Richard Kerr joins Ed Opperman to talk about Roy Cohn. A name which is vaguely familiar to those outside the political bubble, yet central to politics over six decades, Cohn cut his teeth on the McCarthy trials of the late 50s all the way to the dawning of the age of Trump. A political machinator, he was simultaneously viewed as a genius strategist and a villainous shadow depending on where you stood in the spectrum. And if you stood in his way...

A ruthless and cunning adversary, Cohn had a complicated private life. Being gay in America in the mid twentieth century was not an easy life; so much so his desire to exterminate the presence of gay or lesbian members of parties and staff by any and all means. He was possibly driven by his own self-hate.

In a fascinating insight into politics, the mob and the mentoring of a would-be Tyrant, Cohn is a fascinating study in Machiavellian cruelty and scheming. A man with plenty to hide, but plenty to hide it behind.

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