Autocracy Now is a podcast about historical dictators. In the modern world, shockingly, more and more people are growing frustrated with democracy. Is democracy really 'the best form of government, apart from all the others'? What can we understand about autocrats by looking at their lives and their policies? What forms has autocracy taken in the modern and ancient worlds? We'll try to answer all of these questions by following the lives of famous autocrats.
An announcement regarding the future of the show. Hi all, So this is just a quick update to explain a little about the podcast, so that I don't just ...
Could Huey Long's personality, travelling-salesman charm, and Share Our Wealth populism catapult him into the White House? In this episode, we find ou...
The good people of the United States Senate were not prepared for Huey P. Long. www.autocracynow.libsyn.com www.physicspodcast.com @physicspod @autocr...
“I would rather go down to a thousand impeachments than admit that I am the Governor of the state that does not dare to call the Standard Oil company ...
In 1928, Huey Long was riding high. He'd beaten all opposition and achieved the second step in his life-plan. Get elected to minor public office, chec...
Huey Long pulled a man aside once, and, conspiratorially, explained his plans for 1924. "I'm gonna run for governer, and let me tell you how I'm goin...
Imagine, for a moment, that there was a politician in the United States very unlike the others. One who was willing to promise all things to all peopl...
In 1953, in a final convulsion of paranoid violence, Stalin suffered a massive stroke. As his underlings jockeyed and vied for position, alternating b...
As we bring our series on Stalin to its conclusion, I'm posting the full and unedited interview with Simon Ings, author of Stalin and the Scientists, ...
Towards the end of Stalin's life, he became ever more paranoid, embittered, isolated, and vengeful. As his various ministers and members of the Politb...