Hyperpolitics
'LARB Radio Hour' uses Anton Jäger's 'Hyperpolitics' as a frame for the current political quagmire we find ourselves in
By LARB Radio HourMarch 27, 2026
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In this special episode, Medaya Ocher, Kate Wolf, and Eric Newman discuss the current political quagmire we find ourselves in through the frame of Anton Jäger's Hyperpolitics. Moving from the 1990s to the present, Jäger's new book charts how the U.S. has moved away from the mass political movements that defined the early- and mid-twentieth century.
Though voter turnout reached a record in 2020, why do so many in the U.S. feel atomized and disconnected, enmeshed in successive waves of political sentiment and agitation that never resolve? Medaya, Kate, and Eric discuss Jäger's argument, if the U.S.’s two party system offers any real choice, if US will ever move out of this hyperpolitical phase, and what it might mean for the war in Iran.
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The LARB Radio Hour is hosted by Eric Newman, Medaya Ocher, and Kate Wolf.