# What's The Matter With Kansas?

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Podcast: [If Books Could Kill](https://stenobird.com/podcast/if-books-could-kill-5785510)
Published: 2024-12-06T10:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

In 2004, historian Thomas Frank proposed a theory about the rightward drift of the white working class. Was he a prescient king whose work presaged the rise of Trump — or a bumbling fool with a broken thesis? Unfortunately it turns out he is a secret third thing that takes one hour and six minutes to explain. Special thanks to Julia Valdés for her help with this episode! Where to find us: Peter's other podcast, 5-4Mike's other podcast, Maintenance PhaseSources: The Thesis That D...

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