SYSK Selects: How McCarthyism Works

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🗓️ 12 August 2017

⏱️ 45 minutes

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In this week's SYSK Select episode, if you're accusing someone of disloyalty or subversion without decent evidence, then you may be guilty of McCarthyism. In this episode, Josh and Chuck explore the origin of the term, starting with the infamous Communist

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0:00.0	There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.
0:05.7	That's why we launched The Big Take.
0:08.3	It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit
0:14.0	to give you some space to think.
0:16.4	I'm Wes Kosova.
0:17.7	Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.
0:23.6	Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.
0:31.4	Hi there, it's Josh and for the SIS case selects this week I've chosen how McCarthyism works.
0:38.0	Unfortunately it seems like it's always a pertinent time to cover McCarthyism.
0:42.2	There's always some jerk who's persecuting other people and I hope it opens some eyes.
0:49.0	Might not otherwise have been open.
0:51.3	To our friends in the gay community are apologies for using the word homosexual without making
0:56.5	air quotes.
0:58.1	This was five or so years ago and I like to think we've evolved somewhat since then but still
1:03.6	sorry about that.
1:05.4	And just as a final note, you should probably disregard the rules to the contest that's
1:09.3	now defunct.
1:10.6	Let's come up at the end of the episode.
1:12.8	Contest is coming gone and it was fun.
1:15.7	So enjoy the stuff you should know selects.
1:25.5	Welcome to Stuff You Should Know from House to Forks.com.
1:35.4	The dream police they get me out of my bed.
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