Our agenda to port bill Blakemore has been looking into a fairly obscure research fund that has drawn attention because of this book, the bell curve, a fund. Rigo:Yeah, and The Pioneer Fund steers their work too. This is the Nazis in suits strategy that was so part of their message. The group behind it bombed a synagogue in 1958, just to give you a sense of who they were. Phil Donahue's show started off similar to other shows of its day, featuring celebrities and musical acts, but he soon started pushing the envelope by discussing health and social topics previously considered taboo. Jensen on Donahue:The, the white population of the United States score is higher on all kinds of mental tests, not just IQ tests, but every kind of mental test. Search the history of over 797 billion Search the history of over 797 billion Rigo:Exactly. He is among the most influential talk show hosts whose fans have nicknamed king of daytime talk.He was in 1996 ranked #42 on TV Guides 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time. Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. He wants us to mention that he has throat cancer, and that his voice is strained. For more information, please contact. Lisa:Because they don't want to take credit for their deeply held beliefs in public. Lisa:They just have to keep at it 'til the temperature changes. So this guy was a revered physicist at Stanford. I want my name to be associated with my work. As critics at the time put it, these were old racist ideas with a new coat of paint. It was because I was not a mainstream scholar that I was able to get away with all the things that I was able to, to do, and I did survive. Additional musicbyBlue Dot Sessions. Rigo:That was Angela Saini, the author of the bookSuperior: The Return of Race Science. Rigo:And method number two is hide the funding source. Producer: Rigoberto Hernandez And it was a dramatic transformation. But what Barry Mehler did was to go deeper. He's, he's got this letter from the president saying that, you know, he's a terrific guy and you should support his publication. it's an offer that, uh, for $9,999, I can go with him on a tour of Antarctica to tour the Nazi's secret flying saucer base, or for $9.99, I could get a replica, a model of the Of the Nazi flying saucer which was a Frisbee with a swastika on it. I would send in a membership. Rigo:One of the things that I really appreciate is how he pivots from being funny to serious very quickly, like the humor gets people's attention, and then he sneaks in some truth. And I wasn't just calling them Nazis, I was putting out a context to show that this was a fascist endeavor, and that these people were not only Neo Nazis, but they were just old fashioned Nazis, and I think that it was one of the reasons why they hated me so much. This is why Barry Mehler was so adamant that white supremacy was such a serious problem. Here's the work I'm doing. 5639 episodes The precursor to all the daytime talk shows that arose during the 1980's and 90's. Phil Donahue's show started off similar to other shows of its day, featuring celebrities and musical acts, These ideas just stay in the public consciousness, they don't go away again, and all the work that he did to expose it doesn't really make it stop. This is an episode from the spring of 1990. After 29 years, (26 of which in syndication) and nearly 7,000 shows, the final episode aired on September 13, 1996. In 2002, Donahue was ranked 29th on TV Guide magazine's list of the 50 greatest television shows of all-time. [7] ^ Heldenfels, Rich (2019-01-09). Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. What is the English language plot outline for Donahue (1967)? 7 No. And it's a label they pin on people and then you don't even attend to what the person said. He explains how his journey took him from announcing television news at KYW in Cleveland, Ohio, to working in a bank in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to directing radio news in Adrian, Michigan. And, um, my son picked up the phone one day, and this, uh, guy said to him, um, "I'm gonna kill you, chop you up into pieces, and mail you back to your dad in boxes.". I'm sure the teenagers loved it. He was inspired by Hans F. K. Gnther, the Third Reich's most prominent race scientist. Rigo:So he names names, Pearson, Jensen, Shockley, and its newest Pioneer star, Phillip Rushton, and because of this, he's called onto television shows like the Phil Donahue Show. Eventually, the popularity of this approach proved to be his downfall, See production, box office & company info. Jensen was a renowned psychologist at UC Berkeley. Let's switch gears and talk about the bearded guy on the right, who has amazing muttonchops. Rigo:It's called The Pioneer Fund, and over the years, it has bankrolled dozens of race scientists and other academics who push these kind of views. Rigo:Yeah. You'd, you'd just hope you didn't cross over with him on any committees. Phillipe Rushton on Donohue:This is the thing Dr. Mehler and all my opponents don't have to answer the intellectual