American Scandal
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American Scandal
Every scandal begins with a lie. But the truth will come out. And then comes the fallout and the outrage.Scandals have shaped America since its founding. From business and politics to sports and society, we look on aghast as corruption, deceit and ambition bring down heroes and celebrities, politici...
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The Plague of San Francisco | From Plague to COVID: What We Still Haven’t Learned | 5
Physician and historian Dr. Howard Markel reflects on the legacy of the 1900 San Francisco plague and how its lessons still echo in today’s public hea...
The Plague of San Francisco | The Golden City | 4
Dr. Rupert Blue battles public apathy and political resistance to rally San Francisco behind his rat eradication campaign—only to see the city destroy...
The Plague of San Francisco | Duty and Truth | 3
The sharks are circling for Joseph Kinyoun. After trying and failing to convince San Francisco to take the plague seriously, his sole objective is now...
The Plague of San Francisco | The Wolf Doctor | 2
With plague spreading in San Francisco, Dr. Joseph Kinyoun faces fierce resistance from a city and state desperate to protect its image. Unwilling to...
The Plague in San Francisco | The Year of the Rat | 1
When a deadly outbreak of bubonic plague hits San Francisco, a brilliant young bacteriologist named Joseph Kinyoun is tasked with stopping the spread....
The Massacre at My Lai | Interview | Rules of Engagement: How My Lai Changed the US Military | 5
On March 16, 1968, American soldiers carried out what remains one of the most brutal war crimes in U.S. history. Over the course of a single morning,...
The Massacre at My Lai | Justice on Trial | 4
Lieutenant William Calley stands trial for the murder of Vietnamese civilians at My Lai, becoming both the face of the massacre and a lightning rod fo...
The Massacre at My Lai | Hunting Down Calley | 3
A soldier named Ron Ridenhour breaks the silence about Pinkville, writing a letter that alerts top officials in Washington to the rumors the Army trie...
The Massacre at My Lai | Pinkville | 2
On the morning of March 16, 1968, Charlie Company lands in the village of My Lai expecting to face hardened Viet Cong fighters. Instead, they find una...
The Massacre at My Lai | The Road to My Lai | 1
In late 1967, the young men of Charlie Company arrive in Vietnam – ill-prepared, poorly led, and thrown into a brutal, confusing counterinsurgency. As...
Business Wars Presents: The AOL-Time Warner Disaster
Think business is boring? What about when your streaming bill goes up, or your favorite restaurant files for bankruptcy? Do you ever wonder what’s goi...
Ruby Ridge Standoff | God, Guns, and Government: The Movement Shaping Modern Politics | 5
Sociologist Andrew Whitehead is a Christian worried about an influential force in modern politics: Christian nationalism. He joins Lindsay to discuss...
Ruby Ridge Standoff | Down from the Mountain | 4
Negotiators make a final attempt to resolve the standoff before an FBI assault team moves in with force. Later, both the Weavers’ and the government’s...
Listen Now: Lawless Planet
It’s not that hard to kill a planet. All it takes is a little drilling, some mining, a generous helping of pollution and voila! Earth over. When you t...
Ruby Ridge Standoff | Deadly Force | 3
In the fallout of the initial gun battle, the government sends dozens of highly-armed agents to Ruby Ridge. But as they work under a fog of bad inform...
Ruby Ridge Standoff | Northern Exposure | 2
Randy Weaver is arrested on gun-related charges, but a mix-up over the trial date deepens the Weaver family’s extreme beliefs and sets the scene for a...
Listen Now: Flesh and Code
Travis never thought he’d meet someone like Lily Rose. She was kind, passionate, beautiful. The woman of his dreams. There was just one small detail:...
Ruby Ridge Standoff | Visions of Armageddon | 1
Radical Christian survivalist Randy Weaver moves his family into the remote mountains of Idaho to wait out the Apocalypse. But his growing involvement...
ENCORE Watergate | The Smoking Gun | 5
President Nixon fights the release of his secret tapes. But with the country thrust into a constitutional crisis, Nixon has to make a gut-wrenching de...
