Going in search of the reason why “up-side down” takes on It's a Wonderful Life have eclipsed traditional ones in recent years, this episode quickly becomes a history lesson about the U.S. government’s attack on the movie’s writers, and an examination of the state of heroes and villains today.  What does this phenomenon tell us about the nature of how our culture has changed?  We’ll look at the first to gain widespread attention, a Salon co-founder’s 9/11 era defense of Pottersville – the runaway capitalist reality where George Bailey was never born – and then the most popular, a New York Times reporter’s 2008 financial crisis tinged effort to prove George would have been prosecuted and his leadership ultimately ruined Bedford Falls.  Then, we go way back, to the surprising first critics of the movie, J. Edgar Hoover and Ayn Rand.  And we learn Jimmy Stewart’s daughter's take on what real heroism means, with implications for MAGA.  SaveGeorgeBailey.com

Going in search of the reason why “up-side down” takes on It's a Wonderful Life have eclipsed traditional ones in recent years, this episode quickly becomes a history lesson about the U.S. government’s attack on the movie’s writers, and an examination of the state of heroes and villains today.  What does this phenomenon tell us about the nature of how our culture has changed?  We’ll look at the first to gain widespread attention, a Salon co-founder’s 9/11 era defense of Pottersville – the runaway capitalist reality where George Bailey was never born – and then the most popular, a New York Times reporter’s 2008 financial crisis tinged effort to prove George would have been prosecuted and his leadership ultimately ruined Bedford Falls.  Then, we go way back, to the surprising first critics of the movie, J. Edgar Hoover and Ayn Rand.  And we learn Jimmy Stewart’s daughter's take on what real heroism means, with implications for MAGA.  SaveGeorgeBailey.com

George Bailey Was Never Born, a one-of-a-kind podcast experience, takes a definitive look at It’s a Wonderful Life, one of the most popular movies of all time, the story of Americans’ decades-long love affair with this cultural institution and how it may offer a light down the path we walk today, all 10 episodes available Nov 21, 2023. Created by Kurt Engfehr, the editor-producer of Oscar- and Palme d’Or-winning documentaries, and Ray Nowosielski, 2022 NAACP Image Award nominee for Outstanding Podcast, the series is a co-production of iHeartMedia and Double Asterisk, in association with True Stories.  Narrated by a familiar angel, he takes listeners back and forth between the part of the multiverse where the events of Wonderful Life really happened and our own, one where George Bailey was never born! SaveGeorgeBailey.com

George Bailey Was Never Born, a one-of-a-kind podcast experience, takes a definitive look at It’s a Wonderful Life, one of the most popular movies of all time, the story of Americans’ decades-long love affair with this cultural institution and how it may offer a light down the path we walk today, all 10 episodes available Nov 21, 2023. Created by Kurt Engfehr, the editor-producer of Oscar- and Palme d’Or-winning documentaries, and Ray Nowosielski, 2022 NAACP Image Award nominee for Outstanding Podcast, the series is a co-production of iHeartMedia and Double Asterisk, in association with True Stories.  Narrated by a familiar angel, he takes listeners back and forth between the part of the multiverse where the events of Wonderful Life really happened and our own, one where George Bailey was never born! SaveGeorgeBailey.com

George Bailey Was Never Born

Part 03: Henry F Potter, American AntiHero

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