meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The John Batchelor Show

#Bestof2023: #EugeneVDebs: Running for president from Federal prison. Richard Epstein, Hoover Institution

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

Society & Culture, Arts, News, Books

4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2024

⏱️ 17 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

#Bestof2023: #EugeneVDebs: Running for president from Federal prison. Richard Epstein, Hoover Institution

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_V._Debs

1912 Uncle Sam stops to think of the road ahead.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Spark your creativity with the Sims. Sometimes you might feel like you're not creative

0:07.0

and you have to go in search of your creative spark again.

0:10.0

Maybe this is catching up with creative friends, experimenting with a new look or trying out a new recipe.

0:16.0

And thanks to The Sims, inspiration is just one game and one spark away.

0:21.3

Ready to spark something. Download The Sims 4 and play for free.

0:27.0

This is CBS, I am the World, I'm John Bachelor.

0:34.1

Eugene Debs, candidate for the presidency in 1920.

0:38.5

Eugene Debs, a man identified with the Wobbly's, the international workers of the world. A man

0:46.3

identified with socialism in America. In 1918, Eugene, Eugene Debs,

0:50.6

extremely well known in the newspapers.

0:53.8

Much attendance at his speeches.

0:55.8

He had a golden tug.

0:57.4

This was the age of William Jennings Bryan.

0:59.8

The men could speak without microphone, with that amplification.

1:03.2

They were magical.

1:04.7

Well, in 1918, the U.S. is at war.

1:08.9

And Eugene Dabs makes a speech recommending in Canton, Ohio that his audience resist the draft.

1:15.6

That is right, resist the draft.

1:17.7

He says the war is a product of capitalism distortion and that do not in any fashion regard this as patriotism to fight for

1:27.3

the capitalist. He is arrested later that month. He's tried by the Wilson administration using the law called the

1:37.5

law called the Espionage Act. He's convicted after a golden speech for two hours in the courtroom and sentenced to ten years in jail.

1:46.0

That does not stop Eugene Debs from speaking out and in 1920 he's a candidate for the presidency,

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from John Batchelor, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of John Batchelor and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.