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In this series of interviews from\xa0The MIT Press Podcast, we'll be drawing on the research of various authors to reflect on some of the issues shaping the American political landscape of today.\nIn this episode Carol A. Stabile discusses her book\xa0The Broadcast 41\xa0(published in April of last year by\xa0Goldsmiths Press.)\nIn her book, Carol traces the history of forty-one women who were forced out of American television and radio in the 1950s as part of a censorship program often referred to as the Red Scare. She explains their broad and nuanced political beliefs and how an FBI-backed program of state censorship invoked the paranoia of another American revolution to try and destroy their careers.\nWe discuss how the cause of anti-communism, g-man masculinity and censorship destroyed a potential television landscape that reflected the reality of post-war America in favor of a white, straight, patriarchal world of white picket fences and eager beavers. We also discuss what the history of these women might tell us about current debates on free-speech and \u2018cancel-culture\u2019.\nCarol is Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives for the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Oregon. She\u2019s also the author of\xa0Feminism and the Technological Fix,\xa0White Victims, Black Villains: Gender, Race, and Crime News in US Culture, among other books.\nYou can find more resources related to the book, including FBI files released since the book's publication, at\xa0https://broadcast41.com/\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices\nSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies