Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2018-11-08
Books mentioned on Part Two: The Birth of American Fascism
Robert is joined again by Katy Stoll and Cody Johnston to continue discussing how fascism started in America. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.
Robert Evans discussed Hitler's American Friends by Bradley W. Hart and The Color of Fascism by Gerald Horne. Also mentioned: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K.
Discussed“I have to admit I've never read Harry Potter and I am uh listening to them. Oh, that sounds soothing. It is so soothing.”
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Hitler's American Friends
Hitler's American Friends by Bradley W.
Discussed“Quote, from Hitler's American friends. Coughlin argued that the war was a clash of competing capitalist interests, not a fight to save Europe from the barbarism of Nazi domination.”
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The Color of Fascism
Discussed“Gerald Horn, who wrote a book about Dennis called The Color of Fascism, doesn't know if Dennis's wife even knew he wasn't white. His daughter was never told.”
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Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“It arose in the I mean, it sounds like a spell in Harry Potter. They it arose in the 1700s as a French accusation I believe of English dishonesty”