Star-Spangled Fascism Podcast

Jun 10 2024 11 ep. 30 mins 85
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Bradley W. Hart examines fascist leaders and movements that have emerged here in the United States over the past century. He’ll look at what fueled their authoritarian ambitions, the supporters who flocked to them, and the Americans who stood in their way.

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Episode 10 - The Godfather

Jun 10 2024 39 mins  
Bradley and Nancy Beck Young discuss a man that was labeled by Life Magazine as America’s #1 fascist intellectual. Lawrence Dennis held popular sway over national politicians, business elites, college students and all those who gravitated to fascism in the 1930s. But, Dennis hid a personal secret that would have ended his career before it started.

Episode 9 - The Titan

May 27 2024 30 mins  
Industrialist Henry Ford was an engineering prodigy that literally changed the way most Americans lived their lives in the early 20th Century. But, he was also a staunch anti-semite who used his great wealth to influence aspiring fascists worldwide. Along with contributors Pamela Nadell and Nancy Beck Young, Bradley will explore this American titan’s dark side.

Episode 8 - The Prosecutor

May 13 2024 35 mins  
FBI historian, Dr. John Fox, and Bradley retrace the remarkable life story of a stalwart anti-fascist crusader — U.S. Justice Department attorney, O. John Rogge. Rogge prosecuted political bosses and government officials while facing death threats. But when he shifted his attention to America’s home-grown fascists, the prosecutor would soon attract his most powerful opponents o

Episode 7 - The Priest and the Christian Front - Part 2

Apr 29 2024 33 mins  
Bradley and author Charles Gallagher continue their exploration of the infamous ”Radio Priest,” Father Charles Coughlin and his Catholic militia, the Christian Front. Coughlin encourages his fascist followers to take up arms and prepare for a coming revolution against the Communists and Jews. But investigators discover the Front may be looking to provoke a violent event to inst

Episode 6 - The Priest and the Christian Front - Part 1

Apr 15 2024 33 mins  
Bradley and author Charles Gallagher explore the remarkable story of the Catholic priest turned fascist crusader, Father Charles Coughlin. Known as the ”Radio Priest,” Coughlin used the airwaves to reach millions of listeners in the 1930s. He mobilized hundreds of his militant followers to form an armed Anti-Semitic group known as the Christian Front.

Episode 5 - The Chief and the Legion - Part 2

Apr 02 2024 34 mins  
In this episode, Bradley and Scott Beekman continue to explore the life and career of the aspiring American dictator, William Dudley Pelley. Better known as, “The Chief,” Pelley moves from spiritualism into politics, becomes embroiled in a Silver Legion government coup plot, and ultimately evolves into a New Age prophet.

Episode 4 - The Chief and the Legion - Part 1

Mar 19 2024 37 mins  
In this episode, Bradley explores the strange history of one of America's first home-grown fascist leaders - William Dudley Pelley - better known as "The Chief." Along with Pelley biographer, Scott Beekman, Hart walks us through Pelley's life journey: starting as young journalist, then an author, a Hollywood screenwriter, a mystic, a publisher, a politician, and ultimately "The Chi

Episode 3 - The Fuehrer and the Plumber - Part 2

Mar 05 2024 25 mins  
Bradley W. Hart concludes the story of would-be ”American Hitler”, Fritz Julius Kuhn, the German-American Bund, and the Jewish plumber Isadore Greenbaum. Along with contributors, Arnie Bernstein and Greenbaum’s grandson Brett Siciliano, Hart describes the critical moment Isadore recounts the fascist Kuhn in Madison Square Garden... and how both of their lives were forever cha

Episode 2 - The Fuehrer and the Plumber - Part 1

Feb 20 2024 26 mins  
Bradley discusses the story of Fritz Julius Kuhn and the German-American Bund. Along with contributors, Arnie Bernstein and Brett Siciliano, Hart lays out the origins of the Bund in the U.S. in the 1930s, and how Kuhn rose in stature striving to become the ”American Hitler.”

Episode 1 - Special Guest - Rachel Maddow

Feb 20 2024 34 mins  
Rachel and Bradley discuss the origins of fascist movements in the United States in the 1920s and 1930s. In detail, they will discuss the leaders of these movements, their supporters, and the Americans that stood in resistance.