ENCORE: Watergate | The Cancer Within | 4
Senate hearing sets in motion a new crisis. With the cover-up unraveling, White House counsel John Dean takes matters into his own hands.
Be the...
ENCORE: Watergate | The Fifth Man | 3
Woodward and Bernstein uncover a shocking revelation about President Nixon's chief of staff. But when their story is published, the reporters find the...
ENCORE: Watergate | The President's Decision | 2
The Washington Post begins investigating a mysterious crime. President Nixon confronts a crisis. Be the first to know about Wondery’s newest podcasts,...
ENCORE: Watergate | The Break In | 1
President Nixon’s reelection campaign hatches a plan. It's dangerous and risky. But it could secure a victory in the upcoming election.
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Georgia Tann Interview | Guest T.J. Raphael "Liberty Lost" Podcast Host | 5
Decades after Georgia Tann’s black market adoption ring was exposed, similar patterns of coercion and control are still unfolding across the U.S. At t...
The Woman Who Sold Babies | The Cold Hard Hand | 4
As the 1940s draws to a close, Georgia Tann is still making thousands from her black-market baby ring. But although she’s been untouchable for the las...
The Woman Who Sold Babies | Sitting on a Goldmine | 3
Georgia Tann turns her illegal adoption ring into a lucrative business, but questions start to be asked about the high number of children dying in Mem...
The Woman Who Sold Babies | Supply and Demand | 2
Georgia Tann tightens her grip on adoption in the city of Memphis, with the help of a growing network of accomplices.
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The Woman Who Sold Babies | The Judge's Daughter | 1
In the early 20th century, a young woman named Georgia Tann begins her career in social work and becomes determined to change adoption in America—even...
ENCORE: Edward Snowden | Exile | 4
Edward Snowden tries to flee to Ecuador. But the Obama administration counters with a surprise move, leaving Snowden trapped in Russia.
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ENCORE: Edward Snowden | Going Public | 3
Laura Poitras and Glenn Greenwald prepare to break their story. Edward Snowden goes on the run.
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ENCORE: Edward Snowden | Read, Write, Execute | 2
Edward Snowden lands a job with the NSA. But when he stumbles on a shocking government secret, Snowden has to face a moral dilemma.
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ENCORE: Edward Snowden | Meet the Press | 1
Filmmaker Laura Poitras gets a tip from a mysterious informant. Despite the enormous risks, Poitras pursues the story, and teams up with reporter Glen...
Quiz Show Rigging | The Pressure Cooker | 5
Television producers Howard Blumenthal and Bob Boden weren’t old enough to experience the quiz show scandal of the 1950s firsthand, but it had a major...
Quiz Show Rigging | Deception | 4
Twenty-One producer Dan Enright takes drastic action to keep the rigging scandal under wraps by discrediting his accuser, Herbert Stempel. But investi...
Quiz Show Rigging | Consolation Prize | 3
As former quiz show champion Herbert Stempel watches Charles Van Doren continue his staged winning streak on Twenty-One, he threatens to go public wit...
Quiz Show Rigging | The Perfect Contestant | 2
Herbert Stempel is given the opportunity of a lifetime when television producer Dan Enright offers him a guaranteed winning streak on the quiz show Tw...
Quiz Show Rigging | All the Answers | 1
In the 1950s, America was captivated by high-stakes television quiz shows like The $64,000 Question and Twenty-One, which promised everyday Americans...
Muhammad Ali vs. The Draft | Black Athletes and Activism | 4
Muhammad Ali risked his career and even his freedom to take a stand against the Vietnam War. He followed in the footsteps of men like baseball great J...
Muhammad Ali vs. The Draft | The Final Round | 3
By 1969, Muhammad Ali is at a crossroads, his career and freedom hanging in the balance as his draft evasion case reaches the Supreme Court. Behind cl...
Muhammad Ali vs. The Draft | What’s My Name? | 2
In 1967, Muhammad Ali officially refuses induction into the U.S. military, standing firm in his religious objection to the Vietnam War. He is stripped...