Office of American Absorption.

So we need to be absorbed, do we?

We're not American enough yet?

Living on Summit Avenue in the city of Newark,

in the state of New Jersey.

I'm not American enough.

Hi, this is Peter Sagle.

Normally the host of NPR's Wait Wait Don't Tell Me Here Again with episode three of the official podcast for HBO's Plot Against America.

And once again, I am joined by the executive producer and creator of the show, David Simon.

Hello again, David.

Thanks again.

We are talking this week about part three of the plot against America, so this is your usual warning that if you like to actually see your TV without knowing what's going to happen,

stop listening to this podcast, watch the episode, and come back to us.

This episode, just to recap briefly, begins with a nightmare,

and we then enter into a nightmarish version of American history

in which Charles A. Lindberg has won the presidency,

and we now see what that is like for the Levin family of Newark,

for Rabbi Bengalsdorf, who's now an official

in the Lindberg administration, and ultimately for the country. This is where the story of the

show really veers from American history as it was lived, so it's worth it just to mention what

happened. In real life, of course, FDR won the 1940 election.

The year 1941 passed with isolationist sentiment continuing to hold the day in America,

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