David Duke | 5. The Road to Hell

Slow Burn

Slate Audio

Politics, Society & Culture, History, News, Documentary

4.6 • 25.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2020

⏱️ 14 minutes

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This episode is member-exclusive. Listen to it now by subscribing to Slate Plus. By joining, not only will you unlock exclusive Slow Burn episodes, but you’ll also access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Or, visit slate.com/slowburnplus to get access wherever you listen. Edwin Edwards was a towering force in Louisiana politics. Buddy Roemer dethroned him and promised to modernize the state. In 1991, David Duke challenged both of them—and was soon on the verge of the biggest victory of his life. In Episode 5 of Slow Burn: How a Louisiana governor’s race became one of the most consequential elections in modern American history. Season 4 of Slow Burn is produced by Josh Levin and Christopher Johnson. Mixing by Paul Mounsey. Slow Burn’s production assistant is Madeline Ducharme and Sophie Summergrad is the podcast’s assistant producer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:41.3	Are you asking me or him? Asking him. he's by himself.
0:42.6	Are you asking me or him?
0:44.4	Asking him.
0:45.3	If you want to weigh in too, that's fine.
0:47.8	He definitely is.
0:49.3	That's Trina Edwards.
0:51.2	We were talking about her husband, Edwin Edwards, the former governor of Louisiana.
0:55.6	Trina is almost 42 and Edwin will be 93 in August. She was passing along my
1:01.9	questions because he has a hard time hearing over the phone.
1:05.0	Is it true that you're a quiet kind of introverted person when you're not in public when you're home by yourself?
1:12.0	Well, I'm a very different person when I'm not on the
1:15.3	stage. This is the way I am. I'm very quiet and private and I don't drink at all. I don't use drugs at all and so now no fun I have in life is taking
1:31.7	care of my seven-year-old child and my wife.
1:37.0	Okay.
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