FRDH podcast Archive 3: Trump And The Politics Of Paranoia

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Donald Trump may be the most unusual President of modern times but he built his successful campaign in a way that has a long tradition in American politics: stoking unreasonable fears about foreigners and the future … unreasonable fear is called paranoia by psychiatrists.

This FRDH podcast was reported and recorded in the weeks just before the 2016 presidential primaries got underway. Originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4, it was the first major piece in mainstream media to take the Trump candidacy seriously and to try and put it in historical context.

Playing on the electorates unreasonable fears about their society has long been a tactic for gaining political office.  In this podcast we learn about that long history. From the Salem Witch Trials through the Know-Nothing anti-Irish immigrant party to the founding of the John Birch Society and finally, Trump himself.

Leading historians including Columbia University’s Eric Foner and Harvard’s Richard Parker and Lisa McGirr as well as early Trump supporters from South Carolina are among the interviewees.

This 28 minute long podcast is a very accurate First Rough Draft of History. Donald Trump used some of the oldest tools in the political tool box to win the White House.

The FRDH Podcast is hosted by internationally acclaimed journalist Michael Goldfarb and is about History. The History he has reported on; the History he has written about; and the long History he has lived.

You can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, YouTube and Soundcloud, and you can follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

The FRDH Podcast is hosted by internationally acclaimed journalist Michael Goldfarb and is about History. The History he has reported on; the History he has written about; and the long History he has lived.

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Trump And The Politics Of Paranoia

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This draft of history – first b’cast on BBC Radio 4 just before the 2016 primaries – looks at the long history of irrational fear being used by American politicians to win office.

The FRDH Podcast is hosted by internationally acclaimed journalist Michael Goldfarb and is about History. The History he has reported on; the History he has written about; and the long History he has lived.

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FRDH podcast archive 4: British Jihad

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First Rough Draft of History on British Jihad. This FRDH podcast from the archives was reported and recorded a year before the 7/7 London bombings. It gives as close a glimpse into the workings and mindset of young Europeans, many born in Europe and the UK, not immigrants, who are drawn to jihad.

2004 was a time when jihadi activity in the UK was out in the open, if you knew where to look. I attended the teaching circle of radical preacher Omar Bakri Muhammad. I met with his followers and acolytes and interviewed them, as well as Omar Bakri himself.

Bakri sang songs of praise for the 9/11 hijackers. He preached martyrdom as the highest goal for a Muslim. He will shake your belief in absolute freedom of speech.

When the London bombings occurred the following year, it was revealed that the bombers had all attended Bakri’s lessons.  Bakri himself fled to Lebanon. Yet his influence remains.  Another young man I saw at the teaching circle was one of the men who murdered Lee Rigby in 2013.

This FRDH podcast was originally broadcast on public radio in the US. It won the prestigious Lowell Thomas Award for outstanding radio reporting from the Overseas Press Club of America.

The FRDH Podcast is hosted by internationally acclaimed journalist Michael Goldfarb and is about History. The History he has reported on; the History he has written about; and the long History he has lived.

You can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, YouTube and Soundcloud, and you can follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

The FRDH Podcast is hosted by internationally acclaimed journalist Michael Goldfarb and is about History. The History he has reported on; the History he has written about; and the long History he has lived.

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British Jihad

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First draft of history: my documentary on British Jihadis made a year before the London bombings of 7/7. It won an award from the Overseas Press Club of America.

The FRDH Podcast is hosted by internationally acclaimed journalist Michael Goldfarb and is about History. The History he has reported on; the History he has written about; and the long History he has lived.

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FRDH Podcast Archive 5: Topeka Kansas 1993

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A story recorded in Topeka Kansas 1993 about the successes and failures of integration. Part of my Sony Award-winning series Homeward Bound.

1993 was a critical year in America’s march towards the presidency of Donald Trump. Bill Clinton became President. The economy was only just beginning to emerge from recession.  The nation was feeling unsure of itself.  IN 1993 I traveled around the Midwest for the BBC World Service.  I had been a student there 20 years earlier and wanted to see how things had changed.  My westernmost stop was in Topeka Kansas.  I had lived in Topeka just after graduating college. The city ahd changed enormously. There was a new Hispanic population.  Downtown area businesses had been hammered by the opening of a Wal-Mart superstore at the junction of two interstate highways on the edge of the Kansas capital.

I was traveling on my own and lucked into meeting Topeka’s head of press and marketing, a young African-American, and we had a very interesting conversation about integration’s successes and failures.

The FRDH Podcast is hosted by internationally acclaimed journalist Michael Goldfarb and is about History. The History he has reported on; the History he has written about; and the long History he has lived.

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The FRDH Podcast is hosted by internationally acclaimed journalist Michael Goldfarb and is about History. The History he has reported on; the History he has written about; and the long History he has lived.

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FRDH Podcast Archive 6: Yellow Springs Ohio 1993

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Yellow Springs Ohio 1993: Race, violence, fear. Part of the Sony-Award winning series, Homeward Bound.

In 1993, the BBC World Service sent me to the Midwest to report on America in transition. I had been a student there 20 years earlier at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio.

I had left the United States in 1985 and this was my first extended visit back to the country where I was born. I made a giant circuit driving southeast from Chicago to Yellow Springs and then swinging west along the Ohio River to Missouri, Kansas and Iowa before returning to Chicago and flying back to London.

I found a country uncertain of itself and going through changes it didn’t understand. Much of the division I heard about and observed on that trip has hardened and led to the election of Donald Trump.

I also encountered right wing talk radio for the first time. Listen to the voices I recorded.

The FRDH Podcast is hosted by internationally acclaimed journalist Michael Goldfarb and is about History. The History he has reported on; the History he has written about; and the long History he has lived.

You can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, YouTube and Soundcloud, and you can follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

The FRDH Podcast is hosted by internationally acclaimed journalist Michael Goldfarb and is about History. The History he has reported on; the History he has written about; and the long History he has lived.

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Topeka Kansas 1993

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Draft History: A story recorded in Topeka KS in 1993 about the successes and failures of integration. Part of my Sony Award-winning series Homeward Bound.

The FRDH Podcast is hosted by internationally acclaimed journalist Michael Goldfarb and is about History. The History he has reported on; the History he has written about; and the long History he has lived.

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Yellow Springs Ohio 1993

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This draft of history is from 1993: Race, violence, fear. It was part of my Sony-Award winning series, Homeward Bound. Listen to the voices recorded from the radio.

The FRDH Podcast is hosted by internationally acclaimed journalist Michael Goldfarb and is about History. The History he has reported on; the History he has written about; and the long History he has lived.

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Whitman To Woodstock

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Whitman To Woodstock- A cultural draft of history: This musical piece traces the historical chain from Walt Whitman to the Woodstock festival.

The FRDH Podcast is hosted by internationally acclaimed journalist Michael Goldfarb and is about History. The History he has reported on; the History he has written about; and the long History he has lived.

You can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, YouTube and Soundcloud, and you can follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

The FRDH Podcast is hosted by internationally acclaimed journalist Michael Goldfarb and is about History. The History he has reported on; the History he has written about; and the long History he has lived.

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Piano Tales: a social history of the Piano

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A social history of the piano with lots of interesting facts and lovely playing.

The FRDH Podcast is hosted by internationally acclaimed journalist Michael Goldfarb and is about History. The History he has reported on; the History he has written about; and the long History he has lived.

You can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, YouTube and Soundcloud, and you can follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

The FRDH Podcast is hosted by internationally acclaimed journalist Michael Goldfarb and is about History. The History he has reported on; the History he has written about; and the long History he has lived.

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