argument.All they have to do is start throwing words around like Nazi and racist and fascist. He ran the Phil Donahue show for almost 3 decades with nearly 7000 one-hour daily shows. Use science to shield the race science. Hosts: Alexis Pedrick and Elisabeth Berry Drago Uploaded by The publication of the book put The Pioneer Fund and Barry Mehler on the spotlight. WebDonahue is joined by the cast of "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of The Desert", as well as the Family Research Institute's founder, Paul Cameron, and drag performer CoCo WebBest List of Phil Donahue Shows Tarantos Turf 67 videos 7,939 views Last updated on Jun 4, 2022 Dr Khalid,David Duke, Farrakhan,Rush Limbaugh ,WWF and lots more. Bill:And this was the first instance of what became Draper's trademark, um, maneuver throughout the rest of his life. That is that your genes, your genetics, determine not only your biological makeup but your character, personality, intelligence level, and so on. 8 No. Phil Donahue Show Transcripts | Wellcome Collection. His claim to fame was being an expert witness in Buck v. Bell, where the Supreme Court ruled in favor of allowing states to force sterilizations on people with intellectual disabilities. If it is your nonprofit, add a problem The collections and research newsletter brings you the latest on our acquisitions, library events, and programs. ", And in a number of cases, it wasn't even money for the research, it was just money for the individuals, gifts, large gifts of personal checks to the people who carry on this research. All this stuff would arrive at my door, you know, and no other name, I just, you know, myself and but, but I was no- Nobody knew me. They are acutely aware that they're talking about the survival of the white race the same way as we talk about the survival of the polar bears, you know, and of the whales, and of the elephants. 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Phillipe Rushton on Donohue:Oriental populations have less sexual partners than do whites. It's like they were safe guarding race science ideology all these years. The user assumes responsibility for obtaining permission from the copyright holder to publish or distribute this image. Rigo:The seed of The Pioneer Fund starts in the early 1900s, with a guy named Wickliffe Preston Draper. Barry:Jensen and Shockley were stars, were, were Pioneer stars, and they received huge amounts of money from The Pioneer Fund. He's an academic like Rushton, but less prestigious. Rigo:So instead of going to the police, Barry asked his friends who used to be Marines to come live in his house with their guns and their 125 pound rottweiler. Rigo:So he actually publishes a lot, and one of the things he published was an article in a Nazi magazine. So I want to take you back to the 1990s with this video that I found on YouTube. So Pioneer Fund works hard to prop up scientists that they think are going to continue their message, and it gives the ideas credibility in a sense, right, because if they're continuing to get funding then their ideas must not be all that controversial. Play all WebEmployment at the Library & Archives. And here the relationship was reversed, in which Pioneer or Draper would contact these people and say, "Oh, I see you're doing things. This is why the book claims blacks are disproportionately living in poverty and also more likely to commit crime. Lisa:He's a psychologist. TELEVISION ACADEMY and ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES are registered trademarks of ATAS. Rigo:Yeah. 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The precursor to all the daytime talk shows that arose during the 1980's and 90's. And even after his death, Pioneer continued the same tradition, which was the distribution of unsolicited works to various individuals in the hopes that it would influence public policy. He started researching eugenics in grad school, and his methods were not typical to say the least. Lisa:Not surprised to hear that they're not just spewing hateful ideas, they're acting on them. He originally thought any difference in intelligence Black and white people were from environmental factors, but after working with Shockley, Jensen started arguing that intelligence was inherited. Lisa:Ah, the pseudonym journal strikes again. This is another clip where Berry Mehler and J. P. Rushton are sitting next to each other debating. Los Angeles - 1985 - Janet Leigh Jamie Lee Curtis.mp4, Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). web pages Rigo:When Barry Mehler said guys like Philippe Rushton aren't just Neo Nazis, they're old fashioned Nazis, he was serious. And I really don't think that that was a winning strategy. This We're not making progress here. Yes, and then these checks were often for ample amounts in the thousands of dollars to people, uh, just because Draper or Pioneer liked what they were doing. Barry:I came across Roger Pearson right away, I mean really early on. They, they didn't know me at all. I mean, I was never anybody really. You know, he's really