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Recently Matt joined Moira Donegan and Adrian Daub of the excellent In Bed with the Right podcast to record what turned out to be two episodes about Roy Cohn—the "lawyer, closet case and ratfucker extraordinaire," as they describe him. These days Cohn is perhaps most infamous for being Donald Trump's lawyer and mentor, but this first episode focuses on Cohn's childhood and family life, his decisive role in the Rosenberg trial (especially their execution), and his time working with Sen. Joe McCarthy at the height of the Red Scare. After you listen, please head over to In Bed with the Right to check out the second episode on Cohn and hear the rest of his story.
Sources:
Nicholas von Hoffman, Citizen Cohn: The Life and Times of Roy Cohn (1988)
Christopher M. Elias, Gossip Men: J. Edgar Hoover, Joe McCarthy, Roy Cohn, and the Politics of Insinuation (2021)
Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Epistemology of the Closet (1990)
Ivy Meeropol (dir.), Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn (2019)
Matt Tyrnauer (dir.), Where's My Roy Cohn? (2019)
...and don't forget to subscribe to Know Your Enemy on Patreon for access to all of our bonus episodes!
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Recently Matt joined Moira Donegan and Adrian Daub of the excellent In Bed with the Right podcast to record what turned out to be two episodes about Roy Cohn—the "lawyer, closet case and ratfucker extraordinaire," as they describe him. These days Cohn is perhaps most infamous for being Donald Trump's lawyer and mentor, but this first episode focuses on Cohn's childhood and family life, his decisive role in the Rosenberg trial (especially their execution), and his time working with Sen. Joe McCarthy at the height of the Red Scare. After you listen, please head over to In Bed with the Right to check out the second episode on Cohn and hear the rest of his story.
Sources:
Nicholas von Hoffman, Citizen Cohn: The Life and Times of Roy Cohn (1988)
Christopher M. Elias, Gossip Men: J. Edgar Hoover, Joe McCarthy, Roy Cohn, and the Politics of Insinuation (2021)
Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Epistemology of the Closet (1990)
Ivy Meeropol (dir.), Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn (2019)
Matt Tyrnauer (dir.), Where's My Roy Cohn? (2019)
...and don't forget to subscribe to Know Your Enemy on Patreon for access to all of our bonus episodes!
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