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Stealing the Presidency
Season 1
November 7, 1876. A little before midnight on election night, the Republican candidate Rutherford B. Hayes admits defeat and goes to bed. The Democra…
5 years, 5 months ago
It Was Said - Season 1
Season 1
It Was Said, a limited documentary podcast series, looks back on some of the most powerful, impactful and timeless speeches in American history. Writ…
5 years, 5 months ago
Crisis in Cuba
Season 1 Episode 144
October 27, 1962. 72,000 feet above Cuba, an American U2 spy plane flies over the island, capturing photo intelligence. It’s been 13 days since the C…
5 years, 5 months ago
Land of the Free?
Season 1 Episode 43
October 19, 1814. An eager audience files into the Holliday Street Theater in Baltimore, about to see a debut performance, described as a “much-admir…
5 years, 5 months ago
Anthrax Attacks
Season 1 Episode 42
October 15, 2001. Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle receives an innocuous-looking letter. It has childlike handwriting and an elementary school retu…
5 years, 6 months ago
Becoming the Dalai Lama
Season 1 Episode 41
October 8, 1939. In the Tibetan city of Lhasa, thousands of people have flooded into the streets to welcome the next Dalai Lama, a young boy of 4 yea…
5 years, 6 months ago
No Representation, No Peace
Season 1 Episode 40
September 30, 1765. Almost a decade before the American Revolution, delegates from four colonies gather in the first, unofficial meeting of the Stamp…
5 years, 6 months ago
The Diet Wars
Season 1 Episode 39
September 24, 1955. President Eisenhower is asleep in his bed at his in-laws’ house in Denver. At around 2 AM in the morning, he’s jolted awake by ch…
5 years, 6 months ago
Grapes for Change
Season 1 Episode 38
September 16, 1965. Cesar Chavez and the National Farmworkers Association have been plotting a Mexican-American labor strike for years, concentrating…
5 years, 6 months ago
Global Seed Vault
Season 1 Episode 37
September 10, 2002. Thieves have broken into basements in two cities in Afghanistan to steal plastic containers. Those containers were holding seeds …
5 years, 7 months ago