network states eventually replace traditional public oversight and local governance?