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Speaker 1: A proper coup requires three ingredients. The first thing you

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Speaker 1: need is a leader, but not just any kind of leader.

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Speaker 1: You need a dictator, one who's actually a puppet so

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Speaker 1: that we can call the shots, but nonetheless a strong

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Speaker 1: man komoms respecked. The second ingredient you need muscle, and

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Speaker 1: by muscle we mean enough to march on the palace

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Speaker 1: and overwhelm the guards and the Capitol police and then

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Speaker 1: any remaining pitchfork wielding loyalists. I know some fabulous ruffians

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Speaker 1: from a terrible neighborhood. No, no, think Classia, columns of

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Speaker 1: jack booted thugs. And you need a loyal commander to

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Speaker 1: lead that pack of lunatics. That person might be the

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Speaker 1: most important piece of the puzzle. You better make sure

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Speaker 1: your top general is on your side and that their

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Speaker 1: loyalty is in the right place. Was a genital is

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Speaker 1: no good? Noted? This is the true story about a

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Speaker 1: plot to overthrow a city in American president and the

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Speaker 1: general who claimed that he was recruited to lead the coup. Oh,

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Speaker 1: it's a total banger. It's got everything, deceat, betrayal, dark comedy.

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Speaker 1: I guess it is kind of doc and yeah, well,

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Speaker 1: then turn on a lamp Jemmy, I'm Ben Bolland and

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Speaker 1: I'm Alex French. In our newest show, we go back

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Speaker 1: to nineteen thirty three and dive deep into the true

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Speaker 1: story of the infamous Major General Smedley Darlington Butler, who

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Speaker 1: just may be the reason the US remains at democracy

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Speaker 1: in the modern day. From iHeart Originals and School of Humans,

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Speaker 1: this is Let's Start a Coup. Listen to Let's Start

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Speaker 1: a Coup beginning February twenty seventh on the iHeartRadio app,

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