Radioactive

By Tablet Magazine

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Subscribers: 38
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Episodes: 10


 Jan 4, 2022


 Nov 26, 2021

Description

Before CNN and Fox News, before shock jocks and powerful pundits, there was Father Charles Coughlin, an ambitious priest who invented political talk radio as we know it, brought down one president and crowned another, and was at one point considered the most powerful man in America. He was also a rabid antisemite who wrote fan mail to Mussolini and cheered on Hitler, and who used his enormous platform to spread hate.  In this 8-part podcast, Detroit journalist Andrew Lapin weaves together archival materials and incisive interviews to tell the story of Father Coughlin's alarming rise and dramatic fall. It’s a cautionary tale of how an unscrupulous bigot can manipulate mass media to spread hate and gather far too much political power. Radioactive is produced by Tablet Studios, with support from Maimonides Fund, and in association with The WNET Group’s reporting initiative, Exploring Hate: Antisemitism, Racism and Extremism.

Episode Date
Introducing: Covering Their Tracks
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 Jan 30, 2024
Introducing: Gatecrashers
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 Sep 19, 2022
Episode 8: The Ghost of Royal Oak
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 Nov 23, 2021
Episode 7: Sedition
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 Nov 16, 2021
Episode 6: Social Justice
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 Nov 09, 2021
Episode 5: His Cross to Bear
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 Nov 02, 2021
Episode 4: Driving the Money Changers from the Temple
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 Oct 26, 2021
Episode 3: The Sound of America
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 Oct 19, 2021
Episode 2: Radio Days
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 Oct 12, 2021
Episode 1: In the Beginning...
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 Oct 05, 2021