79. McCarthyism: Paving The Way For Trump (Ep 6)

About this episode

The episode explores the legacy of McCarthyism and its impact on Hollywood and contemporary politics.

How did the McCarthy-era blacklist impact Hollywood for many decades to come? What happened when McCarthy’s right-hand-man Roy Cohn met a cocky young real estate developer called Donald Trump? Are we still living under McCarthyism? How can we bring it to an end? David Olusoga and Sarah Churchwell look at the legacy of McCarthyism. Here is the Season One Reading List mentioned at the end of the episode. Email: journeythroughtime@goalhanger.com X: @ThroughTimePod Blue Sky: @ThroughTimePod Instagram: @JourneyThroughTimePod Social Producer: Emma Jackson Assistant Producers: Alfie Norris Producer: Alice Horrell Head of History: Dom Johnson Exec Producer: Tony Pastor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: David Olusoga

Guest: Sarah Churchwell

Topics covered

• McCarthyism
• Hollywood blacklist
• Donald Trump
• political legacy
• historical impact

Keywords

• McCarthyism
• Hollywood
• blacklist
• Donald Trump
• Roy Cohn
• politics
• history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hollywood, Goalhanger

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