The First Two Months (with Mike Rothschild)

Mission Implausible

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News, Politics, Society & Culture, Comedy

3.9 • 593 Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

The first two months of Trump's term have been a tour de force of chaos, bizarre hires and indecipherable decisions. Conspiracy theories operate on both sides of the equation. They are attempts to find an underlying rationale for moves by Trump and Musk, often presuming nefarious motivations of self-interest. Conspiracy theories are also being used as a tool to justify actions that are unpopular or destructive. From USAID to Fort Knox to anything "deep state," are these false conspiracy theories deliberately fabricated as misinformation or are they the convictions of True Believers?

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.5	Guaranteed Human.
0:04.9	1969, Malcolm and Martin are gone.
0:07.8	America is in crisis.
0:09.5	At a Morehouse college, the students make their move.
0:12.3	These students, including a young Samuel L. Jackson,
0:15.4	locked up the members of the board of trustees, including Martin Luther King's senior.
0:20.6	It's the true story of protests and rebellion in black American history that you'll never
0:24.9	forget.
0:25.9	I'm Hans Charles.
0:26.9	I'm Mena Lake Lemoombo.
0:28.1	Listen to the A building on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your
0:33.5	podcasts.
0:34.7	When segregation was a law, one mysterious black club owner, Charlie Fitzgerald, had his own
0:40.2	rules.
0:41.2	Segregation and the day integration at night.
0:44.3	It was like stepping on another world.
0:46.7	Was he a businessman?
0:48.1	A criminal.
0:49.6	A hero.
0:50.8	Charlie was an example of power.
0:53.8	They had to crush him.
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