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Father Charles Coughlin - America's First Radio Priest
Witness History: Witness Archive 2016
English - October 18, 2016 08:00 - 8 minutes - 4.09 MB - ★★★ - 8 ratingsHistory Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In the 1930s, a controversial Catholic priest called Father Charles Coughlin had a weekly radio programme with millions of listeners in the United States. As the decade wore on, Father Coughlin's views became so extreme and anti-Semitic that he was seen as a threat to national security by the White House. Simon Watts introduces recordings of Father Coughlin and talks to his biographer, Sheldon Marcus.
PHOTO: Father Coughlin at the microphone (Associated Press)