Slate Academy: Fascism

Its rise, fall, and current relevance.

About the Show

Join Rebecca Onion, June Thomas, and Joshua Keating for a Slate Academy that travels back in history to examine how fascism looked in the 20th century, then uses that knowledge to examine America and the world today.

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Fascism Today: Where Are We Now?

In the final episode, our Slate Academy tries to determine how historical examples of fascism help us understand the present.
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Britain and the U.S.: It Could Have Happened Here

In the fifth episode, our Slate Academy looks at the small, but significant, fascist movements that took root in the U.S. and Britain.
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Germany: Fascism’s Terrible Apogee

With the fourth episode, our Slate Academy arrives at the fascism that looms above all others.
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Romania: Bloody, Mystical Fascism From the East

The third episode of our Slate Academy asks if the experience of Romania changes our understanding of fascism’s origins.
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Spain: An Influential Outlier

The second episode of Fascism: A Slate Academy asks how a fringe movement got folded into a 40-year dictatorship.

Italy: Fascism’s Violent Birth

The first episode of our new Slate Academy asks what fascism means and examines the rise and fall of Mussolini.