What Mad Universe?!?
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S5E127 -Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-Seven: Hail to the Chief!

On IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE by Sinclair Lewis

On this episode we confront another wildly unlikely Sci-Fi scenario: a fascist takeover of the United States! I mean, what a crazy idea! Author Sinclair Lewis knew it would never happen, that's why it's called It Can't Happen Here! But in these enlightened and stable times we live in, it's interesting to look back and see what people thought might happen on the eve of World War II. Come listen in before it's placed on the list of morally abhorrent materials and rightfully banned by our Glorious Leader!

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