What happens when politics becomes performance and politicians become influencers? In todayâs Part 2 episode, former Marine and NYT bestselling author Elliot Ackerman joins Ryan to talk about the idea that âeverythingâs a racket,â the collapse of institutional trust, and why restraint used to define real leadership. They talk about how cancel culture morphed into shamelessness as a superpower, why we might be living in a post-shame society, Ambrose Bierceâs wild literary exit, and why modern media feels more like professional wrestling than journalism.
Elliot Ackerman is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels 2054, 2034, Halcyon, Red Dress in Black and White, Waiting for Eden, Dark at the Crossing, and Green on Blue, as well as the memoirs The Fifth Act: Americaâs End in Afghanistan and Places and Names: On War, Revolution, and Returning.
Elliotâs books have been nominated for the National Book Award, the Andrew Carnegie Medal in both fiction and nonfiction, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, among others. He is a contributing writer at The Atlantic, a Senior Fellow at Yaleâs Jackson School of Global Affairs, and a veteran of the Marine Corps and CIA special operations, having served five tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, where he received the Silver Star, the Bronze Star for Valor, and the Purple Heart.
Be sure to check out Elliotâs latest book, SHEEPDOGS. Apple Studios has actually bought the rights to develop the book as a series with Tom Hanks production company.
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