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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

What was the Ludlow Massacre? Chapter One: The Colorado Coal Rush

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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Society & Culture

4.211K Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2024

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Unions and governments have always had a complicated, at-times antagonistic and violent relationship. In the first evening of this week's special two-part series, Ben, Matt and Noel explore a terrifying tale of corruption, crime and conspiracy: What was the Ludlow Massacre?

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0:00.0

From UFOs to psychic powers and government conspiracies history is riddled with unexplained events.

0:07.0

You can turn back now or learn the stuff they don't want you to know.

0:12.0

A production of I-Heart Radio.

0:17.0

Hello. Hello, welcome back to the show. My name is Matt. My name is Noah. They call me

0:29.1

Ben. We are joined as always with our super producer, Dylan, the Tennessee

0:33.3

pal Fagan. Most importantly, you are you.

0:36.4

You are here. That makes this, the stuff they don't want you to know.

0:41.2

We are putting on our ridiculous history garb in a way and you know

0:48.8

ropes are ridiculous ropes mhm our occulted illumination global unlimited ridiculous history branded

0:56.9

ropes a lot of brand names there and tonight we are exploring something

1:01.6

that may be apropos to the current situation here in the United States and abroad,

1:08.6

unions and governments.

1:10.7

They've always had a complicated at times antagonistic, violent series of interactions.

1:16.9

And, you know, we live in different parts of the Atlanta metro area. We all know different people and get into

1:23.8

different situations so I'd like to begin tonight by asking you guys do you see

1:29.4

any like what's your vibe check in your neck of the woods on unions? What's the public opinion feeling like?

1:36.0

I can't speak for public opinion, but I would just say that juxtaposition of unions and governments is really interesting because the middleman

1:44.9

between those two powers is always private industry, right? So it's how much does...

1:50.9

Yeah, capital. How much does the government support, defend or go against an organization that's making quite a lot of money which reads tax dollars for a government.

2:04.3

And it's also an interesting double-edged story because historically unions have

2:07.9

sometimes gotten a bad rap because of the potential for corruption and you know

2:12.1

things like Jimmy Hoffa and organized crime and

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