Reginald D Hunter selects Eugene V Debs

Great Lives

BBC

History, Documentary, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.2 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Eugene Victor Debs, born 1855 in Indiana USA, was a railway worker, a trade unionist and a five time candidate for the presidency. He was imprisoned during the First World War for sedition. He'd urged resistance to the draft; President Woodrow Wilson called him a traitor to the nation, but Debs still ran for the presidency in 1920. His sentence was commuted the following year.

Reginald D Hunter is an American stand up based in the UK. His many credits include Have I Got News For You and Reginald D Hunter's Songs of the South. Last year at Edinburgh his show Fluffy Fluffy Beavers briefly became headline news. In studio with Reginald and presenter Matthew Parris is Professor Clive Webb, author of Vietdamned.

The producer for BBC Studios in Bristol is Miles Warde

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Greg Jenner. I'm the host of Your Dead to Me, where the best names in comedy and history
0:05.5	join me to learn about and laugh at the past. You are a traitor. And in the new series, we'll meet
0:11.2	Aristotle. I think he might have been a time traveller. Someone who's like almost a glitch.
0:15.3	We'll dive into the causes of the British Civil Wars in the 1600s. In England at this period,
0:19.8	there's people can't get on the housing ladder.
0:21.5	This sounds familiar.
0:23.2	And we'll discover the arts and crafts movement.
0:25.3	I love the clothes.
0:26.3	I love the vibe.
0:27.1	Yes, we're a comedy show
0:28.0	that takes history seriously
0:29.3	and then laughs at it.
0:30.5	You're dead to me.
0:31.3	Listen first on BBC Sounds.
0:33.0	If you can't wait for new episodes
0:34.8	of this podcast and you're in the UK. More episodes are available now.
0:39.4	First on BBC Sounds. BBC Sounds, music, radio podcasts. Today's guest was born in the United States,
0:49.2	but has made the United Kingdom his home. Reginald. Hunter, welcome to great lives. You'll probably
0:56.2	know Reginald for perhaps scene-stealing appearances on TV. He's a stand-up and a presenter.
1:03.1	His new show at Edinburgh is called, oh dear, fluffy, fluffy beavers. More about that, perhaps,
1:08.9	in a while. But tell us, Reginald, who have you picked for today's episode?
1:13.6	Hey, I've picked Eugene Debs, five-time socialist candidate for the U.S. presidency.
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