Joe McCarthy
We Didn't Start the Fire: The History Podcast - A podcast by Crowd Network
Billy's eighth lyric invites Katie, Tom and UCL's Josh Hollands into the world of the Red Scare, the crippling anticommunist conspiracy that shrouded America in the '40s and '50s. Thousands of teachers, artists, army officials, and gay people were blacklisted or forced to leave the country. And at the heart of it all lies Senator Joseph McCarthy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices