Terry Gross
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23,423 appearances
399 recordings
17 series
first heard Nov 2024
last heard yesterday
Terry Gross’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Um and what was his technique?
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And meanwhile, you know, Roy Cohn was totally in the closet leading this real double life.
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Yet having people fired because they were gay.
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Whether they were, you know, out or in the closet.
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Uh I guess that didn't bother him.
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So in terms of uh you know, trying to out men who were gay, uh or s or smearing them because they were gay.
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For
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People working in the government, the argument that McCarthy and Roy Cohn used was that they were security risks 'cause gay people in the closet could be easily blackmailed.
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Do you know if he thought that he could be blackmailed?
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Trump know that Roy Cohn was gay.
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Do you see any connection between
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Roy Cohn being closeted and going after gay people during the McCarthy era and Trump's anti DEI, anti LGBTQ uh approach.
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And Trump too went to an Ivy League school and like Roy Cohn was born into um a high profile family with money.
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Yeah,
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Well, let me reintroduce you again 'cause we need to take another break.
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My guest is Kai Byrd, author of the new book American Scoundrel.
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It's a biography of Roy Cohn.
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We'll be right back after a short break.
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