In this episode, we discuss the search for Communists in America, Joseph McCarthy vs. Edward Murrow, and why Americans were so paranoid about being labeled a suspected Communist

McCarthyism and the Red Scare

A podcast originally created in Spring 2020 as part of a shift of education to online in the wake of COVID-19.  Dr. Melissa Esmacher is an associate professor of History at El Paso Community College in El Paso, Texas.  She holds degrees from University of Hawaii at Manoa, Texas A&M University, and Lone Star College.  She teaches U.S. History and World History survey courses, and her research specialties include 20th century U.S. history, popular culture, race and ethnicity, violence, labor, and feminism.

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A podcast originally created in Spring 2020 as part of a shift of education to online in the wake of COVID-19. Dr. Melissa Esmacher is an associate professor of History at El Paso Community College in El Paso, Texas. She holds degrees from University of Hawaii at Manoa, Texas A&M University, and Lone Star College. She teaches U.S. History and World History survey courses, and her research specialties include 20th century U.S. history, popular culture, race and ethnicity, violence, labor, and feminism.

A podcast originally created in Spring 2020 as part of a shift of education to online in the wake of COVID-19.  Dr. Melissa Esmacher is an associate professor of History at El Paso Community College in El Paso, Texas.  She holds degrees from University of Hawaii at Manoa, Texas A&amp;M University, and Lone Star College.  She teaches U.S. History and World History survey courses, and her research specialties include 20th century U.S. history, popular culture, race and ethnicity, violence, labor, and feminism.

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