Episode 18 - Amerikan Tabloid pt 5: The Wise Men
Added 2021-06-26 04:46:22 +0000 UTCThis is it - the penultimate episode of Amerikan Tabloid. See the crows alight on telephone poles like emissaries from the underworld as we follow this broken road into the dark heart of post-war Americana, ash in our eyes and smoke in our lungs. First, we dig on shakedown artist, bagman, fixer and private investigator Robert Maheu, tracking his work for the CIA and Howard Hughes, before dropping in on the Kennedys as Bobby launches a crusade against organized crime and Jack contemplates a presidential run. We then look at the mafia war of the 1950s and the Appalachin farce that humiliated J. Edgar Hoover. Shortly afterwards, the Cuban Revolution leaves American mobsters and businessmen alike out of pocket and looking for payback. Meanwhile, some geek with delusions of grandeur splits from the US Marines and fetches up in the USSR. I hear they call him Lee Harvey Oswald. This one goes well with neat Scotch and a fresh pack of Lucky Strikes. You do not want to miss it, so get some.
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Comments
That's a great quote, Pravda nailing it. I'm gonna look into Discord, a couple of other people seem to like the idea too.
pinballa
2021-06-27 12:19:00 +0000 UTCi havent listened to this yet, but im gonna
Jimothy Realname
2021-06-27 05:09:42 +0000 UTCThe Discord idea is a very good one, imo. All the Dulles chat reminded me of a quote from Pravda about him in 1951: "If ever the spy Allen Dulles should arrive in Heaven through somebody's absent-mindedness, he would begin to blow up the clouds, mine the stars, and slaughter the angels."
Adam E
2021-06-26 08:35:05 +0000 UTC
