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Mar 11, 2023 inhistory

Father Charles Edward Coughlin, the enormously influential "radio priest," speaks circa 1935. At his peak, his broadcasts reached an estimated 30 million people weekly before he wore out his welcome with his increasingly antisemitic, isolationist, pro-Nazi, and anti-FDR rhetoric.

Father Charles Edward Coughlin, the enormously influential "radio priest," speaks circa 1935. At his peak, his broadcasts reached an estimated 30 million people weekly before he wore out his welcome with his increasingly antisemitic, isolationist, pro-Nazi, and anti-FDR rhetoric.

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