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Weimar Washington

by Desmond Latham

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Episode 7 — America’s Defection Cascade Scenario and the Grim Trigger Strategy

June 11, 2026 · 37 min

There is a rhythm to history and we’ve spent some time over 6 previous episodes focused on the comparison between Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich, his rise to power, and Donald Trump’s MAGA administration. If you’ve followed you’ll know there…
Episode 6 - How to Steal a Country: Adolf and Donald’s Grand Scheme

June 3, 2026 · 26 min

The Date - March 5th 1933, the day of the the last semi-free election Germans would know during Hitler’s lifetime. Hitler’s party polled 17.2 million votes — 44 percent. Only when combined with the 3.1 million votes of the conservative…
Episode 5 - The Role of Religion, Industrialists and Tech Bro’s in Developing an Autocratic State

May 26, 2026 · 19 min

Welcome back to Weimar Washington podcast with me your host Des Latham. This is Episode 5 - The Role of Religion, Industrialists and Tech Bros in an autocratic state. In our last episode, we looked at the symbols—the fasces and the red…
Episode 4 - Aesthetic and Propaganda From Mussolini’s Fasces to the MAGA Hat

May 17, 2026 · 22 min

This episode is about how extremists take control using a language of war, of violence, a call to action. A capacity to enthral is crucial — through charisma, through energy, through sheer force of presence — this is a fundamental tool in…
Episode 3 - The Architecture of Allegiance: Building the Shadow State

May 10, 2026 · 22 min

There are lean years in any autocrats life and for Adolf Hitler and the Nazi movement those lay between 1925 and the depression of 1929. It was all about patience, he had to wait until the feeling of relaxation in Germany as William…

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Episode 2 - The Shicklegrüber Drumpf Weave all Heil the Psychotic Autocrat

April 29, 2026 · 20 min

So it is to Germany, and in particular Bavaria we travel. Both Hitler and Trump’s ancestors hail from that state. However, considering his origin and his early life, it would be difficult to imagine a more unlikely figure to succeed to…
Episode 1 - Priests, Warriors and Merchants: Traditionalism, Hitler and Trump

April 21, 2026 · 26 min

This series takes a close look at the uncanny similarity between the growth of extreme conservatism and Traditionalism in Germany leading to the installation of the Third Reich under Adolf Hitler, and the rise of extreme conservatism and…

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About the show

What if history isn’t repeating—but rhyming with unsettling precision? Weimar to Washington is a gripping, narrative-driven podcast that explores the ideological, cultural, and psychological parallels between the rise of the Third Reich under Adolf Hitler and the modern political movement surrounding Donald Trump. Through sharp analysis and storytelling, the series examines how extreme conservatism and Traditionalist philosophy can reshape democracies from within. From the romanticization of a lost “Golden Age” to the weaponization of race, religion, and nostalgia, this episode traces the philosophical threads connecting past and present. The show dives into the architecture of power: how figures like Benito Mussolini, Viktor Orbán, and Jair Bolsonaro crafted narratives of national rebirth—and how similar patterns echo in contemporary America. It explores the role of Traditionalism, a little-understood ideology rooted in thinkers like Julius Evola, and how it reframes modern politics as a spiritual war for civilizational survival. At its core, this is a story about belief: how myths become movements, how grievance becomes identity, and how democracy can unravel when emotion overtakes reason. This isn’t just left vs right. It’s past vs present. Myth vs reality. And the question lingers—are we watching history unfold… or repeat?