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2. G-Men
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Length:
15 minutes
Released:
Sep 13, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Hoover takes on legendary gangsters of the 1930s and builds his own myth. J Edgar Hoover built then ran the FBI for almost five decades. He turned it from a bureaucratic backwater into a premier crime fighting and counterintelligence force. In the process, he arguably became America’s most powerful man. He’s been dead 50 years and still his shadow looms over the US. Today’s fears of a ‘deep state’ - of unaccountable government officials working against the public in their own interest – can be traced back to him. His job was to enforce the law...but he would not always be bound by it.
Presenter: Emily Maitlis
Producer: Neal Razzell
Researcher: Louise Byrne
Production Coordinator: Janet Staples
Sound: James Beard
Editor: Hugh Levinson
Presenter: Emily Maitlis
Producer: Neal Razzell
Researcher: Louise Byrne
Production Coordinator: Janet Staples
Sound: James Beard
Editor: Hugh Levinson
Released:
Sep 13, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (9)
Introducing The People vs J Edgar Hoover: In life, Hoover needed no introduction. In death, he needs this series teaser. by The People vs J Edgar Hoover