{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The State Between Us","title":"21. Smedley Butler and the Invention of America w/ Jonathan M. Katz","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/ccc9816e\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4891,"description":"Author and Journalist Jonathan M. Katz joins TSBU to turn the Smedley Dial up to 'Maximum Smedliness' by discussing Butler's formative role in the creation of the American Empire at the turn of the century, his transformation into an anti-imperialist and anti-fascist whistle-blower in the '20s and '30s, and the long shadow that Smedley casts over the USA and its subjects to this day.Like it? Share it! Connect to The State Between Us at patreon.com/TheStateBetweenUs for more episodes, exclusive content, and live events. Bluesky: @thestatebetweenus.bsky.social‬. Instagram: thestatebetweenuspod Hit us up at thespacebetweenuspod@gmail.com!Get Jonathan M. Katz's Gangsters of Capitalism: Smedley Butler, the Marines, and the Making and Breaking of America's Empire here! Check out The Racket newsletter here!Music by koleso neštastia and Ramona.Smedley addresses the Bonus March. Credit: AP ImagesLon Chaney and his legendary impression of Smedley.Smedley at the game.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/tFuaN-4WGpdCnJZpvvg-G5SsaTLQ5z-viDf_W6ETuYM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xYjVi/MWFlMzhiOTUxMTVm/NTFhYThjMTM4MGJl/MTBiNC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}