In our final episode on the first GOP governor of Florida since Reconstruction, Claude Kirk. Kirk’s flamboyant style got him attention as a national political star in the late 1960’s. But three particular actions he takes will trap him and make his future difficult. Music by Lee Rosevere and Revolution Void from Free Music Archive….
Author: Bruce Carlson
Florida Man: The Go-Go Governorship of Claude Kirk – Part II: “Boo Me!”
In his first and second years as an improbable GOP Governor in the South in the 1960’s Kirk, tries out a new type of politics, at least new to the Sunshine State: confrontation. Equally with protestors, strikers, and polluters, he confronts them straight on. He also makes a miscalculation that will hurt his rep at…
Florida Man: The Go-Go Governorship of Claude Kirk
In the late 1960’s the first GOP governor of Florida since Reconstruction found himself elected with no support in the legislature. He had only a microphone and so he used direct confrontation, insults, press-bashing and other tactics to get elected and get his way. Rather than let things be he took on left-wing hippies and…
The Supreme Court Story of Abe Fortas
Abe Fortas was a rising star on the Supreme Court. He argued a still-legendary case before the Court and won. Then was appointed one of its justices. For many, he was seen as the successor to Earl Warren. Yet it was when he was nominated for Chief Justice that opposition to Fortas cemented and the…
Presidents in Trouble
It’s time to talk trouble. With the talk of history being made, and in a way it has, we think it’s best to note that the law and the Presidency have been, close, several times. Certainly people around Presidents have faced the law, sometimes for actions rendered for a President. And after all the Constitutional…
FDR is Saved, Sidney Poitier, Lunar Bases? and More
a gun attack by a crazed man nearly ended the FDR Presidency before it began. As it was it took the life of a Chicago Mayor. Also FDR’s battle with a Chicago news titan, Sidney Poitier’s life, discussion of lunar bases, and more in the hodge-podcast.
FALL OF USSR: Part 1 – “Wake Up, Cassandra!”
Soviet citizens wake up to tanks outside their windows in 1991. Media is censored. The President is detained. Another president escapes, maybe just escapes… A third President is powerless. Is this the end of everything? Music by Lee Rosevere and Theme Song by Chris Novembrino The first in our “FALL OF USSR: series. To listen to more ad-free…
FALL OF USSR: Part 6 – Two Bears in a Cave
In our final episode of the series. Tanks start moving and planes start racing. Plotters confess and in betweeners swear they had nothing to do with any coup! A rescued Gorbachev quickly realizing that he might be in yet another seizure of power. But this one happening quietly over a few tiring days. And with…
Infringe: History of a Word and the Debate Over Guns
What’s in a word? Lots, maybe, when its a key word in the most contentious debate in America. The word “infringe” determines the threshold of how the Constitution should be enforced and what laws to pass. We seem to use it to mean a “minor trespass” but that runs counter to its etymological roots [the…
FALL OF USSR: Part 5 – “I Cannot Forsake Principles!”
The first blood is spilled. We look at the right-wing of Soviet Society which triggered the putsch. And the rebellious elements that also existed. Jeans, rock and roll, religion, revisionism and weakness. Music by Lee Rosevere and Theme Song by Chris Novembrino We are part of Airwave Media Network – check out Ben Franklin’s World,…
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FALL OF USSR: Part 4 -Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
As barricades are built and citizens turn to a protective barrier, the Soviet culture they come from might be the very thing that keeps them going. Music by Lee Rosevere and Theme by Chris Novembrino. We are part of Airwave Media Network To hear the next two episodes right now – sign up for our…
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