We interrupt this program to bring you a special news

for the Japanese of attacked Pearl Harbor.

What happens to a country under maximum stress?

Just look at America's home fund 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

to 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 pulled 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

cold with 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 revolts that change music forever.

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