From Bastrop To Bullitt
The Pope's Long Con
Louisville Public Media
4.6 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 13 December 2017
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Like Forrest Gump, he just so happens to be in the front row, playing a pivotal role in America’s biggest moments. Time after time. Decade after decade. He's held some of the country's loftiest titles. Or not.
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| 0:00.0 | From LPN Louisville Public Media. |
| 0:04.0 | A listener note, this story contains adult content and language. Today, Danny Ray Johnson is a Kentucky State legislator, but a story goes well beyond the bluegrass. |
| 0:25.2 | In the first chapter, we told you about the titles he's given himself. |
| 0:28.8 | He calls himself the Pope and sometimes the Bishop. |
| 0:32.2 | The term Pope is usually used for the head of the Roman |
| 0:35.1 | Catholic Church. We talked to some religious leaders who said it's unusual for a |
| 0:39.6 | preacher to call himself the Pope. And they say bishops are usually ordained or appointed |
| 0:45.1 | Christian leaders. Rarely does a person give himself such a title. But there is |
| 0:50.6 | one title Danny Ray Johnson has that he didn't give himself. |
| 0:54.0 | Kentucky State Representative. The guy is totally just a manipulator. |
| 1:07.0 | I've noticed that sometimes he gets his facts messed up. |
| 1:12.0 | He was belligerent. |
| 1:13.9 | He was really, really drunk. |
| 1:15.1 | He's right there where he can do the same thing again. |
| 1:18.4 | He was the strong suspect. |
| 1:20.8 | Everybody's talking about the seventh sun in the whole wild world. |
| 1:25.0 | There is only one. |
| 1:27.0 | I'm the one. |
| 1:29.0 | I'm the one, I'm the one, I'm the one I'm the one the one that calls of the sun. |
| 1:37.0 | You're listening to the Pope's long con a five-part investigation from the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting in Louisville Public Media. |
| 1:47.0 | I'm Jake Ryan, and in this story you'll hear from me and my colleague R.G Dunlop. |
| 1:52.0 | Danny Ray Johnson was elected to the state legislature in November 2016 |
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