Ep. 392: Real American ft. Josephine Riesman

Love him or hate him (and judging from the reactions to his death at the age of 71, most people chose option B) Hulk Hogan was a genuine American icon. We brought back our official pro wrestling correspondent Josephine Riesman, author of Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America, to talk about Hogan’s career, his status as a figure of American nationalist propaganda, union busting, his association with Peter Thiel and Donald Trump and much more.

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