Episode 15: Mr. Speaker
Episode 15: Mr. Speaker
The Speaker of the House of Representatives is quitting, not forced out by scandal or defeated for re-election, but quit... Read more
10 May 2018
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33mins
Episode 14: When Intelligence Was Bipartisan
Episode 14: When Intelligence Was Bipartisan
More than 40 years ago Congress undertook two major investigations into the nation’s intelligence agencies – the House i... Read more
6 Apr 2018
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29mins
Episode 13: The Klan
Episode 13: The Klan
Since the 2016 presidential election various groups that keep track of white supremacist political activity – the Southe... Read more
23 Jul 2017
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50mins
Episode 12: Big Oil and American Politics
Episode 12: Big Oil and American Politics
American foreign and domestic policy is shaped by many factors, but perhaps none is more important or more pervasive tha... Read more
5 Apr 2017
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51mins
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Episode 11: A Short History of Leaks
Episode 11: A Short History of Leaks
The business of leaking government secrets has a long, long history and the whole subject of leaking and leaks is compli... Read more
6 Mar 2017
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44mins
Episode 10: Fear Itself
Episode 10: Fear Itself
Seventy-five years ago a president signed an Executive Order that resulted in the relocation and incarceration of 120,00... Read more
16 Feb 2017
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42mins
Episode 9: Richard Milhous Trump
Episode 9: Richard Milhous Trump
Despite what they say almost every politician dislikes the press – too many pesky, probing questions and that constant e... Read more
1 Feb 2017
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38mins
Episode 8: Article 1, Section 9, Clause 8
Episode 8: Article 1, Section 9, Clause 8
It is not likely that many of us have dropped a reference to the Constitution’s emoluments clause into casual conversati... Read more
18 Jan 2017
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39mins
Episode 7: In the Great American Tradition - Dissent
Episode 7: In the Great American Tradition - Dissent
The founders of the great American experiment so valued dissent that they wrote the idea into the First Amendment to the... Read more
6 Jan 2017
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39mins
Episode 6: A Christmas Like No Other
Episode 6: A Christmas Like No Other
Imagine Winston Churchill as a houseguest. Then imagine him as a houseguest at Christmas…in the White House…while the wo... Read more
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