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Today's the second of two episodes on the hardboiled novelist Dashiell Hammett. Today I discuss several Hammett's wartime experiences, his tuberculosis, the tail end of his private detective career, and his writing career. Hammett went to Hollywood and became a committed communist, and was targeted by McCarthy and HUAC. Fundamentally, though, we can learn much from Hammett.

Songs:

I'm No Communist by Lulu Belle & Scotty

When I'm Gone by Phil Ochs

Sources:

Hammett's novels, of course

Dashiell Hammett: Man of Mystery, Sally Cline

The Lost Detective: Becoming Dashiell Hammett by Nathan Ward

Merch:

https://programmed-to-chill.myshopify.com/