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Religious Right and Left: From Archie Bunker to Donald Trump
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Religious Right and Left: From Archie Bunker to Donald Trump

Let's talk religion and politics as if we were on the set of All in the Family, the smash 1970s sitcom designed to expose the problems of racism, sexism, and religious intolerance. In this episode, historian Louis Benjamin Rolsky traces the rise and fall of the religious left through the career of Norman Lear, the legendary TV producer and writer. In Lear's view, if Archie Bunker personified the wrong ideas and attitudes, the millions of Americans watching All in the Family would see the errors of his mind. Would Archie Bunker vote for Donald Trump?

Recommended reading:

Misunderstanding the Right by L. Benjamin Rolsky (New International)

The Rise and Fall of the Religious Left by L. Benjamin Rolsky

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History As It Happens
History As It Happens
This is a podcast for people who want to think historically about current events. Everything happening today comes from something, somewhere. The past shapes the present. History As It Happens, hosted by award-winning broadcaster Martin Di Caro, features interviews with today's top scholars and thinkers, interwoven with audio from history's archive. New episodes every Tuesday and Thursday.
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