surprised. The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation Presents. Photo credit to Steve Kagan. If you were less than one quarter Jewish then you could be considered, uh, to be Aryan, which was much more lenient than the one drop rule in the United States. One were actual scientists working on projects that Pioneer though w- would have results that could be exploited for their political agenda. Rigo:What's interesting about eugenics is that it's a dirty word now, but in the 1920s and the early 1930s, they were mainstream ideas, they were in vogue. Rigo:Yeah. Phil Donahue Show was my favourite! They made a lot of anonymous donations, or passed the money through foundations and non profits. Rigo:Arthur Jensen in particular got more than a million dollars from them. Lisa:And in the case of Pearson, if someone did try to attack him, he'd use the idea of academic freedom to fight against it, you know, and, and certainly it seems like he was keeping his Mankind Quarterly work more on the down low and using his other academic work to build a shield around himself. He stumbles his way into Harvard but he has very mediocre grades, and he eventually joins the Army, where he works his way up to the rank of Colonel. This is so bizarre that nobody will ever be able to take this guy seriously.". Lisa:Hi, Rigo. It brought together two different groups, those American scientists who were opposed to the civil rights movement, and who wanted to emphasize the inferiority of Blacks, and European scientists who were still promoting the kind of racial hygiene that had been at the core of the policies instituted by the Third Reich. Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. Used with permission. It doesn't care if it's good science, certainly, and you don't have to be the most productive academic in the world to get money from them. Rigo:Honestly, you're not that far off. They printed and mail unsolicited propaganda to scientists, politicians, and other influential people. Be the first one to, Advanced embedding details, examples, and help, Donahue - Female Impersonators - 1987.ia.mp4, Donahue - Playboy Daughters - 1990.ia.mp4, Donahue The 25th Anniversary - 1992.ia.mp4, Donahue Then and Now - Male Strippers - 1987.ia.mp4, Phil Donahue Show - Adult Entertainers - Nov 1987.ia.mp4, Donahue - Female Impersonators - 1987.mp4, Donahue Then and Now - Male Strippers - 1987.mp4, Phil Donahue Show - Adult Entertainers - Nov 1987.mp4, Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). Lisa:Rigo, I feel like you're about to tell me that there's a secret clique or confederacy if you will of rich racists sitting in a basement somewhere funding every racist academic. Phil Donahue Book Rigo:William Shockley didn't try to hide his connection to The Thunderbolt. Lisa:I appreciate how clearly Barry Mehler gets to the heart of the issue. Have you ever heard of Arthur Jensen? He really started to feel their wrath. Richard Lynn was the editor of the Mankind Quarterly at this time. Lisa:I feel like you're about to play me an example. Lisa:This is that method one you mentioned, right? Archival of Shockley:My research leads me inescapably to the opinion that the major cause of the American Negro's intellectual and social deficits is hereditary and racially genetic in origin. Web10 A.M., Phil Donahue, CH.5 Biographical Sketch of Ari Kane Cross-Port InnerView, Vol. I never wasted a trip. Unquote. Um, Literally rides on a Nazi tank, into the city of Bilbao, uh, at the time when Franco's army is laying seeds to the place, uh, only a few weeks after the infamous bombing of the, of the city of Akaka in the Basque region. And the thing he had to hide were 17citations that came from a little known journal called the Mankind Quarterly. While he was doing research in Germany in 1978, he discovered that Arthur Jensen had been writing for a new Nazi publication called New Anthropology. He's even polished when he starts talking about things like sex. Hagley Library is engaged in ongoing efforts to address and responsibly present evidence of oppression and injustice in our collections. McNeil/Leher Report:What has landed the bell curve on the cover of many magazines and Charles Murray on numerous talk shows is that the book also links IQ with race on Mary's bell curve of IQ scores, blacks as a group have an average IQ of 85 whites, 100 Asians, 105. Lisa:But since this is Distillations, I'm guessing they're not. Rigo:Yeah. Episode 2 from the Innate: How Science Invented the Myth of Race series. There were some consequences, though. It goes on so prominently that, uh, when this book arrives on the desk of members of Congress, Theodore, uh, Bilbo, infamous Mississippi senator known by his biographer as the arch angel of white supremacy, he praises the book, and he actually takes it to the floor of Congress and reads it while the filibuster is going on to prevent federal law against lynching being passed. Expressing frustration over teaching in person during the pandemic of viewers sent me the video upset about the language, but a couple of Ferris state