“The Flamethrowers” captures the punch-you-in-the-mouth energy and sound of right-wing talk radio. Host Justin Ling takes us from the fringe preachers and conspiracy peddlers of the 1920s to the political firestorm that rages today. With humour and candour, Ling examines the appeal of broadcasters like Rush Limbaugh, who found a sleeping audience, radicalized it, and became an accidental kingmaker — culminating in the election of Donald Trump.
12 Available Episodes (12 Total)Average duration: 00:38:25
Feb 08, 2023
The Flamethrowers Introduces: The Africas VS. America
00:53:08
In 1985, at the height of the Black Power era, police dropped a bomb in a Philadelphia neighborhood. Their target? A family of Black radicals known as ‘MOVE,’ who found themselves ensnared in a city — and nation’s — domestic war on Black Liberation. Over seven episodes, host Matthew Amha investigates the events that culminated in the MOVE bombing, and the long afterlife of a forgotten American tragedy. More episodes are available at: https://link.chtbl.com/OwyxJlEi
Sep 05, 2022
The Flamethrowers Introduces: Pressure Cooker
00:36:10
John and Amanda have lived on the fringes their whole lives. They’re on welfare, living with John’s grandma, and struggling with addiction to opioids and Dungeons and Dragons. They’ve followed crooked paths to this point. John played in heavy metal bands and dabbled with Satanism. Amanda left home and discovered heroin before her 18th birthday. The couple converts to Islam in an attempt to turn their lives around. But things take a wild turn when a mysterious figure enters their lives and draws them into a web of conspiracy, deception and terror. More episodes are available at smarturl.it/pressurecookercbc
Feb 18, 2022
The Flamethrowers Introduces: A Special Front Burner Edition from the Ground in Ottawa
00:49:24
Front Burner from CBC News and CBC Podcasts is your essential daily news podcast taking you deep into the stories shaping Canada and the world. In this special Front Burner evening edition from the ground in Ottawa as police move in on protestors, host Jayme Poisson accompanies Steve Day, former head of the Canadian Armed Forces’ JTF-2 special-operations task force, to the protest site at Parliament and staging sites outside the downtown core to examine the challenges law enforcement could face. And she talks to protesters about why they’re digging in. More episodes are available at hyperurl.co/frontburner
Nov 23, 2021
Introducing: Boys Like Me
00:37:01
Why are lonely, young men a growing threat to our safety? In 2018, a Toronto man drove a van down a busy sidewalk, killing 11 people and injuring many more. He was linked to the "incel" movement, a dark online world fueled by violent misogyny, extreme isolation and perceived rejection. In the wake of the attack, Evan Mead discovers a disturbing connection to the perpetrator. They were former high school classmates; both outcasts, existing together on the fringes of social acceptance. How did two young men who started in similar circumstances, end up on such drastically different paths? More episodes are available at: smarturl.it/boyslikeme
Oct 29, 2021
The Flamethrowers Introduces: White Hot Hate
00:36:16
White Hot Hate is the second podcast in an investigative trilogy from CBC Podcasts exploring three different strands of the radical right. The series follows the extraordinary case of young Canadian journalist Ryan Thorpe who infiltrated an international neo-Nazi extremist network. While host Michelle Shephard explores the rise of white supremacist accelerationism: the ultra-violent ideology that drives believers to create chaos, in order to seize ultimate control. More episodes are available at: hyperurl.co/whitehothate
Oct 19, 2021
Ep. 6: The Talk Radio President
00:49:39
Donald Trump takes the style, tactics, and issues straight from the right-wing radio playbook. The only question now is: Where does it go from here?
Oct 05, 2021
Ep. 5: The Rage Industry
00:30:13
Right-wing radio finds their greatest foe in Barack Obama: As they try to take him down at every turn, they find the perfect formula to manufacture outrage.
Sep 28, 2021
Ep. 4: The Echo Chamber
00:31:30
The terror attacks of September 11th have Americans turning the dial to talk radio, where a whole new generation of broadcasters are eager to capitalize on anxiety and fear.
Sep 22, 2021
Ep. 3: The Information Wars
00:48:04
Welcome to the world of conspiracy and paranoia. A horrifying act of domestic terrorism brings right wing radio some unwanted attention, which pushes one fan of the supernatural away from politics, while a pair of anti-government broadcasters dig their heels in.
Sep 14, 2021
Ep. 2: What A Rush
00:43:39
President Ronald Reagan takes the shackles off right-wing radio and inaugurates a golden era of conservative politics. And Rush Limbaugh — almost by accident — becomes a kingmaker in the Republican party and changes radio forever.
Feb 08 | 00:53:08
The Flamethrowers Introduces: The Africas VS. America
Sep 05 | 00:36:10
The Flamethrowers Introduces: Pressure Cooker
Feb 18 | 00:49:24
The Flamethrowers Introduces: A Special Front Burner Edition from the Ground in Ottawa
Nov 23 | 00:37:01
Introducing: Boys Like Me
Oct 29 | 00:36:16
The Flamethrowers Introduces: White Hot Hate
Oct 19 | 00:49:39
Ep. 6: The Talk Radio President
Oct 05 | 00:30:13
Ep. 5: The Rage Industry
Sep 28 | 00:31:30
Ep. 4: The Echo Chamber
Sep 22 | 00:48:04
Ep. 3: The Information Wars
Sep 14 | 00:43:39
Ep. 2: What A Rush
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