American Scandal
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About this podcast
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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Episodes
The newest 50 of 172 episodes
- Benedict Arnold | The Execution | 4 · 38 min · Season 79 Episode 4Benedict Arnold’s plot to betray West Point comes crashing down. As Arnold escapes into British hands, the conspiracy is exposed—and someone else is left to pay the ultimate…
- Benedict Arnold | The Spymaster | 3 · 36 min · Season 79 Episode 3Benedict Arnold entrusts British spymaster John André with the intelligence needed to seize West Point. But André’s dangerous journey back through enemy territory will determine…
- Listen Now— Over My Dead Body: Operation Sideswipe · 7 minA Hollywood stuntwoman turned personal injury attorney. A handsome disbarred lawyer with a dark past. And an elaborate scheme that leads to murder. Vanessa Motta gives up a…
- Benedict Arnold | West Point | 2 · 35 min · Season 79 Episode 2Benedict Arnold secures command of the Continental Army’s most important fortress and begins weakening it from within. But before he can deliver it to the British, he must…
- Benedict Arnold | The Hero of Saratoga | 1 · 40 min · Season 79 Episode 1Revolutionary war general Benedict Arnold inspires American forces to a pivotal victory. But instead of being hailed as a hero, Arnold faces stolen credit, political attacks…
- Listen Now: Audible True Crime – Ghost Story · 9 minAudible True Crime is a dedicated podcast feed where we bring you the best podcasts in true crime, with episodes dropping every single week. Just in time for spooky season, we’re…
- Varsity Blues | The Admissions Game | 5 · 36 min · Season 78 Episode 5The parents caught in Varsity Blues went to extraordinary lengths to get their kids into elite colleges. But the system was already tilted in their favor. Journalist Paul Tough…
- Varsity Blues | The Admissions Process | 4 · 38 min · Season 78 Episode 4Federal investigators uncover Rick Singer’s college admissions scheme, sparking national outrage. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice…
- Varsity Blues | Setting the Standard | 3 · 37 min · Season 78 Episode 3Rick Singer expands his illicit college admissions scheme, using a network of corrupt insiders to manipulate his clients’ standardized test scores. See Privacy Policy at…
- Varsity Blues | The Side Door | 2 · 38 min · Season 78 Episode 2Independent college counselor Rick Singer discovers a loophole that almost guarantees his wealthy clients entry into elite universities. See Privacy Policy at…
- Varsity Blues | Future Stars | 1 · 39 min · Season 78 Episode 1As competition for places at America’s top universities reaches new heights, a charismatic college counselor helps wealthy families gain an edge in the admissions race. See…
- The Rosenbergs | Inside the CIA | 5 · 32 min · Season 77 Episode 5David McCloskey spent nearly a decade as a CIA analyst before becoming a bestselling spy novelist, giving him a rare perspective on how intelligence really works and how it has…
- The Rosenbergs | The Martyrs | 4 · 40 min · Season 77 Episode 4Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are put on trial for conspiracy to commit espionage, and the couple and their family are forced to reckon with a shocking sentence handed down by the…
- The Rosenbergs | The Implosion | 3 · 38 min · Season 77 Episode 3As the FBI works to identify the spy Harry Gold met with in New Mexico, the net closes in on both the Greenglasses and the Rosenbergs. See Privacy Policy at…
- The Rosenbergs | The Goose Chase | 2 · 38 min · Season 77 Episode 2David Greenglass begins working with his brother-in-law Julius Rosenberg to pass secrets from the Manhattan Project to Soviet intelligence. But after the Russians build a bomb of…
- The Rosenbergs | The Cause | 1 · 38 min · Season 77 Episode 1During World War II, New York communist Julius Rosenberg begins spying for Soviet intelligence and recruiting other Americans to join him. But when his wife’s brother joins the…
- ENCORE: Challenger Disaster | What Really Happened | 4 · 41 min · Season 76 Episode 4Following the Challenger disaster, engineers grapple with guilt and the consequences of raising concerns about the space shuttle’s flaws. Amidst public outcry, the Rogers…
- ENCORE: Challenger Disaster | Launch Day | 3 · 37 min · Season 76 Episode 3In the tense hours leading up to the Challenger launch, engineers and managers at NASA and its contractor Morton Thiokol heatedly argue over whether to move forward, despite…
- ENCORE: Challenger Disaster | Acceptable Risk | 2 · 37 min · Season 76 Episode 2As NASA struggles to keep its ambitious launch schedule on track, engineers at contractor Morton Thiokol raise concerns about a key component of the space shuttle’s rocket…
- ENCORE: Challenger Disaster | Bigger, Faster, Cheaper | 1 · 38 min · Season 76 Episode 1In January 1986, the Challenger Space Shuttle was poised to make history, carrying seven astronauts, including Christa McAuliffe, the first teacher and civilian selected for…
- Mafia Cops | The New Underworld | 5 · 26 min · Season 75 Episode 5For decades, the Mafia was the face of organized crime in America. But while the mob's power has faded, organized crime itself has become more global, more sophisticated, and…
- Mafia Cops | The Rat | 4 · 39 min · Season 75 Episode 4In 1997, investigator William Oldham learns that imprisoned mobster Burton Kaplan once worked with two corrupt NYPD detectives. What Kaplan knows could put Louis Eppolito and…
- Mafia Cops | The Crystal Ball | 3 · 36 min · Season 75 Episode 3In the aftermath of an FBI raid on New York’s crime families, Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa are threatened with exposure by the mobster they’ve been working for. See…
