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Rachel Maddow, MSNBC
Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra
As a new authoritarian movement rises in American politics, stoked by one of the country’s most outrageous demagogues, there is an all-out international manhunt for an American traitor. The U.S. Army’s Nazi war crimes trials in Germany have been infiltrated by a spy -- a mole for the other side. A gruesome foreign influence operation unfolds in Washington. A blackmail plot turns deadly in the U.S. Senate. A Hail Mary scheme to stop the counting of the Electoral College votes rattles democracy’s cage. With the line between the violent ultra-right and mainstream American politics fraying...
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Ratings & Reviews
4.8 stars from 33,711 ratings
History context lost
I really thought I knew a couple of things about USA history - I was wrong. What is presented here has been purged from American classrooms. It is a narrative that never felt “American” but it is wholly American. The names could be changed and all this presented as truth today. We are who...Read full review »
Mike_Monty via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 11/10/24
Incredible piece of American history which should’ve stood as a warning for what happens when a cult of personality is allowed to run roughshod on society. If only we had learned our lesson.
Buford Tripp via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 11/07/24
Very interesting
I found this and season 1 to be very interesting and the parallels between then and now are uncanny. It just reinforces the idiom: “Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” I am a little disappointed there was no mention of the role Ed Murrow played in the push back against...Read full review »
OrangeKnight81 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 10/26/24
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