Synopsis
Is it possible for an American Vice President to carry out a criminal enterprise inside the White House and have nobody remember? To have one of the most brazen political bribery scandals in American history play out before the country while nobodys paying attention? In her first original podcast, MSNBCs Rachel Maddow goes back 45 years to dig into a story that got overshadowed in its day. Theres intrigue. Corruption. Envelopes of cash delivered to the White House. Its a story thats not well known, but it probably should be. Especially today. Bag Man. A Rachel Maddow podcast from MSNBC. Listen to the Peabody Award-nominated series now.
Episodes
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NBC News presents Article II: Party Lines
01/11/2019 Duration: 20minThe new impeachment podcast from NBC News. After another momentous week in the impeachment inquiry, Kristen Welker, White House Correspondent for NBC News, recaps events in Washington. Witnesses from the White House and State Department provided corroborating evidence against the president. But on Thursday, a House vote to move the inquiry forward fell completely along party lines. As Democrats move the inquiry into a public phase, will the evidence be enough to overcome political partisanship? Questions about the impeachment inquiry? Email us at articletwopodcast@gmail.com. Further Reading: National security official tells Congress he tried to add edits to White House memo about Trump Ukraine call 2 State Department witnesses offer insight into extent of Ukraine discussions Ex-White House aide testifies of Ukraine call concerns, possible quid pro quo John Bolton invited to testify in House impeachment inquiry Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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7 - Episode 7: You Can't Fire Me -- I Quit
04/12/2018 Duration: 39minDisgraced Vice President Spiro T. Agnew officially becomes a private citizen and addresses the nation one last time... as a convicted criminal.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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6 - Episode 6: A Disappearing Act
27/11/2018 Duration: 44minA secret murder plot directed by the President?Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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5 - Episode 5: Double-Header
20/11/2018 Duration: 33minVice President Spiro Agnew attempts a last-ditch effort to surviveLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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4 - Episode 4: Turn It Off
13/11/2018 Duration: 38minAfter learning that his own Justice Department is investigating his crimes, Vice President Spiro Agnew embarks on a secret, behind-the-scenes effort... to obstruct justice. To use his power inside the White House to interfere with the investigation and shut it down. It’s a scheme that involves President Nixon himself, members of Nixon's inner circle, and it has never been known to the prosecutors investigating the case... even now, 45 years later.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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3 - Episode 3: Hang In There, Baby
06/11/2018 Duration: 34minWith the criminal investigation of him now public, Vice President Spiro Agnew launches a bold counter-attack to survive. An unprecedented assault... on his own Justice Department that's investigating him. And the reporters now covering his case. And Agnew gets back-up in that effort from his legion of hardcore supporters across the country and in Congress.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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2 - Episode 2: Crawling In
29/10/2018 Duration: 28minWith the Watergate scandal gripping the nation, and President Richard Nixon on the verge of going down, a small team of federal prosecutors in Baltimore discover a bombshell that will rock a nation already on the edge. The Vice President of the United States— right at the height of Watergate—has been conducting a secret bribery and extortion operation… from inside the White House itself. And only they know it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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1 - Episode 1: An Unsettling Secret
29/10/2018 Duration: 24minHe was brash. Politically incorrect. An “outsider” political candidate who rose to the White House, out of nowhere, with a reputation as a “counter-puncher.” But Vice President Spiro Agnew was also something else… an active criminal whose secrets were about to be exposed. What happens when a “counter-puncher” in the White House suddenly sees his political future directly threatened by investigators inside his own Justice Department?Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Bag Man - Coming October 30th
08/10/2018 Duration: 32sCheck out a sneak preview of Bag Man, Rachel Maddow’s first original podcast. First 2 episodes drop October 30th. Subscribe now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices