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Podcast: The Bunker – News without the nonsense
Episode: The fandom menace – How politics is shaped by obsessives
Description: Is “fandom” one of the drives behind our dysfunctional politics? That’s the thesis of Dr Phoenix Andrews new book I Heart Politics – who writes about how people power is behind a series of quake moments in recent political history. He joins Andrew Harrison to discuss whether the phenomenon and power of fandom is overlooked in contemporary politics, and how the fandoms of politicians like Trump, Farage and Thatcher affect the cultural zeitgeist.• “The world feels mad, but finding people with a common passion is uplifting.” – Dr Phoenix Andrews• “Political fandom is basically Eurovision...