Huey Long Vs. The Media

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Society & Culture, History, Documentary

4.7 • 15K Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2019

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Huey Pierce Long: you either loved him, or hated him. He combined progressive economic ideas with an autocratic streak, earning him thousands of adoring fans and fearful enemies. Long went from traveling salesman to Louisiana governor, and then US senator, through his mastery of the media. Then once in power, he waged a war against it.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, run here.
0:05.2	So if you've been listening to the credits in our episodes the last few weeks, you might
0:09.0	have heard the name Lane Kaplan Levinson.
0:12.0	Lane is the newest producer on Thru Line, and they're amazing.
0:15.8	Before coming to work with us, Lane hosted their own history show called Tripod at NPR
0:20.4	Member Station, WWNO in New Orleans.
0:23.4	The show focused on Louisiana history.
0:26.4	And Lane also made this short series called Sticky Wicked that's about Louisiana politicians
0:31.2	and the press.
0:32.8	And one particular episode in that series really stuck out to us.
0:37.3	It's about the politician Huey Long.
0:39.6	He was active in politics in the 1920s and 30s in Louisiana and was able to achieve a rare
0:45.3	feat in American politics, serving as both US Senator and Governor of a state.
0:51.1	And the reason why history matters today, why it's so relevant is because of the moment
0:55.9	we're living in.
0:57.4	Populous politics, anti-establishment rhetoric, politicians fighting the press have become
1:02.2	a regular part of the political landscape.
1:04.9	But Huey Long exemplified all that decades ago.
1:08.8	In this episode called Huey Long vs the media, Lane explores just how far Huey Long was
1:14.3	willing to take his fight against establishment and the media.
1:18.5	Let's just say he took it really far and things got weird.
1:23.0	Alright, so here it is our very own Lane Kaplan Levinson telling the story of Louisiana's
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