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Hey, history lovers.

I'm Mike Rosenwald with Retropod, a show about the past, rediscovered.

If you are of a certain age, you probably know Dr. Spock. No, not the guy from Star Trek, the famous pediatrician, at one time

America's most beloved and trusted doctor. In 1946, he published the common sense book of baby and child care.

The book encouraged parents to kiss their babies and show them physical affection,

revolutionary at the time.

Mothers followed the book closely.

Spock's book was beloved.

He was respected.

A whole generation of children was raised on his medical advice.

But not even his popularity could save him from being indicted by the federal government two decades later.

The feds went after Spock because, in addition to being a doctor,

he was also a vocal critic of the Vietnam War.

He believed the U.S. was a legally waging war in Southeast Asia

and that it was his patriotic obligation to oppose it,

even if it meant risking his iconic status.

The year was 1968.

Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. had been killed, and it seemed like the whole country was becoming unglued.

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