#003 - Jerryworld 2: Leatherhead
Fourth Reich Archaeology6 Huhti 2025

#003 - Jerryworld 2: Leatherhead

In this episode, we start off with a geographical and cultural tour of Grand Rapids, Michigan - Jerry's real hometown - with a little narrative help from the words of Grand Rapids native, Paul Schrader, spoken by the great George C. Scott. The class-based and ethnic lines demarcating the city's neighborhoods, plus the Calvinist work ethic pervading its business community, shaped the man Jerry would grow into.

We consider Jerry's choice of the working-class South High School over the more affluent Central High, and run into his early anti-communist sentiments and actions. Jerry became a football star, and with that stardom came popularity. His popularity (and a little willingness to bend the rules) would eventually win him his first trip to the nation's capitol.

But it wasn't all sunshine and rainbows for young Jerry - we'll also dig into Jerry's traumatic reunion with his deadbeat birth-father, Leslie Lynch King, and discuss how Jerry began balancing his budding sense of class-resentment with his instinctive political knack for maintaining good terms with all potential allies.

After graduating high school in 1931, it was off to the University of Michigan for Jerry, where he worked his way through school, worked his way into a popular fraternity, and worked his football team to back-to-back national championships. We'll explore the much-mythologized relationship between Jerry and his Black friend and teammate, Willis Ward with a little cameo from none other than George W. Bush.

Finally, we will follow Jerry's relationship with the man he'd later refer to as his "real father" forward in time and watch him put his conflict-resolution skills to the test.

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#045 - The Warren Commission Decided 13, Pt. 1 - Side B: You Don't Know Jack (Ruby)

#045 - The Warren Commission Decided 13, Pt. 1 - Side B: You Don't Know Jack (Ruby)

The Warren Commission Decided Series is back with another installment of our ongoing series within a series within a series on Jack Ruby. The great Max Arvo joins us in the excavation once again. Max ...

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#044 - BONUS CROSS-POST: COEXIST Inc. ep. 97 - How to Be a Good Conspiracist (Isaac Eger w/ Dick & Don)

#044 - BONUS CROSS-POST: COEXIST Inc. ep. 97 - How to Be a Good Conspiracist (Isaac Eger w/ Dick & Don)

We are cross-posting Dick and Don's first ever podcast guest spot from the Coexist, Inc. podcast, hosted by friend of the pod, Isaac Eger. Isaac has been censored from the free spaces of the Internet ...

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#043 - The Warren Commission Decided 13, Pt. 1 - Side A: You Don’t Know Jack (Ruby)

#043 - The Warren Commission Decided 13, Pt. 1 - Side A: You Don’t Know Jack (Ruby)

The Warren Commission Decided Series is back from an extended hiatus with our newest series within a series within a series. This time our object of study is Jack Ruby. We’ve teased it a few times ove...

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#042 - Fourth Reich Geopolitik 5

#042 - Fourth Reich Geopolitik 5

This week marks the fifth installment of our ongoing Geopolitik series. More so than any of our other excavations, we’ve been proceeding with Geopolitik as if it were an actual archeological dig. Reca...

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#041 - Fourth Reich Geopolitik 4

#041 - Fourth Reich Geopolitik 4

We're back this week with the fourth installment of our ongoing Geopolitik series. Picking up where we left off, we continue our exploration into the normalization of genocide in the Fourth Reich. Des...

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#040 - The Big Con(gress) 1

#040 - The Big Con(gress) 1

This week Don is back with another guest: Andrew Myslik - a former legislative aide to Representative Rashida Tlaib. Andrew joined Rashida’s Congressional staff at the very beginning of her career on ...

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#039 - Fourth Reich Geopolitik 3

#039 - Fourth Reich Geopolitik 3

This week, we are back with another excavation into the present moment, and once again, we are digging deep into its historical roots. The theme of the episode is genocide. First, we give a snapshot o...

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#026 - Inauguration Special: The Chosen Hitler

#026 - Inauguration Special: The Chosen Hitler

This week, we're taking a break from the Warren Commission, but don't worry; JFK stuff still comes up as relevant context at the present moment. But mostly, we're back into current events to cover the...

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