The People vs J Edgar Hoover
Gepresenteerd door BBC Radio 4
Deze podcast werpt, vijftig jaar na zijn overlijden, een kritische blik op de blijvende invloed van J. Edgar Hoover, de eerste directeur van het FBI. Hoover stond decennialang aan het roer en bouwde een ongekende machtspositie op binnen de Amerikaanse veiligheidsdiensten. De serie onderzoekt hoe zijn strakke controle en werkwijze nog altijd doorwerken in het hedendaagse United States. Aan de hand van historische analyse en hedendaagse reflectie wordt duidelijk hoe één man een instituut vormde—en hoe dat instituut op zijn beurt een blijvende stempel drukte op de Amerikaanse samenleving. Met oog voor nuance en kritische vragen belicht de podcast de dunne lijn tussen veiligheid en macht, en hoe die balans tot op vandaag wordt beïnvloed door Hoovers nalatenschap.
Afleveringen
8. Shredded
<p>Hoover’s death starts a race to control his secret personal files. But his power extends beyond the grave. </p><p>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
7. Publish and Be Damned
<p>Hoover begins to lose control of the American narrative. 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
6. The Break-In
<p>Amateur burglars risk all to go after Hoover’s secrets. 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 h
5. "The Most Notorious Liar in the Country”
<p>Martin Luther King Jr crosses Hoover's radar. It doesn't end well. </p><p>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 b
4. Witches
<p>Hoover fans paranoia as his spy machine goes after Communists - real and imagined. 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 interes
3. Infamy
<p>The Japanese attack Pearl Harbor creates an awkward moment for the domestic intelligence chief. 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 the
2. G-Men
<p>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 b
1. The Director Will See You Now
<p>Emily Maitlis on the ascent to power of the man who made presidents wait. 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 b
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