From Lincoln to Trump: What Happened to the Republican Party?

<p>This week David talks to American historian Gary Gerstle about the shape-shifting journey of the US Republican Party, from the Civil War to the battles of today. How did the party of the North become the party of the South? When did the war party lose its appetite for war? Why does an organisation born out of anti-Catholicism now see its mission as to get Catholics onto the Supreme Court? And what could finally break the party apart?</p><p>Gary Gerstle’s latest book is <a href="https://bit.ly/44vPi9p" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order</a>.</p><p>For more on the <a href="https://bit.ly/3OgYWHu" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Great Abortion Switcheroo of the 1970s</a>.</p><p>Listen again to David’s <a href="https://apple.co/3Djp5yV" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">episode on Hume and American default</a>.</p><p>Sign up to LRB Close Readings:</p><p>Directly in Apple: <a href="https://lrb.me/ppfapplesignup" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://apple.co/3pJoFPq</a></p><p>In other podcast apps: <a href="https://lrb.me/ppfsignup" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">lrb.supportingcast.fm</a></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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