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Why Does It Seem Like Everybody Hates Everything?

Chuck Klosterman joins to discuss fandom culture and how it has affected politics

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Bestselling author Chuck Klosterman talks to Derek about the death of the monoculture, how the internet creates cults of fans and anti-fans, and how “hating things” became a mainstream personality trait and a political position.

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Host: Derek Thompson
Guest: Chuck Klosterman
Producer: Devon Manze

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