Journey Through Time

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

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 [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1u3-WNieftxCAwiaJz438tNfikgZ-ebC6/view?usp=sharing] mentioned at the end of the episode. Email: journeythroughtime@goalhanger.com  X: @ThroughTimePod [https://x.com/ThroughTimePod] Blue Sky: @ThroughTimePod [https://bsky.app/profile/throughtimepod.bsky.social] Instagram: @JourneyThroughTimePod [https://www.instagram.com/throughtimepod] 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 [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

78. McCarthyism: The Fall of Joseph McCarthy (Ep 5)

What happened when Joseph McCarthy turned his communist-catching energy on the army? What film, directed by Elia Kazan and starring Marlon Brando, is viewed as an allegory for the McCarthy hearings? In what ways did the ‘Lavender scare’ subtext influence the investigations into Roy Cohn? What famous line brought down the reputation of this ‘red-scare’ fuelling demagogue?  Sarah Churchwell and David Olusoga look at the Army-McCarthy hearings and the spectacularly public downfall of Joseph McCarthy.  Email: journeythroughtime@goalhanger.com  X: @ThroughTimePod [https://x.com/ThroughTimePod] Blue Sky: @ThroughTimePod [https://bsky.app/profile/throughtimepod.bsky.social] Instagram: @JourneyThroughTimePod [https://www.instagram.com/throughtimepod] Social Producer: Emma Jackson Assistant Producers: Alfie Rowe, Alfie Norris  Producer: Alice Horrell Head of History: Dom Johnson Exec Producer: Tony Pastor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

77. McCarthyism: The Crucible, High Noon, and Hollywood’s Revenge (Ep 4)

How did the most celebrated writers and directors in America take aim at McCarthyism in works such as High Noon and The Crucible? Why did Roy Cohn, the man who went on to be Donald Trump’s mentor, get involved in the trials? Despite both men using homophobic language, why are there rumours about McCarthy and Cohn’s sexuality? What is the relevance of this for the trials?  Email: journeythroughtime@goalhanger.com  X: @ThroughTimePod [https://x.com/ThroughTimePod] Blue Sky: @ThroughTimePod [https://bsky.app/profile/throughtimepod.bsky.social] Instagram: @JourneyThroughTimePod [https://www.instagram.com/throughtimepod] Social Producer: Emma Jackson Assistant Producers: Alfie Rowe, Alfie Norris  Producer: Alice Horrell Head of History: Dom Johnson Exec Producer: Tony Pastor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

76. McCarthyism: Spies, Lies, And Smears (Ep 3)

Who is Joseph McCarthy, the young senator who gives his name to these trials? Had Communist agents really infiltrated the US Government? Who were the Rosenbergs, America's most notorious communist couple, executed for giving state secrets to the Soviet Union? Why were American academics forced into exile? Sarah Churchwell and David Olusoga introduce Joseph McCarthy and the loyalty purges that made him notorious.  Email: journeythroughtime@goalhanger.com  X: @ThroughTimePod [https://x.com/ThroughTimePod] Blue Sky: @ThroughTimePod [https://bsky.app/profile/throughtimepod.bsky.social] Instagram: @JourneyThroughTimePod [https://www.instagram.com/throughtimepod] Social Producer: Emma Jackson Assistant Producers: Alfie Rowe, Alfie Norris  Producer: Alice Horrell Head of History: Dom Johnson Exec Producer: Tony Pastor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

75. McCarthyism: Hollywood on Trial (Ep 2)

What happened when the House of Un-American Activities Committee started to prosecute some of the biggest names in Hollywood? Who were the infamous ‘Hollywood Ten’? Why did the trial of Alger Hiss, a State Department official, terrify the American public? How did a young Richard Nixon make his name during these trials?  Join David Olusoga and Sarah Churchwell as they look at when the HUAC hearings came to Hollywood.  Email: journeythroughtime@goalhanger.com  X: @ThroughTimePod [https://x.com/ThroughTimePod] Blue Sky: @ThroughTimePod [https://bsky.app/profile/throughtimepod.bsky.social] Instagram: @JourneyThroughTimePod [https://www.instagram.com/throughtimepod] Social Producer: Emma Jackson Assistant Producers: Alfie Rowe, Alfie Norris  Producer: Alice Horrell Head of History: Dom Johnson Exec Producer: Tony Pastor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]