FEED DROP: BN+ David Sirota "Master Plan"

FEED DROP: BN+ David Sirota "Master Plan"

Author: C-SPAN March 15, 2026 Duration: 1:10:49
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David Sirota, who is based in Denver, Colorado, has some very strong views about money and politics. His book is called "Master Plan: The Hidden Plot to Legalize Corruption in America." There are 11 chapters which reflect the 11 episodes of his podcast, "Master Plan." In order to tell his story, he points his finger at the 1971 Powell secret memo. That's former US Supreme Court Associate Justice Lewis Powell, who served on the Supreme Court from 1972 to 1987. He died in 1998 at age 90. Author Sirota, who is 50, writes that the Powell memo laid out a comprehensive step-by-step strategy for corporate America to regain control, protect its interests, and reshape the political and legal system of the United States to favor business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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SHORT SERIES: Satchel Paige, Negro Leagues Baseball, and Civil Rights [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:20:57
Professor Donald Spivey talked about the legacy of pitcher Satchel Paige and Negro Leagues baseball. Satchel Paige was the first Negro Leagues player to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Professor Spiv…
SHORT SERIES: Baseball in the Gilded Age [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:19:39
Professor Joan Waugh talked about the rise of baseball as a national activity, spectator event, and business. She described the efforts of baseball club owners to codify the rules of the games, establish a national leagu…
SHORT SERIES: Baseball During the Depression [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:02:08
Pepperdine University professor Loretta Hunnicutt taught a class about baseball during the Great Depression. She looked at the role of baseball in American culture and the origins of sports journalism. Learn more about y…
1893 Lizzie Borden Trial, Part 2 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 54:19
University of Maryland history professor Michael discussed, in the second of a two part lecture, the 1893 trial of Lizzie Borden. She was accused of murdering her father and stepmother with an axe. The murders and trial…
1893 Lizzie Borden Trial, Part 1 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 55:20
University of Maryland history professor Michael Ross discussed the 1893 trial of Lizzie Borden, who was accused of murdering her father and stepmother with an axe. The murders and trial received widespread publicity at…
FEED DROP: Booknotes+: Richard Brookhiser, "Glorious Lessons" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:13:13
Richard Brookhiser has written and edited for National Review magazine for over 50 years. He has also written books about George Washington, James Madison, John Marshall, Alexander Hamilton, and "gentleman revolutionary"…
FEED DROP: Booknotes+ Erik Larson, "The Demon of Unrest" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:09:35
In the first week of publication of Erik Larson's latest book, "The Demon of Unrest," sales put it at the very top of the bestseller list. It's about the start of the Civil War, with a focus on the five months between Ab…
FEED DROP: Booknotes+: Howard Blum, "Night of the Assassins" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:05:16
In 1943, in the middle of World War II, the Allied leaders FDR, Winston Churchill, and Josef Stalin were planning to meet secretly in Tehran. The Nazis wanted to kill them. In his book "Night of the Assassins," author Ho…
The Great Depression [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:12:14
Indiana University history professor Carolina Ortega discussed the 1929 Great Depression, President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal, and the impact that the economic crash had on various populations, including Mexican- Ame…
Road to the 1787 Constitutional Convention [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 54:23
University of Dallas history professor William Atto discussed the decade leading to the 1787 Constitutional Convention and the key compromises that led to the ratification of the United States Constitution. Learn more ab…

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