{"id":14557,"date":"2023-04-12T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailystoic.com\/?p=14557"},"modified":"2023-04-12T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T09:00:00","slug":"timothy-egan-on-extremism-and-fear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailystoic.com\/timothy-egan-on-extremism-and-fear\/","title":{"rendered":"Timothy Egan on Extremism and Fear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n        <h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">\n            <strong>\n                <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/podcasts\/d07d441e-79b0-42e5-a823-4e32e7265eee\/the-daily-stoic\">Amazon Music<\/a> \u2022\u00a0\n                <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-daily-stoic\/id1430315931?mt=2\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> \u2022\u00a0\n                <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/7fY99FB3bNyn7nEdXCoBeB?si=RJrULEz4RqmrmlmhaXB-Rw\">Spotify<\/a> \u2022 \n                <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/overcast.fm\/itunes1430315931\/the-daily-stoic\">Overcast<\/a> \u2022 \n                <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/wondery.com\/shows\/the-daily-stoic\/\">Wondery<\/a>\n            <\/strong>\n        <\/h1>\n        <p>&nbsp;<\/p><br \/>\n<iframe style='width: 100%; height: 200px; border: 0 none;' src='https:\/\/art19.com\/shows\/6e09e4d8-2816-462a-a475-e39cc32cda66\/episodes\/7b6ffa1c-acba-4ba1-aa4a-44373488759c\/embed' scrolling='no'><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ryan speaks with Timothy Egan about his new book <em>A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan&#8217;s Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them<\/em>, how and why politics and extremism often operate hand-in-hand, dangerous misconceptions about white supremacy in America, better ways to teach American history, the fundamental lessons that he has learned about people over his long and varied career, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Timothy Egan is an American author, journalist and former op-ed columnist for <em>The New York Times<\/em>. His nine published books cover a wide range of historical topics, including most notably the immediate aftermath of the Dust Bowl with <a href=\"https:\/\/geni.us\/1SzQ4\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl<\/em><\/a>, which won the National Book Award for Nonfiction and the Washington State Book Award in History\/Biography. His other award-winning works include <a href=\"https:\/\/geni.us\/9lh0R07\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Good Rain: Across Time and Terrain in the Pacific Northwest<\/em><\/a> (1991), <a href=\"https:\/\/geni.us\/8IU6S\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Big<\/em> <em>Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America<\/em><\/a> (2009), and &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/geni.us\/ii5V\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher<\/a>&#8221; (2013). In 2001, <em>The New York Times<\/em> won a Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for a series to which Egan contributed, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/geni.us\/DZ19w\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">How Race is Lived in America<\/a>&#8220;. His work can be found at his website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timothyeganbooks.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">timothyeganbooks.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#x2709;&#xfe0f; Sign up for the Daily Stoic email: <a href=\"http:\/\/dailystoic.com\/dailyemail\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/dailystoic.com\/dailyemail<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#x1f3db; Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/store.dailystoic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Stoic Store<\/a> for Stoic inspired products, signed books, and more.<\/p>\n<p>&#x1f4f1; Follow us: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dailystoic\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dailystoic\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dailystoic\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@daily_stoic\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" 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