The Assassination That Wasn't

Rick Wilson's The Enemies List

Lincoln Square

News, Politics, News Commentary

4.9 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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In the middle of World War II a little known plot to kill Roosevelt, Stalin and Winston Churchill was foiled. Novelist, screenwriter and comic book writer Brad Meltzer joins Rick to talk about the plot, how it was foiled and his new book, The Nazi Conspiracy. You don't want to miss the riveting details of this story. And Rick adds to The Enemies List while also proclaiming love for his gas stove. Listen to find out what that's all about. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/rick-wilsons-the-enemy-list/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Joining us today is the multi-talented Brad Meltzer. He is a novelist, a writer, a TV producer,
0:09.8	comic book author. He is a historian. He is a guy who really has a beautiful command of both
0:18.3	language and a beautiful command of our history. Brad's new book is the incredible, the Nazi
0:24.8	conspiracy, the secret plan to kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill. This is one of those
0:29.2	lesser known moments in world history that would have changed the ballgame, I think, fundamentally.
0:34.1	Brad is here to talk with us today about that, a little bit about history in general,
0:38.0	and I look forward to this conversation very much.
0:42.3	There was also maintained that was called an enemy's list.
0:46.5	Democrats want Republicans dead. I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot
0:51.7	somebody. The women with the least likelihood of getting pregnant are the ones most worried
0:56.8	about having abortions. On January 6th of 2021, you had tens of thousands of people peacefully
1:03.5	protesting. You're the president of the United States. You can de-class if I just by saying
1:08.3	it's de-classified. It's not a right wing conspiracy theory. It's not queuing on. It's real.
1:15.4	I'm Rick Wilson, and this is the enemy's list.
1:19.2	Brad Meltzer, welcome to the enemy's list, and tell us about your new project.
1:28.9	Of course, what a nice way to say, tell us about the Nazis.
1:33.5	So, this is my newest book just out now, and it's called the Nazi Conspiracy,
1:41.4	the secret plot to kill Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, and FDR at the Hyde of World War II.
1:47.6	And it was a story that I found. The true story really happened that I found years ago.
1:52.7	This is the Hyde of 1943. And at the time, Joseph Stalin wanted the allies to invade
1:59.7	continental Europe because the Nazis were killing him. It was getting devastated.
2:03.5	So, we started sending weapons, but he was like, no, you got to invade.
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