The LRB Podcast

The Secrets of J. Edgar Hoover

Jul 26, 2023
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 4min
2
Huva's Life in Washington, DC
03:38 • 3min
3
Hoover's Role in the Rise of the FBI
06:40 • 2min
4
Hoover's Contribution to the War
08:44 • 5min
5
The Rise and Fall of Hoover
13:58 • 2min
6
The Life and Times of Hoover
16:15 • 3min
7
The Importance of the FBI in the Second World War
18:53 • 3min
8
The FBI's Preparation for the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor
21:40 • 2min
9
The Rise and Fall of the FBI
23:46 • 3min
10
The Blackmail of Harry Truman
26:23 • 4min
11
The FBI's History
30:12 • 3min
12
The FBI's Blackmailing of Hoover
33:21 • 2min
13
The So-Called Lavender Scare
35:27 • 3min
14
The Kennedys' Relationship With Hoover
38:18 • 3min
15
The FBI's Failure to Find the Killers of Freedom Writers
41:00 • 4min
16
The Burquilary, the Discoverion of J Edgar Hoover's FBI
44:54 • 3min