David Duke | 6. A Concerned Citizen

Slow Burn

Slate Podcasts

News, Society & Culture, History, Documentary, Politics

4.6 • 25.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2020

⏱️ 10 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. In the fall of 1991, David Duke looked like a real threat to become the governor of Louisiana. On the sixth and final episode of Slow Burn's fourth season: What arguments did David Duke's opponents make? Who did they hope to persuade? And what did it mean, in those four weeks in 1991, to stand up and be counted? 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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0:39.3	back to work he suddenly felt terribly guilty. But why?
0:43.0	What had he done?
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1:05.2	It was comforting to imagine that the David Duke phenomenon was an illusion or a fad, that people
1:11.1	would get wise, that Duke would hit a ceiling.
1:15.0	Plenty of people thought that.
1:17.0	But in the fall of 1991, Duke's movement just kept building.
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