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That's Kenneth Lowandy, a political scientist at the University of Michigan and the author of False Front, The Failed Promise of Presidential Power in a Polarized Age, as well as Ronald Prusin, a professor emeritus of history at the University of Toronto. Thanks so much to both of you. Oh, you're welcome. Happy to be here. Thanks. This episode was produced by Mark Rivers and Connor Donovan.

That's Kenneth Lowandy, a political scientist at the University of Michigan and the author of False Front, The Failed Promise of Presidential Power in a Polarized Age, as well as Ronald Prusin, a professor emeritus of history at the University of Toronto. Thanks so much to both of you. Oh, you're welcome. Happy to be here. Thanks. This episode was produced by Mark Rivers and Connor Donovan.

That's Kenneth Lowandy, a political scientist at the University of Michigan and the author of False Front, The Failed Promise of Presidential Power in a Polarized Age, as well as Ronald Prusin, a professor emeritus of history at the University of Toronto. Thanks so much to both of you. Oh, you're welcome. Happy to be here. Thanks. This episode was produced by Mark Rivers and Connor Donovan.

It was edited by Courtney Dorning. Our executive producer is Sammy Yannigan. It's Consider This from NPR. I'm Scott Detrow.

It was edited by Courtney Dorning. Our executive producer is Sammy Yannigan. It's Consider This from NPR. I'm Scott Detrow.

It was edited by Courtney Dorning. Our executive producer is Sammy Yannigan. It's Consider This from NPR. I'm Scott Detrow.

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Well, he started shooting the film in September 1939. It came out in October 1940. At this point in history, America is an isolationist country, as is Congress. Hitler was not our problem. The Jews of Europe were not our problem. If Hitler took England, we would just have to make a separate piece. And that would be the end of our problem. Chaplin believed otherwise, as did Franklin Roosevelt.

Well, he started shooting the film in September 1939. It came out in October 1940. At this point in history, America is an isolationist country, as is Congress. Hitler was not our problem. The Jews of Europe were not our problem. If Hitler took England, we would just have to make a separate piece. And that would be the end of our problem. Chaplin believed otherwise, as did Franklin Roosevelt.

Well, he started shooting the film in September 1939. It came out in October 1940. At this point in history, America is an isolationist country, as is Congress. Hitler was not our problem. The Jews of Europe were not our problem. If Hitler took England, we would just have to make a separate piece. And that would be the end of our problem. Chaplin believed otherwise, as did Franklin Roosevelt.

As a matter of fact, Franklin Roosevelt was one of the few people in America that wanted the film made. Nobody in Hollywood wanted the film made. Because in the latter part of 1939, anti-fascist films were very, very few on the ground. But he was basically bound and determined. There's a letter in the book from Jack Warner to Chaplin.

As a matter of fact, Franklin Roosevelt was one of the few people in America that wanted the film made. Nobody in Hollywood wanted the film made. Because in the latter part of 1939, anti-fascist films were very, very few on the ground. But he was basically bound and determined. There's a letter in the book from Jack Warner to Chaplin.

As a matter of fact, Franklin Roosevelt was one of the few people in America that wanted the film made. Nobody in Hollywood wanted the film made. Because in the latter part of 1939, anti-fascist films were very, very few on the ground. But he was basically bound and determined. There's a letter in the book from Jack Warner to Chaplin.

Jack Warner had just had a meeting with Roosevelt in the Oval Office.

Jack Warner had just had a meeting with Roosevelt in the Oval Office.