Philip Roth On 'The Plot Against America'
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English - March 13, 2020 20:30 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MB - ★★★★ - 32.7K ratingsBooks Arts TV & Film comedy news movies politics interview entrepreneurship culture business health interviews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Roth's 2004 novel, 'The Plot Against America,' is an alternative history which imagines Nazi sympathizer Charles Lindbergh beats FDR in the 1940 presidential election and the U.S. sides with the Germans in WWII. We'll listen back to Terry Gross' interview with Roth about the novel, and TV critic David Bianculli will review the new HBO miniseries that's based on the book.
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