1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Ibram X. Kendi became a star when his book How to Be an Antiracist&amp;nbsp;landed on the&amp;nbsp;bestseller&amp;nbsp;list. Kendi, who’s now a Professor of History at Howard University, gained a reputation as a racial-reconciliation guru. He’s also the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship which is known as the genius award. Now, Kendi has written a book called&amp;nbsp;Chain of Ideas: The Origins of Our Authoritarian Age. It focuses on a scary idea called the Great Replacement theory which insists that white people are being deliberately replaced by non-white immigrants. We talk about conspiracy theories, race and what that X stands for in the middle of his name. “Now What?’ is produced with the help of Steve Zimmer, Lucy Little and Jackie Schwartz. Audio production is by Nick Ciavatta. Now What? With Carole Zimmer http://www.carolezimmer.com/podcast <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/41270825/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/201878085