Blood & Rain Episode 90: Huey Long Featuring: John Slaughter

The bid for an American Napoleon originating from the American South in a Louisiana that stopped looking after its people. A boy born in one of the poorest counties in America to an upper middle class family by that county’s standards and a low class by America’s standards. High school kingpin and political operator inspired by Napoleon, the Count of Monte Cristo, and the downtrodden men of his state. Former seminarian turned traveling salesman turned lawyer. Innovator of campaigning by both automobile and radio. The Caesar of Louisiana becoming governor and destroying its bureaucratic state building infrastructure never thought possible. Challenger of FDR for the fate of America only to be unceremoniously assassinated before the election he was picked to win. The man who famously declared that every man should be a king but there should be no crowns. The Kingfish. The Blood & Rain Podcast Episode 90“Huey Long” Featuring: John Slaughter Enjoy.