Thomas Frank reading, Live From Prairie Lights, October 15, 2004

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Title	Thomas Frank reading, Live From Prairie Lights, October 15, 2004
Creator	Frank, Thomas, 1965-
Contributor	Englander, Julie
Publisher	WSUI 910 AM (Radio station : Iowa City, Iowa)
Date Original	2004-10-15
Description	Thomas Frank reads selections from his book entitled What’s the Matter With Kansas ?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America. Frank goes on to detail a phenomenon he terms “The Great Backlash”, explaining it as a “cultural conservatism” that was a direct response to the liberal climate of the 1960’s. He claims that this “cultural conservatism” masks itself as a working-class movement, yet has done “incalculable, historic harm to working-class people.” He also points out that this group of individuals is fond of fighting cultural wars on such issues as gay marriage, yet takes care not to “win” to war so as not to lose their support. During a question and answer session, Frank further elaborates on the “futility of the culture wars”, claiming that the conservatives “always choose battles where victory is impossible.” Frank goes on to discuss his own political leanings, pointing out that he did support Reagan when he was a teenager. Frank points out that a large part of What’s the Matter With Kansas? focuses on politics in Kansas, as well as the Populist movement of the 1890’s. He refers to the Populist movement as a time “when average people finally figured out that they’d been lied to all their lives.” Frank ends by detailing his time spent researching Populism at the University of Kansas libraries.
Note	Live From Prairie Lights was a live public radio program broadcast from Prairie Lights, an independent bookstore in Iowa City, Iowa. The program showcased new and established writers from around the world.
Venue	Prairie Lights Bookstore
Keywords	politics, Kansas, conservatism, culture wars, Populism
Topical Subject (LCTGM)	Authors Writing
Topical Subject (LCSH)	Kansas
Geographic Subject	United States -- Iowa -- Iowa City
Chronological Subject	2000-2010
Type (DCMIType)	Sound
Type (AAT)	Broadcasts Dramatic readings
Type (IMT)	mpeg
Duration	00:58:38
Language	English
Digital Collection	Virtual Writing University Archive
Contributing Institution	WSUI 910 AM (Radio station : Iowa City, Iowa) Prairie Lights (Iowa City, Iowa)
Subcollection	Live From Prairie Lights
Rights Management	Educational use only, no other rights given. U.S. and international copyright laws may protect this digital object. Commercial use or distribution of the object is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder.
Contact Information	Contact the VWU Webmaster: http://www.writinguniversity.org/index.php/main/info/25/
Digitization Specifications	MP3 mpeg layer 2 audio @ 32kbps derived from archival WAVE files
Date Digital	2008-09-16
File Name	LPL2004_10_15-32

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