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Feb 20, 2015

 

Note: Audio levels have been fixed in this episode

The Oscars are this week! So, I talk about the 2005 Oscar nominated film Good Night and Good Luck. Topics covered include Communism, the Red Scare, and the integrity of the modern news media.

I also have a new segment helping to promote two of my new favorite podcasts!

Show Notes:

IMDB - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0433383/

Books Used:

Reds: McCarthyism in Twentieth-Century America, Ted Morgan - 

http://www.amazon.com/Reds-McCarthyism-Twentieth-Century-Ted-Morgan/dp/081297302X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1424452598&sr=1-1&keywords=Red%3A+Communism+in+the+20th+Century

Edward R. Murrow and the Birth of Broadcast Journalism, Bob Edwards - 

http://www.amazon.com/Edward-Broadcast-Journalism-Turning-History/dp/0471477532

Intro, Outro, Interstitial Music - "Barbara," US Army Jazz Band - 

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/US_Army_Blues/Live_At_Blues_Alley/0_-_09_-_The_US_Army_Blues_-_Barbara

Podcast Shout-Outs:

The Curmudgeon Cafe - 

http://www.curmudgeoncafe.net/

 

Now Playing Podcast - 

http://www.nowplayingpodcast.com/

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