Trumpcast

The Conspiracy Guru Behind Donald Trump

How did the alt-right conspiracy guru Alex Jones get the ear of this year’s Republican presidential candidate?

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Jacob Weisberg talks to Jon Ronson, author of the new Amazon Kindle single The Elephant in the Room: A Journey Into the Trump Campaign and the “Alt-Right,” about Alex Jones, the radio host who feeds Donald Trump his conspiracy theories.

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About the Show

A podcast from Slate chronicling Donald Trump's rise to the presidency and his current administration. Journalists Virginia Heffernan and León Krauze talk to reporters, historians, psychiatrists, and other experts to help explain who this man is and why this is happening, right now, in the United States of America.

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  • Jacob Weisberg is a co-founder of Pushkin Industries and former editor in chief of the Slate Group.