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We interrupt this program to bring you a special news bulletin, the Japanese of attack Pearl Harbor.

What happens to a country under maximum stress?

Just look at America's Homefront at the dawn of World War II.

When you look at a society that's fighting for its survival, I think you really see the best and

the worst come to the top. I'm Josh Levine. In the fourth season of Slate's podcast one year,

we're going back to 1942, telling stories from the distant past that sound like they've

been polled from the present day. You'll hear about runaway inflation and the man who was desperate to stop it.

Maybe all Americans will be a little bit colder this winter,

but as a result it's going to be hotter for Hitler.

About how the country dealt with massive loads of disinformation.

You have the people who are just like, look, the government's making all this up.

And about a worker revolt that change music forever. We're going to put a ban on recordings.

We're not doing this anymore. One year, 1942. Coming on October 20th, listen wherever you get your

podcasts.