#116 – Red Scare Part 2

#116 – Red Scare Part 2

Apr 26, 2019 | Latest, Podcast, Premium, Recent | 0 comments

In April 1919, US authorities discovered a plot for mailing 36 bombs to prominent members of the U.S. political and economic establishment. One of those was Attorney General Alexander Mitchell Palmer. He decided it was the work of Russian Communists, so he ordered the...
#115 – Red Scare Part 1

#115 – Red Scare Part 1

Apr 20, 2019 | Free, Latest, Podcast, Premium, Recent | 0 comments

The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) was created in 1938 to investigate alleged disloyalty and subversive activities on the part of private citizens, public employees, and those organizations suspected of having Communist ties. HUAC is best remembered for...
#24 – Burgess

#24 – Burgess

Oct 21, 2016 | Latest, Premium | 0 comments

  This is the second of our episodes about the Cambridge Five! This week – Guy Burgess. Where the others were highly self-controlled and shunned public scrutiny, he was wildly flamboyant, openly homosexual and often embroiled in scandal because of his drunken...
#23 – Philby

#23 – Philby

Oct 14, 2016 | Free, Podcast, Premium | 0 comments

This is the first of two episodes about the Cambridge Five! This week – Kim Philby, arguably the most effective spy in the history of spying. The man running British operations against the Russians in the early years of the Cold War was actually working for the...
#13 – The Great Terror

#13 – The Great Terror

Jul 22, 2016 | Podcast, Premium | 0 comments

Today’s episode starts off with part 4 of our series on economics, where we look at the role of the media, and then launches into Stalin’s “Great Terror”. And we finish answering a question from a listener about Brexit. HOW TO LISTEN If you...