Jun 28, 2023
In Podcast 26, Alger Hiss takes the stand! In the
courtroom corridor, Hiss said: “I have been waiting for this a long
time.” (Smith at 383.). Lloyd Paul Stryker walked him through
his golden resume, emphasizing all the times he had been trusted
with secrets and remained loyal (as far as anyone knew). Hiss
denied...
Jun 21, 2023
Each side in this Case had a male homosexual secret.
Remember that we’re in 1949, when conservatives thought that male
homosexuality was a sin and a crime and enlightened liberals
thought that gay men were tragic mistakes of nature, mentally ill,
women trapped in men’s bodies, but fortunately there was...
Jun 14, 2023
There were two disagreements between the Hisses and
Chamberses. First was whether Hiss had been a Communist and
Soviet spy with Chambers in the mid- and late 1930s. Who was
telling the truth could not be proved. Hiss would never
confess and, from his point of view, it’s almost impossible to
prove that you did...
Jun 7, 2023
This Podcast is the closest the trials get to high
comedy. Dreamy, arrogant State Department economist, Henry
Julian Wadleigh, worked in the same area as Hiss (several levels
below Hiss). Wadleigh testifies that he passed State
Department documents to Chambers in 1937 and 1938 without
authorization. He thus...