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Podcast: Bungacast
Episode: /495/ Heritage America vs the World? ft. James Pogue
Description: On land conflicts, MAGA , and the frontier.
Journalist James Pogue talks to George and Alex about his book Chosen Country: A Rebellion in the West. The book concerns the events surrounding the 2016 armed occupation of the Oregon Malheur National Wildlife Refuge led by the rancher Ammon Bundy. We discuss:
Why were these 2016 events so important and so telling?
Is the Jacksonian concept of America still relevant?
Does knowing how these people think enable you to predict what Trump – or JD Vance – will do?
How is Mormonism the encapsulation of a ce...