#132 The Enemy Within

There’s a direct line between what’s happening in Ukraine and the culture wars consuming your local school board. Writer and reporter Jeff Sharlet spent years reporting on Putin’s anti-LGBTQ crusade in Russia, and when he read Florida’s proposed “Don’t Say Gay” bill, it all felt a bit too familiar. The common thread, says Sharlet, the author of The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power, is the creation of a “enemy within.” And while the current crop of bills maybe targeting gay and trans youth, the real target is much broader, says Sharlet. In a word, it’s you.