In light of the recent death of former President George Herbert Walker “Poppy” Bush (1924-2018), CJ was very happy to speak to investigative journalist and author Russ Baker (author of Family of Secrets: The Bush Dynasty, America’s Invisible Government, and the Hidden History of the Last Fifty Years, and head honcho of WhoWhatWhy) about the reality of Poppy Bush, which is quite a contrast to the media hagiography that’s been ongoing since his death.

Join CJ & Russ as they discuss:

How Russ got into the investigations that eventually became Family of Secrets

A bit of the backstory on the Bush family

The ways in which the mainstream portrayal & perception of Poppy Bush are wildly different from the truth, including his involvement with American intelligence going back decades before his tenure as CIA director in the 1970s

Poppy Bush’s interesting connections to many major events of 20th century American history, including the JFK assassination and the Watergate scandal

What this sort of history (and the degree to which it is deliberately ignored) says about the political system and mainstream media in the United States

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