Great Depression governor, Paul McNutt

<p dir="ltr">Amid predictions that a recession is possible next year, Hoosier History Live will time travel to the <strong><a href= "https://www.britannica.com/event/Great-Depression">Great Depression</a></strong> and explore one of the two most consequential governors in Indiana history. <strong><a href= "https://www.in.gov/history/about-indiana-history-and-trivia/governors-portraits/list-of-governors/indiana-governor-paul-vories-mcnutt-1891-1955/">Paul V. McNutt</a></strong>, who was elected in 1932 (the same year that <strong><a href= "https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/franklin-d-roosevelt/">Franklin D. Roosevelt</a></strong> won the presidency), was even considered as a possible Democratic nominee eight years later for the nation's top office if FDR had decided not to seek an unprecedented third term.</p> <p dir="ltr">During the early 1930s, McNutt spoke out early on in support of Jews during rise to power of Nazis in Germany, notes our guest, <strong><a href= "https://www.justinclark.org/ihb">Justin Clark</a></strong> of the <strong><a href="https://www.in.gov/history/">Indiana Historical Bureau</a></strong>. Not only will Justin share insights about that during our show, he also will discuss McNutt's lifelong rivalry with Hoosier <strong><a href= "https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wendell-Willkie">Wendell Willkie</a></strong> (who, coincidentally, became the Republican nominee for president in 1940) as well as criticisms that McNutt filled state government jobs only with Democrats while governor and clashed with organized labor.</p> <p dir="ltr">McNutt (1891-1955), who also served as the country's first ambassador to the <a href= "https://www.state.gov/countries-areas/philippines/"><strong>Philippines</strong></a> after World War II, was named one of the two most consequential governors in Indiana's history by <strong><a href= "https://www.c-span.org/person/?1028315/LindaCGugin">Linda Gugin</a></strong> and <strong><a href= "https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1040711.James_E_