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🗓️ 9 July 2024
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Summary
Every scandal begins with a lie. But the truth will come out. And then comes the fallout and the outrage.
Scandals have shaped America since its founding. From business and politics to sports and society, we look on aghast as corruption, deceit and ambition bring down heroes and celebrities, politicians and moguls. And when the dust finally settles, we’re left to wonder: how did this happen? Where did they trip up, and who is to blame? From the creators of American History Tellers, Business Wars and Tides of History comes American Scandal, where we take you deep into the heart of America’s dark side to look at what drives someone to break the rules and what happens when they’re caught. Hosted by Lindsay Graham.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Lindsay Graham, host of Wundries Podcast American Scandal. |
| 0:04.0 | We cover the biggest controversies in U.S. history, |
| 0:07.0 | events that still shape the country today. |
| 0:09.0 | We've explored public figures like Monica Lewinsky, Edward Snowden or huge fraud stories like Enron or Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme. |
| 0:18.0 | But the latest season of American scandal covers perhaps the greatest corruption scheme in American history, the Teapot Dome scandal. |
| 0:25.2 | This is the story of the bribes, corruption, and backroom deals that resulted in the first |
| 0:29.6 | presidential cabinet member going to prison. |
| 0:32.3 | You're about to hear a clip from American scandal. |
| 0:34.4 | Follow American scandal on the Wundry app or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:38.4 | Then go deeper and get more to the story with Wundere's top history podcasts, |
| 0:42.9 | including American history tellers,th, 1920, the final day of the Republican National Convention in Chicago, |
| 1:02.2 | Illinois. |
| 1:03.5 | Harry Doherty is roaming the halls of the Congress Hotel searching for Senator Warren G. Harding. |
| 1:09.1 | Just a few minutes ago, the GOP's top powerbrokers decided that Harding would be the party's next presidential nominee. |
| 1:15.5 | And as his campaign manager, Doherty has been assigned to find him and bring him into the convention hall so they can make it official. |
| 1:22.0 | It's been a long day following a long week and Doherty is exhausted, |
| 1:26.4 | but as he weaves his way around the hotel's smoky parlors and endless corridors, |
| 1:31.2 | Doherty can't help but grin. |
| 1:34.6 | Five days ago, when the Convention first began, Harding was a dark horse contender with 40-to-one |
| 1:40.1 | odds stacked against him. |
| 1:41.9 | But Doherty was certain that Harding would emerge from the |
| 1:44.3 | Convention as the Republican nominee and he told the press as much. What Doherty didn't tell |
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