Lent 2026, Day 7: When Orson Welles got “political.”
It’s been in the news a lot of late how some celebrities are taking various political stands. Or not. And being told not to do it. Or conversely, being called out for not doing it.
You know your girl loves history, so I have to share this podcast from Radio Diaries that focuses on the good that came when star director and actor Orson Welles chose to get very political:
On February 12, 1946, a Black soldier was heading home from World War II, when he was brutally beaten by a white police officer in South Carolina. The soldier’s name was Isaac Woodard. No one knew the identity of the officer who beat Woodard. No one even knew the town where it happened.
When the famous radio host Orson Welles heard about the crime, he pledged to solve the mystery, week-by-week, on the air. In our new series, Orson Welles and the Blind Soldier, we tell the story of an incident in a small southern town 80 years ago that led to the desegregation of the U.S. military.
The next episode drops tomorrow.
For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open.
Luke 8:17