Synopsis

How Hollywood became the battleground for the soul of America.

The story of how Hollywood became the focus of a decades-long FBI campaign to root out communism in America. Host Oona Chaplin guides listeners through the real-life events of J. Edgar Hoover's personal obsession with her grandfather, Charlie Chaplin, through the notorious House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) hearings and the “Hollywood blacklist”. This tale of glamour, duplicity and political intrigue reverberates in the culture wars to this day.