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Host Leon Neyfakh transports listeners into the day-to-day reality of our country's most pivotal historical events, bringing to life the forgotten twists and turns of the past while shedding light on the present. Benghazi unpacks the 2012 attack in Libya that left four Americans dead, includin...
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Benghazi: Episode 6 - Radicals
The Tea Party takes over the search for the truth about Benghazi, while the FBI pursues a Libyan militia leader suspected of planning the attack.
Benghazi: Episode 5 - Greatest Hits
As the political world looks toward the 2016 Presidential election, Benghazi becomes a Clinton scandal.
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Benghazi: Episode 4 - Feckless
How the attack in Benghazi collided with an American election, and how the seeds of a scandal were planted.
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Benghazi: Episode 3 - Barefoot
An anti-Islamic video sparks protests in the Middle East, and the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi comes under attack.
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Benghazi: Episode 2 - We Will Stay Here
Libya is swept up in a wave of revolution, and an American diplomat makes his mark on Benghazi.
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Benghazi: Episode 1 - The Dictator
How a prison massacre carried out under Libya’s long-time dictator, Muammar Gaddafi, set the stage for the Benghazi attack.
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Introducing Fiasco: Benghazi
Fiasco: Benghazi unpacks the 2012 attack in Libya that left four Americans dead, including Ambassador Chris Stevens—and the ensuing political storm, w...
Introducing: The Outlaw Ocean | A war on migration, funded by the EU (Libya Pt. 1)
Where the law of the land ends, the story begins. Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Ian Urbina returns with a new season of his riveting podcast antho...
Iran Contra: Episode 8 - Pardon Me
How George H.W. Bush ended Iran-Contra.
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Iran Contra: Episode 7 - Olliewood
How Hollywood tried to capitalize on Iran-Contra -- and why the story didn’t take.
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Iran Contra: Episode 6 - Fault Lines
How the Iran-Contra hearings made Oliver North an icon, and got Ronald Reagan off the hook.
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Iran Contra: Episode 5 - All Out
How the Reagan administration tried to prevent the Iran scandal from becoming a second Watergate.
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Iran Contra: Bonus - Bombs, Drugs, and the Contra War
A bonus interview with journalists Martha Honey and Tony Avirgan. Honey and Avirgan tell Leon about their time reporting on the Contra war from the so...
Iran Contra: Episode 4 - Diverted
How Oliver North decided to do a little multitasking -- and ended up on a plane to Tehran.
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Iran Contra: Episode 3 - Contra Dance
How the United States got involved in a not-so-secret secret war in Nicaragua.
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Iran Contra: Episode 2 - Trade Secrets
How the Reagan administration landed in a hostage crisis…and extended a hand to one of America’s sworn enemies.
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Iran Contra: Episode 1 - Get Me Kevin Kattke
How a crew of amateur spies from Long Island helped the Reagan administration set the stage for Iran-Contra.
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Iran Contra: A New Introduction from Leon Neyfakh
Host Leon Neyfakh transports listeners into the day-to-day reality of our country’s most pivotal historical events, bringing to life the forgotten twi...
Introducing Fiasco: Iran-Contra
Host Leon Neyfakh transports listeners into the day-to-day reality of our country’s most pivotal historical events, bringing to life the forgotten twi...
Bush v. Gore: Bonus - Legacy.
The late Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens talks about his memories of Bush v. Gore, and why the ruling’s legacy, years after the fact, looks ev...
Bush v. Gore: Bonus - Lawfare
Attorneys David Boies and Ted Olsen, who represented the Gore and Bush sides, respectively, talk about the unique challenges that came with representi...
Bush v. Gore: Bonus - What If…
An interview with Ralph Nader on his role as a “spoiler” in the 2000 election, and historian Mary Frances Berry, who led the 2001 commission looking i...
Bush v. Gore: Bonus - Information Wars
A conversation with Craig Waters, spokesman for the Florida Supreme Court, about becoming the face of an embattled, apolitical institution during a pa...
Bush v. Gore: Bonus - Inside the Florida Secretary of State’s Office During the 2000 Recount
Conversations with Florida’s former Secretary of State Katherine Harris, the Bush supporter who presided over the 2000 recount, and self-described Rep...
Bush v. Gore: Bonus - A Mile In Their Shoes
An interview with Brian Noyes, who worked on the Bush 2000 presidential campaign, and what it was like to feel like an election is being stolen. Noyes...
Bush v. Gore: Episode 6 – No Precedent
In the season finale: How the 2000 presidential election was distilled and decided in a case called Bush v. Gore.
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Bush v. Gore: Episode 5 – Contingencies
Democrats and Republicans hope for the best and plan for the worst.
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Bush v. Gore: Episode 4 – Spin-Off
How public relations battles yielded big legal wins for the Bush team.
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Bush v. Gore: Episode 3 – Ballot With Butterfly Wings
What happened in Palm Beach County when a bitterly-contested national election came to town–and who paid the price?
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Bush v. Gore: Episode 2 – Real Numbers
On election night 2000 an ad hoc network of statisticians, news producers, TV anchors, and political operatives tried to figure out what the hell was...
Bush v. Gore: Episode 1 – Homestead
How the largely forgotten race between Al Gore and George W. Bush roiled Florida long before anyone had ever heard of a hanging chad.
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Trailer: Bush v. Gore
Bush v. Gore recounts what happened during the contested 2000 election between Al Gore and George W. Bush, and the extraordinary legal battle that unf...
The AIDS Crisis: Episode 8 - No Harm
The Clinton administration promises a new approach to the AIDS epidemic — but gets bogged down in the politics of sex, drugs, and morality.
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The AIDS Crisis: Episode 7 - Lazarus
After years of frustration and despair, scientists finally make a breakthrough. You can find a list of books, articles, and documentaries we used in o...
The AIDS Crisis: Episode 6 - Drugs into Bodies
A new coalition of AIDS activists takes on the American medical establishment, pushing for access to clinical trials and experimental drugs.
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The AIDS Crisis: Episode 5 - Leading Men
One of the most famous actors in Hollywood tries to keep his diagnosis under wraps - and ends up becoming the face of AIDS in America. You can find a...
The AIDS Crisis: Episode 4 - Blood
AIDS spreads through the country's blood supply, endangering people with hemophilia and leading to a breakthrough about the cause of the disease.
The AIDS Crisis: Episode 3 - The Baths
A debate rages in San Francisco over whether or not to close the city’s famous bathhouses, as government officials and gay rights advocates weigh the...
The AIDS Crisis: Episode 2 - How to Have Sex in an Epidemic
As the AIDS crisis worsens, gay men in New York City improvise a response, forming alliances and drawing battle lines.
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The AIDS Crisis: Episode 1 - Gay Plague
How doctors and scientists responded to the arrival of a strange and terrifying new disease.
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