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Forgotten ScandalsScandals reveal anxiety. Through scandals, norms are articulated, defined, and defied. This podcast, created by Smith College students for the course HST 272: "American Scandal," tells the stories of forgotten scandals in the American past, from the... Author: Jordan Taylor
Scandals reveal anxiety. Through scandals, norms are articulated, defined, and defied. This podcast, created by Smith College students for the course HST 272: "American Scandal," tells the stories of forgotten scandals in the American past, from the seventeenth century to the present. Language: en Genres: History Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Praise the Lord (and Defraud Everyone Else)
Tuesday, 19 May, 2020
Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker were two of the most well-known religious leaders in the United States during the 1970s and 1980s. They built an evangelical empire known as PTL (Praise the Lord). But it was built on a shaky foundation. After it came out that Jim Bakker had sexually assaulted a woman named Jessica Hahn and that he was committing massive fraud, their empire collapsed. Credit: This episode was created by Smith College students Payton Armstrong, Portia Caruso, Alaina Economus-Stout, and Sophia Esparza. Content note: This episode contains a discussion of sexual violence.For a transcript of this episode and its sources, see https://sophia.smith.edu/hst272-sp20/ptl/
