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Dr. Raymond Williams did an excellent interview with author Sharron Wilkins Conrad!
The lady’s voice is so sharp, it’s painful to listen to. Sorry.
A very prejudiced and loaded episode. Why would living near a nuclear power station will affect your life significantly? It wouldn’t. Have either of you visited one? Author or interviewer?
Lisa Silverman is an historian whose books I want to explore, based on this interview. I’m not an academically-trained historian, but read and study a lot, especially from the first half of the twentieth century. Thank you for giving her the platform for explaining her ideas. I’m embarking on post-WWII histories now, and my reading list is enhanced.
Simms pedaling his ludicrous "theory". Hitler was obsessed with Bolshevism and the threat of communism.
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