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The Red Scare did not start with McCarthy, and this episode traces exactly how America got there.
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In this episode
- How anti-communist fear in America predates McCarthy by decades
- Why McCarthy became the face of a much older political pattern
- The real history behind one of America's most infamous political eras
- A bonus history of the salmon, because the show earns the detour
About this episode
Senator Joseph McCarthy is one of history's great legendary villains. Responsible for fueling the Red Scare into a period of persecution of many people, the actual history of how we got to him goes back to World War I. Plus, a reddish fish, learn the history of the Salmon!
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