BBC Radio - 'Useful Idiots'

Post by **faceless** » Sat Aug 21, 2010 6:03 pm

[web]https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/docum ... enin.shtml[/web]

This is worth a listen. It features, amongst others, Oliver Kamm...

I'm not sure if it works outside the UK, but I'm guessing it does. If not, let me know and I'll upload it.

Brown Sauce · Post by **Brown Sauce** » Sat Aug 21, 2010 7:28 pm

works in Germany, it's a world service program, so should be good everywhere ..

When I saw the post title I thought about the Today program ..

major.tom · Post by **major.tom** » Sun Aug 22, 2010 6:53 am

It worked for me. There are also mp3 d/l links at the top right corner of the frame for those interested in playing locally.

Thanks for the post. They sound interesting.

Brown Sauce · Post by **Brown Sauce** » Sun Aug 22, 2010 8:16 am

Useful Idiots - Part Two

Wed, 11 Aug 10

Duration:
23 mins

In this two part series, the BBC takes a look at the intellectuals - or Lenin's ‘useful idiots’ - who have praised tyrants, and rewritten history. How was it that so many supposedly intelligent people were manipulated by dictators over the 20th Century into saying good things about bad regimes?

the Today program ...

every weekday from 6-9 am, bbc radio 4.