This week Robert begins the three-part story of the former wealthiest man on earth, H.L. Hunt, who also became the first right wing plutocrat to buy his own shitty media empire, creating a model for Elon Musk to follow today.

(3 Part Series)

https://bluebonnetnews.com/2024/10/11/from-fields-to-fortune-how-h-l-hunt-once-became-richest-man-in-the-world/

https://www.oklahomaminerals.com/wildcatter-chronicles-h-l-hunt-pioneer-of-oil-industry

https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/h-l-hunt

https://www.nbcnews.com/msnbc/msnbc-podcast/archives-ultra-season-two-episode-eight-ncsl1310380

Hendershot, Heather. What's Fair on the Air?: Cold War Right-Wing Broadcasting and the Public Interest (p. 63). The University of Chicago Press. Kindle Edition.

https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/hunt-haroldson-lafayette

https://archive.org/details/foia_Hunt_H.L.-HQ-2/page/n39/mode/1up

https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/new-london-school-explosion

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tennessean-waddy-thorpe-hunt-request/54655604/

https://archive.org/details/kingdomstoryofhu0000tucc/page/49/mode/1up

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