Seven Days in May (1964) w/ Paul Adlerstein | Ep. 69

Podcast: Bang-Bang Podcast · Van and Lyle are Bang-Bang

Opublikowano: 2026-06-07

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.bangbangpod.com Seven Days in May imagines a four-star general nearly toppling an American president. It gets filed with the era’s paranoid thrillers, but its threat is not the Cold War’s usual one. There are no communist infiltrators, no Manchurian brainwashing. The danger is a hyper-nationalist militarist in uniform convinced the elected government is selling the country out. We recorded in mid-November, at the height of the ICE crackdowns and a moment when the most radical Trumpists seemed to be laying grou...