Primary Sources Podcast: The New York Times, the Pentagon Papers, and the Secret Weapon of the First Amendment
When The New York Times published the Pentagon Papers it sparked one of the greatest battles for press freedom in US history. In an unprecedented move, the Nixon administration sought to bar The New Y...
30 Juni 202126min
Primary Sources Podcast: From the Pentagon Papers to the Doomsday Machine feat. Daniel Ellsberg
Daniel Ellsberg is the most iconic whistleblower in US history. On our inaugural episode, he joins host Chip Gibbons for an in-depth conversation. On the 50th anniversary of the Pentagon Papers rele...
14 Juni 20211h 7min
Folk Singers & The Bureau (Bonus Episode) feat. Aaron J. Leonard
The FBI has long devoted its resources to stamping out dissent. As part of its ruthless war on the Communist Party, the Bureau set its sites on America’s folk singers. In his new book The Folk Singers...
7 Maj 202151min
Our Story: Frank Wilkinson, the FBI, and the Origins of Defending Rights & Dissent
In our final episode, we explore the Defending Rights & Dissent’s own origins. Frank Wilkinson was a public housing advocate who was working on an integrated public housing project in Chavez Ravine, T...
11 Feb 202139min
The Bureaucratic Heart of McCarthyism feat. Ellen Schrecker
The Second Red Scare may have been named after the demagogic Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy, but no one was more central to it than J. Edgar Hoover and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Host Chi...
20 Jan 202136min
Spying on Muslim & Arab Americans feat. Abdeen Jabara
Since 9/11, the FBI has subjected the Muslim, Arab, and South Asian communities to surveillance. Sending infiltrators and confidential informants into mosques and other community spaces absent any evi...
23 Dec 202036min
The FBI's Man Inside the Klan feat. Mary Stanton
The FBI was ruthless in its pursuit of civil rights activists. At the same time, the Ku Klux Klan was engaged in a reign of terror. How did the FBI's attitude towards those fighting nonviolently for r...
20 Okt 202036min
