28 min listen
Slow Burn S4 Ep. 1: White Knight
ratings:
Length:
46 minutes
Released:
Jun 16, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Here's Episode 1 of Slow Burn Season 4: David Duke. Subscribe here.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, a white supremacist became an American political phenomenon. David Duke’s rise to power and prominence—his election to the Louisiana legislature, and then his campaigns for the U.S. Senate and the governorship—was an existential crisis for the state and the nation. The fourth season of Slate’s Slow Burn will explore how a Nazi sympathizer and former Klansman fashioned himself into a mainstream figure, and why some voters came to embrace his message. It will also examine how activists, journalists, and ordinary citizens confronted Duke’s candidacy, and what it took to stop him.
The season is hosted by Josh Levin, host of The Queen and native Louisianian.
Slate Plus members get bonus episodes of Slow Burn every season, early access to episodes 2 and 3, plus zero ads. Sign up now to listen and support the show.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, a white supremacist became an American political phenomenon. David Duke’s rise to power and prominence—his election to the Louisiana legislature, and then his campaigns for the U.S. Senate and the governorship—was an existential crisis for the state and the nation. The fourth season of Slate’s Slow Burn will explore how a Nazi sympathizer and former Klansman fashioned himself into a mainstream figure, and why some voters came to embrace his message. It will also examine how activists, journalists, and ordinary citizens confronted Duke’s candidacy, and what it took to stop him.
The season is hosted by Josh Levin, host of The Queen and native Louisianian.
Slate Plus members get bonus episodes of Slow Burn every season, early access to episodes 2 and 3, plus zero ads. Sign up now to listen and support the show.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
Jun 16, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (66)
Standoff | The Order and Women in White Power: More about the white power movement in the 1980s and '90s. by Slate Presents: One Year