In this episode, Ross and Karbo trace the experiences of Karl Muck. A celebrated German conductor who emigrated to Boston struggles against anti-German American elites during the First World War and returns to Germany to support the rise of Adolf Hitler.

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Resources
- Burrage, Melissa. The Karl Muck Scandal: Classical Music and Xenophobia in World War I America. Rochester: University of Rochester Press, 2019.
- Ross, Alex. “The ‘Star-Spangled Banner’ Hysteria of 1917.” The New Yorker. July 2, 2019.