In this story of Bob Dylan’s hometown, Filmmaker Karl Jacob and Author Aaron Brown reveal the buried origins of the people's triumph over corporate overreach.
Power in The Wilderness
Claim This Podcastby Karl Jacob and Aaron Brown
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In this story of Bob Dylan’s hometown, Filmmaker Karl Jacob and Author Aaron Brown reveal the buried origins of the people's triumph over corporate overreach.
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9/22/2021
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September 23, 2021
10: Victor Power, Man of the Hour
<p>Karl and Aaron narrate the end of the series with a surprising discovery. Victor Power returns from a long Alaskan expedition in good spirits, only to find his village in political chaos. Mayor John Gannon tried to negotiate with U.S. Steel over the move of the remaining portion of North Hibbing, only for the company to undercut his ideas and leave the village broke. Power returns to power, but not for long. His coalition is shattered by changing political conditions. With fewer friends than before, he tries to run for Congress but a scandal derails his hopes of ever achieving higher office. Alone at his farmhouse on the edge of Hibbing, Victor Power dies one night, leaving a lasting legacy, an unsolved mystery, and … a secret wife?</p>
September 23, 2021
9: The Square Deal vs. the Square Meal
<p>Victor Power’s deal with Michael Godfrey creates a new village in South Hibbing. A new city hall and school are on the way, along with an unparalleled downtown business district for a town of this size. But the political unity that marked Power’s rise to prominence is breaking apart. Some residents lose out when the village moves south, while young men with no memory of Power’s triumphs seek new leadership. Amid all of this, Power reels from the early death of his wife Percy. In this stew of discontent, a lawyer named John Gannon rises from obscurity. Gannon makes a name defending a township official accused of murdering two immigrant bootleggers. The case exposes a growing anti-immigrant sentiment in the village and the chaotic influence of prohibition on local culture. Since Power’s coalition was founded by immigrants and saloon keepers this puts him in a tough spot. As a “bigger, better Hibbing” takes shape, Power faces the greatest political challenge of his life and, for the first time, he loses. A new mayor tries a new kinder, gentler approach with U.S. Steel while Victor Power licks his wounds and heads to Alaska.</p>
September 22, 2021
8: From Over Here to Over There
<p>Weary from the tax fight, the strike, and the graft trials, Victor Power hopes that 1917 is the year he returns to building his vision for Hibbing and a future campaign for governor. A new superintendent of the Oliver Iron Mining Company in Hibbing, Michael Godfrey, decides to change tactics, befriending Power instead of fighting him. As the United States enters World War I Vic Power becomes Captain America, a patriotic wartime leader who turns Hibbing into a powerhouse of military enlistment, war bond sales, and iron ore production. While the war changes the lives of the young men and women caught up in its horrors, the very ground beneath Hibbing starts to shift. U.S. Steel begins buying up property in the northern section of the village to access rich iron ore deposits beneath the primary business district, including Vic Power’s law office, his brother Walter’s famous theater, and his sister-in-law Dottie’s beloved department store. With much at stake, Vic Power makes a deal that changes Hibbing forever.</p>
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