Huey Long, Every Man a King
About this episode
The episode explores the political rise of Huey Long and his impactful promises in Louisiana.
He wasn’t a president, but he may be the most dangerous almost-president in modern American political history. We’re joined by Barbara Sean Beinberg to unravel Huey Long’s rise in Louisiana and the seductive promise behind “Every Man Is A King” and “Share Our Wealth.” Long sells himself as a plainspoken champion, yet operates with a level of tactical brilliance that even his enemies struggle to dismiss. We talk through the part of the story that still wins people over: roads that finally con...
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