students stand by mailer. Ironically, the Third Reich thought that this was too extreme for them, and so they didn't use the one drop of Jewish blood made you Jewish. Paul: And while he's in Europe Draper quite literally pals around with Nazis. Boy, they must have hit it off right away. It's standard journalism practice to reach out to people if you're gonna talk about them. Rigo:Yeah, that's completely right. Barry:At the time, we had been getting a lot of death threats, and so And by the way, I wouldn't go to the police. Lisa:Oh, great. Although it was widely dismissed, it is still cited today as evidence that white people are smarter than Black people, and it's all biological. MOO32 And I decided I wanted to become a rabbi, and my father thought that was a terrific idea, and, and I transferred to a Jewish parochial school, and I began to wear the kippah on my head. Quote, "On two points, I put The Thunderbolt ahead of much of the American press. Lisa:Wow. Those are the people who are the pioneers. Rigo:Of course, it had to be him. Subscribe to our quarterly newsletter for the latest Wow, William Shockley. Lisa:That blows right past yikes into holy crap territory. And so, Pioneer has been the keeper of the flame, in this case. He and I were both reading The Thunderbolt, right? February 5, 2022 by . If a white supremacist wanted to discredit what you have to say, they, they might say, "Barry Mehler is a unreliable narrator because look at what happened." I, I think they hate him, which raises the question for me, you know, he might be this prestigious academic, but if he's not popular, if his ideas are this controversial, how does he keep having the platform that he has? Instead, they used various combinations. Rigo:Right, exactly. One, it immediately made its way to the mainstream press, and gave the impression that there was now new genetic evidence to prove that there was a difference in intelligence among races. Over the years, he was trying to show the world that there was a direct line from Nazis in World War II to race scientists like Philippe Rushton, and it all comes back to the funding source. Find out all the details of his life on December 8, 2022, There are no reviews yet. WebThe Phil Donahue Show, also known as Donahue, is an American television talk show hosted by Phil Donahue that ran for 26 years on national television. What he's just been talking about. Rigo:[laughs] Yeah. It was very important for them to be able to find a place where they would be appreciated. Senior Producer: Mariel Carr Rigo:And Laughlin was on that wave length. Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. The pioneer fund has been the key source of funding for the last 20 years of scientists who have produced the material. Why would I publish under a pseudonym? Rigo:Yeah, and it claimed that Black people were a threat to civilization, and that they should be repatriated back to Africa. MSNBC canceled Phil Donahues talkshow after an internal memo (leaked to the All Your TV website, 2/25/03) argued that he would be a difficult public face for NBC in a time of war. So they could see it. Rigo:While some of The Pioneer Fund scientists like Shockley are public facing, the Pioneer itself liked to remain out of the spotlight. Bottom line, Wickliffe Draper's money makes the journal possible. WebNeil Diamond on the Phil Donahue show 1993 - full show Kathleen Mosley 19.1K subscribers Subscribe 180K views 7 years ago Neil Diamond on the Phil Donahue show Lisa:So real science as a shield for junk science, got it. WebAn icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon. Bill:The Mankind Quarterly is a very interesting publication. [laughs] You'd probably groan and hope you, like, you could avoid him at a faculty mixer, right? Okay, so how did he get involved? Rigo:To polite society, it looked like professor's doing some perhaps questionable work on the side, but nothing that would warrant negative attention, but most people weren't really reading The Thunderbolt. He wrote the Funding of Scientific Racism. WebFrom July 2002 to March 2003, Phil briefly hosted a talk show on MSNBC. 7 (July, 1991), Cross-Port InnerView, Vol. WebDescription: Talk show host of the 1980s. So, [laughter] that's how I knew the police didn't do it, because if they had done it, they would have done it right. So up until now, we've been talking about the neo Nazi propaganda that Barry Mehler gets in the mail, but what does he actually do with all the information he's collecting? Rigo:Exactly. If I was on a national public radio program, that's fine. They're on the frontier, you know, beating back the wilderness, um, killing off the Natives. You don't have to apply. Phil Donahue's show started off similar to other shows of its day, featuring celebrities and musical acts, Read allThe precursor to all the daytime talk shows that arose during the 1980's and 90's. They decided that Jensen and Shockley should work together, and throughout that partnership, Jensen's ideas change. You know? Rigo:So he thought of himself as being well bred, and of good stock.