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Clay Risen, author of Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America, discusses key elements of this era--The Hollywood 10, censorship of books and movies, those affected, including actor Sterling Hayden and Robert Oppenheimer--as well as the national landscape that provoked the conspirator style of politics, unsung heroes, and much more.
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Patrick Maguire, political columnist for The Times and co-author of Get In: The Inside Story of Labour Under Starmer, talks about the comebackof the Labour party from historic lows, the role of "The Irishman" in researching and analyzing working class voters, the rise of Keir Starmer, results from Starmer's landslide victory, advice for Democrats looking to bounce back and much more.
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H.W. Brands, noted historian and author of more than 30 books, talks about his newest work, America First: Roosevelt Vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War.
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Sonja Trom Eayrs discusses her book Dodge County, Incorporated: Big Ag and the Undoing of Rural America, a story of her family farm's fight against factory farms that changed agriculture and small townsthroughout the US.
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GovernmentWho was James Jesus Angleton? Why is he important to understanding America in the Cold War era?
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Mike Thomas, co-author with the late Bill Zehme of a new biography of Johnny Carson called Carson the Magnificent.
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Sarah Vogel discusses her recent book The Farmer's Lawyer: The North Dakota Nine and the Fight to Save the Family Farm.
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Paul Collier, renowned development economist and author of Left Behind:A New Economics for Neglected Places
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Campaigns & ElectionsJonathan Weisman, an economics and labor policy reporter for the NewYork Times, discusses a recent article he wrote on how the slippage ofworking class support for Democrats predated Trump
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Prosecutors dropped the two criminal cases against Trump after he won the 2024 election, and the final report by Smith may be the last chance for prosecutors to explain their decisions.
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GovernmentBrian Reisinger talks about his book, Land Rich, Cash Poor: My Family's Hope and the Untold History of the Disappearing American Farmer.
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GovernmentRuth Harkin discusses her new book, When My Husband Ran for President and Other Short Stories