Lawfare Daily: McCarthyism and Its Echoes in Modern Politics with Clay Risen
Lawfare Contributing Editor Renée DiResta sits down with Clay Risen to talk about his book “Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America,” exploring the historical context of McCarthyism and its relevance to contemporary issues. They discuss the dynamics of accusation versus…
The echoes of the Red Scare can be heard today
This hour we talk about the history of the Second Red Scare, a period also known as McCarthyism.
We learn about why the Scare took off in the United States, its impact, and how it eventually fizzled out. Plus, we look at the parallels and throughlines between that time period and our current momen…
Clay Risen: The New York Times Obituaries
What’s your favorite section of the newspaper? As someone who would receive a printed copy of The New York Times on Sundays, I would spend 10 minutes pulling out my priority sections: front page news of course (it’s kind of the whole point of subscribing), Real Estate, Food to know where I should e…
Clay Risen — Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America - with Michael Kazin
The film Oppenheimer has awakened interest in this vital period of American history. Now, for the first time in a generation, Red Scare presents a narrative history of the anti-Communist witch hunt that gripped America in the decade following World War II. The cultural phenomenon, most often refer…
Writer of Lives
One of the writers I read most regularly is Clay Risen. He writes obituaries for the New York Times. Another way to say that is, he is a composer of mini-biographies, week after week.
He has also worked as a political writer. And he has authored ten books, on various subjects: including the America…
Writer of Lives
One of the writers I read most regularly is Clay Risen. He writes obituaries for the New York Times. Another way to say that is, he is a composer of mini-biographies, week after week.
He has also worked as a political writer. And he has authored ten books, on various subjects: including the America…
TGL 15 | When America Turned on Itself - Understand The Red Scare by Clay Risen
Check out our full upcoming program with Clay Risen!
https://wachouston.org/event/red-scare-mccarthyism-today/
The Red Scare and McCarthyism didn’t just define a moment in history — they reshaped American civil liberties, politics, and culture in ways that still resonate today. In this conve…
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Have we arrived at Thomas Pynchon’s single best piece of writing so far? We three may very well think so. Get the ladder—because this one’s going up in the rafters next to Mondaugen’s story and Oedipa’s dark night of the soul.
Next time, Gravity’s Rainbow Episodes 3.12, 3.13, and 3.14, or pp. 440-4…
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