Jesse Helms

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8 mentions 6 recordings first heard Jan 2025 last heard 20 Aug ↑5 vs the 6 months before

A U.S. senator from North Carolina known for his opposition to controversial art and funding for the arts.

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Matt WalshThe Matt Walsh Show · The Real History of Civil Rights Part 1: A New Constitution · 5:44 · 20 Aug
…This outraged North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms, who delivered a speech on the Senate floor in which he made some bold accusations.…
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Isaac ButlerFresh Air · Banned books, shocking art & the birth of the culture wars · 15:54 · 30 Jun
…And then it got picked up by Jesse Helms, Senator Jesse Helms, who's from North Carolina, which is where Sika was based.…
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Gilbert CruzThe Book Review · Art, Outrage and How the Culture Wars Began · 15:59 · 19 Jun
…What were some of the tactics that people like Jesse Helms, a longtime Republican senator from North Carolina, and all the organizations that were opposed to funding this kind of art, what were they doing?…
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David SedarisPod Save America · David Sedaris is Mostly Bark, Some Bite · 2:30 · 14 Jun
…So it really, when he voted for Jesse Helms, it……
David SedarisPod Save America · David Sedaris is Mostly Bark, Some Bite · 2:09 · 14 Jun
…And then he voted for Jesse Helms, which was a……
Will WestmorelandThe Don Lemon Show · Trump & MAGA Freeze USDA Funds & BETRAY Farmers! - With Will... · 32:28 · Feb 2025
…You had Jesse Helms, who was running for the Senate……
Dan SavageSavage Lovecast · Savage Lovecast Episode 951 · 1:39 · Jan 2025
…The modern parallels to dead professional homophobes like Anita Bryant……
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