In 1939, Dorothy Thompson was on the cover of Time, the ‘First Lady of American journalism’ and a major celebrity. By 1945, she’d been widely dismissed as a crank.
Deborah Friedell joins Tom to discuss Thompson’s enormous influence in interwar America, and her idiosyncratic mix of prescience and short-sightedness.
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Jan 2024
Introducing: The Godmother
In the 1930s, Lucky Luciano, one of American history’s most notorious mobsters, was finally taken down by a rookie prosecutor. Eunice Carter was one of the first Black Women ever to become a prosecutor in America. She operated from the heart of the Harlem Renaissance to navigate ... Show More
2m 56s
May 2024
Tom O'Neill
Tom O'Neill is an award-winning investigative journalist and entertainment reporter. His book, Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties, is the culmination of a 20-year investigation, which unearthed information about the murders, the murderers, the p ... Show More
2h 44m
Apr 2024
O.J. Simpson : le secret dans la tombe
<p>OJ Simpson est mort le 10 avril 2024 à Las Vegas, à l’âge de 76 ans, laissant, derrière lui, l’image d’une figure très controversée de l’histoire américaine. Pour comprendre, il faut remonter trente ans en arrière. En 1994. Cette année-là, on inaugurait le tunnel sous la Manch ... Show More
23m 46s
Jun 2024
Hitler’s Olympics, Part 1: The Blue-Eyed Tornado
In the early 1930s, Adolf Hitler granted a rare interview to the American journalist Dorothy Thompson. When Hitler later came to power, and prepared to stage the 1936 Berlin Olympics, Thompson’s warning about the man she’d met would frame the central debate over the games: Should ... Show More
35m 39s
Mar 2019
Oprah Winfrey Presents: After Neverland
Listen to a conversation hosted by Oprah Winfrey, featuring Wade Robson and James Safechuck, subjects of the two-part HBO documentary “Leaving Neverland,” alongside director Dan Reed. Taped before an audience of people whose lives have been impacted by sexual abuse, the conversat ... Show More
57m 46s
Apr 2022
Kate McKinnon, and Your Questions for Hillary
For our season finale, Hillary welcomes Saturday Night Live’s Emmy Award-winning sketch comedian Kate McKinnon to the show. In her first ever appearance on a podcast, Kate and Hillary compare notes on their recent bouts with COVID-19. Then Kate talks about how she’s parlayed her ... Show More
40m 20s
Mar 2023
The Bigger Story Behind The Gwyneth Paltrow Outrage
On the show today… In news we needed this week, Lizzo has been announced as the first headliner for Splendour in the Grass 2023. Here’s everything you need to know. Plus, Nicola Peltz-Beckham is on the cover of Cosmopolitan’s Couples Issue (alone, we might add) and while she talk ... Show More
18m 1s