Hated by All the Right People Tucker Carlson and the Unraveling of the Conservative Mind

Crooked Media Reads is releasing our next book on January 27th, 2026. It's called Hated by All the Right People, Tucker Carlson and the Unraveling of the Conservative Mind.

It's by an incredible journalist named Jason Zengerle. The title comes from Tucker himself. When he visited Hungary in 2021, he praised Viktor Orban for being hated by all the right people.

So it's an excellent book. I've read it. You will all love it.

also, Crooked is publishing a brand new book. It's from one of our favorite political writers, Jason Zengerle.

It's called Hated by All the Right People, Tucker Carlson and the Unraveling of the Conservative Mind. And it is now out. You can buy it today. Tommy interviewed Jason a few episodes back about the book. It is fantastic.

The Washington Post called it mordant, insightful, vigorously reported, and yet deliciously entertaining.

It's a great read. It's a fast read. You're going to love it.

And then Tommy talks to our pal Jason Zengerle about his new book, published by Crooked Media Reads, that explores the rise of Tucker Carlson. It's called Hated by All the Right People, and you can preorder it right now.

I both highly recommend folks listen to the interview with Jason because he's really smart... But also, the book is incredible. It's like an amazing look at who Tucker Carlson is, the arc of his career across the mainstream media.

Joining me now is the author of Crooked Media Reads newest book Hated by All the Right People, Tucker Carlson and the Unraveling of the Conservative Mind, Jason Zengerle. It's an incredible book which I have read and I highly, highly recommend everybody go preorder a copy right now.

The title of the book, Hated by All the Right People, is a reference to a line Tucker Carlson said about Victor Orban, a toast to Victor Orban. He was truly hated by All the Right People.

You can preorder Hated by All the Right People at crooked.com/books or pick up the book wherever you shop when it releases on January 27th.

Crooked Media's newest book, Hated by All the Right People, Tucker Carlson and the Unraveling of the Conservative Mind, is releasing on January 27th. It's by one of our favorite political journalists, New York Times Magazine writer, Jason Zengerle, and it is a fascinating, really entertaining look at Tucker's political evolution and how his rise traces the rise of the MAGA movement.

You can get a discount right now when you pre-order a copy of Hated by All the Right People. Head to crooked.com slash books to get that discount and check out Jason's book, Signing Tour Date.

Zengerle is the author of the new book about Carlson called Hated by All the Right People, Tucker Carlson and the Unraveling of the Conservative Mind.

My guest is Jason Zengerle, author of the new book, Hated by All the Right People, Tucker Carlson and the Unraveling of the Conservative Mind.

Your book is subtitled Tucker Carlson and the Unraveling of the Conservative Mind.

Jason Zengerle is the author of a new book about Tucker Carlson called Hated by All the Right People.

You got a new book out. And before we got to Tucker, I wanted to pick your brain on another one of the favorites of the pod, a guy named Stephen Miller. You wrote a long profile about him last summer, The Ruthless Ambition of Stephen Miller.

It's more, it's more, you know, about his professional life to kind of tell this larger story of conservative media and conservative politics.

And I was sort of arguing that, you know, and arguing that I didn't want to do this book, like, you know, that Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz and Tom Cotton, all these guys are going to stake out these positions to try to, you know, get Trump supporters. And like none of them like have the charisma or the entertainment chops to ever appeal to those people.

Exciting news. This, Crooked Media Reads, is releasing our next book on January 27th. It's called Hated by All the Right People, Tucker Carlson and the Unraveling of the Conservative Mind by one of our favorite political journalists, New York Times Magazine writer Jason Zengerle.

The title comes directly from Tucker himself when he visited Hungary in 2021. He praised Viktor Orban for being hated by all the right people. For Carlson, being hated isn't an accident. It's the point.

In Hated by All the Right People, Jason gives a fascinating, great, informative look at Tucker's evolution and how his rise traces the rise of MAGA. You can preorder it right now. It just went on sale.

Mordant, insightful, vigorously reported, and yes, deliciously entertaining.

Hated by All the Right People is as much a work of media criticism as it is a professional biography of Carlson.

And Zengerle chronicles how first television, then the internet started to reward extremes, privileging provocation and punditry over somber fact-finding.