Evangelical Steven Pynakker interviews the author of "Watchman on the Tower: Ezra Taft Benson and the Making of the Mormon Right". In this episode Matthew Harris details Bensons ascendency to Eisenhower's Cabinet. This was during the height of the Cold War. Ezra was tasked by the President to roll back the New Deal programs in the Department Of Agriculture. Find out why he was largely unable to do so. Also discussed is Bensons attempt to weed out communists in his Department, and his relationship with Sen. Joe McCarthy. New information not previously brought to light will be revealed over the course of this three part series. Stay Tuned!

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