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What Happened To New Vietnam?

Underunderstood

English - July 23, 2019 11:00 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 507 ratings
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Show notes:

0:45 - New Vietnam on Wikipedia
1:12 - Dolly Parton's Stampede (formerly Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede)
2:16 - Carl McIntire on Wikipedia
3:52 - Wild West City
5:50 - New Vietnam in Uncle John's Ahh-Inspiring Bathroom Reader
7:25 - Portable Press
8:11 - 20th Century Reformation Hour
8:44 - Some clips of the 20th Century Reformation Hour
9:37 - Christianity Today, May 2002 (paywall)
10:41 - Dr. Randall Balmer's website
12:42 - Fred Phelps on YouTube
14:54 - The Carl McIntire Collection at Princeton Theological Seminary Library
15:55 - Faraday Cage
19:03 - "Body Counts" by Dr. Yen Espiritu
24:27 - FCC Fairness Doctrine
24:46 - Infowars on Wikipedia
24:50 - This American Life episode about Alex Jones
29:17 - History of the Present (registration required), an article about film theory published in The North American Review in 1976, led us to the Newsweek story about New Vietnam.
30:40 - Actually, Newsweek's online archives only go back to 2013
30:48 - The September 8, 1975 issue of Newsweek that John bought on eBay
37:19 - Florida Today, November 8, 1975
39:33 - Ricky Ly's food blog Tasty Chomps