Abscam: FBI Fake Sheiks, Hidden Cameras, and Congressmen Taking Cash
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Abscam began in March 1978 as an art theft and stolen property sting run by agent John Good out ...
29 Sep 22min
Wallace F. Bennett: The Paint Company Senator Who Took Silver Out of Coins
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Wallace F. Bennett was born in Salt Lake City in 1898, majored in English and lettered in debate...
29 Sep 20min
Key Pittman: Klondike Miner, Cash and Carry, and a Deathbed Election
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Key Pittman was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, in 1872, tutored privately, and studied law at S...
29 Sep 24min
The Filibuster From Cato to 1.9 Million Amendments in Hong Kong
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!This episode traces the filibuster from its roots to its modern forms. The word descends from th...
29 Sep 25min
Pete Wilson: America's Finest City, Proposition 187, and Deregulation
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Pete Wilson was born in Illinois in 1933 and raised in St. Louis. He earned an English degree at...
29 Sep 21min
Warren G. Harding: Return to Normalcy and the Ohio Gang's Betrayal
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Warren G. Harding was born in Ohio in 1865 into an abolitionist family, and at 18 he and partner...
29 Sep 21min
John Sherman, the Ohio Icicle: Greenbacks, Gold, and the Antitrust Act
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!John Sherman was born in Ohio in 1823, the eighth of 11 children, and was six when his father, a...
29 Sep 22min
Jim Jeffords: The Vermont Republican Whose 2001 Switch Flipped the Senate
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Jim Jeffords was born in Rutland, Vermont, in 1934, the son of Vermont Supreme Court Chief Justi...
29 Sep 23min
