Since Deer Hunting with Jesus was published last June, Joe Bageant has been interviewed by more than 100 radio stations. There is another great interview this week and it is available online in MP3 format.
In his introduction to the interview, Doug Fabrizio of KUER-FM in Salt Lake City, describes Joe as "one of the last remaining gonzo journalists still writing irreverent prose about social justice" for the working class poor, who are "the great beery, NASCAR-loving, church-going, gun-owning America that has never set foot in a Starbucks." Fabrizio says Deer Hunting with Jesus helps explain to Democrats, the progressive left and urban liberals how they lost the 2004 election by ignoring the great unwashed working class. The book "is not a critique of the underclass, but rather an homage."
The interview is 52-minutes long and well worth a listen.
KUER is a service of the University of Utah and is affiliated with three major public radio networks: National Public Radio (NPR), American Public Media, formerly Minnesota Public Radio, and Public Radio International (PRI).
Click here and look for the MP3 link in the upper left of the KUER web page.
-- Ken Smith
