1022. Eric Lichtblau
Otherppl with Brad Listi
Obama's election and right-wing reaction
Brad and Lichtblau discuss how Obama's presidency spurred far-right organizing and a spike in threats.
Eric Lichtblau is the author of American Reich: A Murder in Orange County, Neo-Nazis, and a New Age of Hate, available from Little, Brown & Co.
Lichtblau is a Washington journalist and a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner. He was a reporter in the Washington bureau of the New York Times for nearly 15 years until 2017, and a reporter for the Los Angeles Times for 15 years before that. He has also written for the New Yorker, TIME, USA Today, and other publications. His other books include The Nazis Next Door: How America Became a Safe Haven for Hitler's Men, a New York Times bestseller; Bush's Law: The Remaking of American Justice; and Return to the Reich: A Holocaust Refugee's Secret Mission to Defeat the Nazis.
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