The Whittaker Chambers Story: From Soviet Spy to American Cold War Hero
Our American Stories
iHeartPodcasts
4.6 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 14 June 2023
⏱️ 39 minutes
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On this episode of Our American Stories, the book Witness: A True Story of Soviet Spies in America and the Trial That Captivated the Nation is one of the biggest U.S. bestsellers of the 20th century, yet it is almost unknown among Americans today. Here to tell the story is Greg Forster on behalf of the Acton Institute.
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| 0:53.7 | The book Witness by author Whitaker Chambers was one of the |
| 0:57.7 | biggest U.S. bestsellers of the 20th century, yet it is almost unknown among Americans today. |
| 1:06.1 | Here to tell the story of the book and its author is Greg Forster on behalf of the Acton Institute. |
| 1:13.6 | Forster is a Whitaker Chambers expert who has earned a PhD with distinction in political philosophy from Yale University. |
| 1:22.6 | Let's take a listen. Chambers grew up in an unhappy home, a home full of emotional neediness, manipulation, |
| 1:32.2 | petty jealousies. |
| 1:33.9 | He had a younger brother named Richard, who was really popular at school, and he was able |
| 1:37.7 | to take solace and his friends, but Chambers himself was awkward and socially inept, |
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