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In 1939, Dorothy Thompson was on the cover of Time, the ‘First Lady of American journalism’ and a major celebrity. By 1945, she’d been widely dismissed as a crank.
Deborah Friedell joins Tom to discuss Thompson’s enormous influence in interwar America, and her idiosyncratic mix of prescience and short-sightedness.
Find further reading on the podcast page: https://lrb.me/dorothythompson
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By The London Review of Books4.5
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In 1939, Dorothy Thompson was on the cover of Time, the ‘First Lady of American journalism’ and a major celebrity. By 1945, she’d been widely dismissed as a crank.
Deborah Friedell joins Tom to discuss Thompson’s enormous influence in interwar America, and her idiosyncratic mix of prescience and short-sightedness.
Find further reading on the podcast page: https://lrb.me/dorothythompson
LRB Audio
Discover audiobooks, Close Readings and more from the LRB: https://lrb.me/audiolrbpod
Get in touch with the podcasts team: [email protected]
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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