Learn about the threat to democracy posed by Father Charles Coughlin’s embrace of violent extremist groups in the late 1930s with these clips from the podcast Radioactive: The Father Coughlin Story. After his failed effort to achieve power through the political system, Coughlin used his radio show and magazine to support extremist groups that not only shared his bigotry and antisemitism but sought to overthrow democracy itself. Students consider what makes and keeps democracy strong, as well as the links between hate speech and violence.