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Thomas Frank Discusses His Latest Book Pity The Billionaire

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Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up we’ll speak with author Thomas Frank- who has written several best sellers about the current political scene in the US. His most recent book is Pity the Billionaire. He’ll join us in a moment. Later we’ll hear what some Republican callers are telling voters here in Florida. We have a recording of a recent GOP call to voters in which the caller apparently is trying to scare seniors.

First up- Thomas Frank is the author of...