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If you liked The Queen, subscribe to Slow Burn Season 4: David Duke. Here's Episode 1. \n\nIn the late 1980s and early 1990s, a white supremacist became an American political phenomenon. David Duke\u2019s rise to power and prominence\u2014his election to the Louisiana legislature, and then his campaigns for the U.S. Senate and the governorship\u2014was an existential crisis for the state and the nation. The fourth season of Slate\u2019s Slow Burn will explore how a Nazi sympathizer and former Klansman fashioned himself into a mainstream figure, and why some voters came to embrace his message. It will also examine how activists, journalists, and ordinary citizens confronted Duke\u2019s candidacy, and what it took to stop him.\n\nThe season is hosted by Josh Levin, host of The Queen and native Louisianian.\n\nSlate Plus members get bonus episodes of Slow Burn every season, early access to episodes 2 and 3, plus zero ads.\xa0Sign up now\xa0to listen\xa0and support the show.\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices