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Podcast: This Day (An America 250 History Show)
Episode: Family Jewels Pt 2: Meddling At Home (1975) w/ Rick Perlstein
Description: Our miniseries on the 1975/76 Church Committee findings on CIA and FBI operations continues. This episode, we look at what Americans learned with regards to COINTELPRO — domestic spying on people like MLK and John Lennon, as well as groups like the Black Panthers and KKK.
Be sure to check out the whole “Family Jewels” series, where we’re looking at Meddling Abroad, Meddling at Home, Meddling with Your Mind, and Meddling in the Press.
Our guest for this series is Rick Perlstein, author of Nixonland, Reaganland, The Invisible Bridge, and much more.
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