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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Conservative California and the rise of Trump

    Donald Trump billed his presidential win as a triumph of Middle America over coastal liberalism -- made possible by the forgotten people of the Midwest and the South. But California served as a major incubator for the hard-line conservative thinking that helped propel him to the White House.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Apr 18, 2017 • 1 min read

    Donald Trump billed his presidential win as a triumph of Middle America over coastal liberalism -- made possible by the forgotten people of the Midwest and the South. But California served as a major incubator for the hard-line conservative thinking that helped propel him to the White House. It’s an ideology birthed out of opposition to the liberal politics and multiculturalism that now dominate the state.

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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW

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      San Francisco Magazine, Author of "How California Gave Us Trumpism"

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    The full episode

    1 of 4
    How California gave birth to Trumpism
    1. 0:00Conservative California and the rise of TrumpYou’re reading this
    2. 14:10Do H1-B visas help or hurt Americans?
    3. 22:59How the U.S. military is trying to understand psychic phenomena
    4. 39:35Where do your taxes go? The answers might surprise you
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