- Mafia Cops | Murder For Hire | 2 · 36 min · Season 75 Episode 2After surviving an assassination attempt, mobster Anthony Casso turns to his police contacts for help identifying his attacker. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy…
- Mafia Cops | The Thin Blue Line | 1 · 36 min · Season 75 Episode 1In 1969, police cadet Stephen Caracappa meets fellow recruit Louis Eppolito. The two officers soon rack up allegations of misconduct—but nothing is proven, and before long, their…
- Chappaquiddick | The Weight of the Name | 5 · 36 min · Season 74 Episode 5Ted Kennedy spent the rest of his life in the shadow of Chappaquiddick. The accident that killed Mary Jo Kopechne effectively ended his chances at the presidency, but raised…
- Chappaquiddick | Under Oath | 4 · 39 min · Season 74 Episode 4Ted Kennedy thinks he has put the mysterious incident on Chappaquiddick behind him, when a new legal threat emerges that threatens to destroy his political future. See Privacy…
- Chappaquiddick | Circling the Wagon | 3 · 37 min · Season 74 Episode 3Police on Chappaquiddick Island recover the body of a young woman from Ted Kennedy’s Oldsmobile and begin to question the Senator’s story about what happened. See Privacy Policy…
- Chappaquiddick | The Bridge | 2 · 35 min · Season 74 Episode 2Following a car accident on the island, Ted Kennedy and his associates rush to save Mary Jo Kopechne. Afterward, Kennedy’s friends encourage him to report the crash, but while…
- Chappaquiddick | The Kennedy Curse | 1 · 37 min · Season 74 Episode 1The young Ted Kennedy follows in the footsteps of his older brothers and enters the world of politics. But he struggles to cope with the burden of his family’s ambition and with…
- Titan Sub Disaster | No Risk, No Reward? | 5 · 25 min · Season 73 Episode 5Is the genius American innovator just a myth? In this special episode of American Scandal, tech journalists Mark Harris and Kara Swisher, and former CEO and author Safi Bahcall…
- Titan Sub Disaster | Warning Signs | 4 · 38 min · Season 73 Episode 4Two years later than scheduled, Titan finally takes its first paying passengers to the wreck of the Titanic. But amid the crushing pressure of delivering on his business plan…
- Titan Sub Disaster | Full Speed Ahead | 3 · 39 min · Season 73 Episode 3As OceanGate’s experimental submersible Titan begins deep-sea testing, engineers and industry experts raise urgent safety concerns—only to be ignored by CEO Stockton Rush. Driven…
- Titan Sub Disaster | Cyclops | 2 · 38 min · Season 73 Episode 2Driven by ambition and convinced that innovation justifies risk, entrepreneur Stockton Rush pushes forward with increasingly experimental submersible designs. See Privacy Policy…
- Titan Sub Disaster | 12,000 Leagues Under the Sea | 1 · 35 min · Season 73 Episode 1In June 2023, the OceanGate submersible Titan vanishes during a dive to the wreck of Titanic, triggering a frantic multinational search involving ships, aircraft, and deep-sea…
- Twilight Zone Accident | Shoot to Kill | 5 · 40 min · Season 72 Episode 5Chris Winterbauer and Lizzie Bassett Boman have always been fascinated by the stories that lie behind the big screen—the on-set dramas and untold disasters that befell some of…
- Twilight Zone Accident | The Final Cut | 4 · 39 min · Season 72 Episode 4After the fatal accident on the set at Indian Dunes, John Landis, George Folsey Jr. and others from the production team face a reckoning in court.Audible subscribers can listen…
- Twilight Zone Accident | Night for Night | 3 · 34 min · Season 72 Episode 3Production on John Landis’ segment of Twilight Zone: The Movie reaches its dramatic finale.Audible subscribers can listen to all episodes of American Scandal ad-free right now…
- Twilight Zone Accident | It's Going to be Big | 2 · 35 min · Season 72 Episode 2After casting two children in vital roles, production on John Landis’ segment of Twilight Zone: The Movie moves onto its climactic Vietnam village sequence. Audible subscribers…
- Twilight Zone Accident | The Baby Mogul | 1 · 36 min · Season 72 Episode 1A young John Landis fulfills his dreams of becoming a Hollywood director. But he’s eager to prove he can do more than just comedy, and when Steven Spielberg approaches him with a…
- Lehman Brothers | Too Big, Still Failing | 5 · 31 min · Season 71 Episode 5Like many Americans, the 2008 financial crisis left Anat Admati furious. A professor at Stanford, she became one of the country’s leading voices calling attention to how…
- Lehman Brothers | The Reckoning | 4 · 35 min · Season 71 Episode 4After Lehman Brothers declares bankruptcy, U.S. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson is thrust into a financial war, knowing every decision he makes could tip the nation even deeper…
- Lehman Brothers | The Wolf at The Door | 3 · 35 min · Season 71 Episode 3As Lehman Brothers teeters on the edge of bankruptcy, Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson summons Wall Street’s most powerful figures for one fateful weekend—their last chance to…
- Lehman Brothers | Lehman is Different | 2 · 37 min · Season 71 Episode 2After the collapse of top Wall Street investment bank Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers scrambles to convince the world it won’t be next, but dirty truths about the firm’s finances…
- Lehman Brothers | The Gorilla of Wall Street | 1 · 33 min · Season 71 Episode 1Rising from humble summer intern to the formidable CEO of Lehman Brothers, Dick Fuld is determined to make the investment bank succeed, even if that means making risky bets that…
- ENCORE The Kidnapping of Patty Hearst | 4 Free Will | 4 · 43 min · Season 70 Episode 4Patricia Hearst reunites with her family. Federal prosecutors navigate a trial that's become a national sensation.Be the first to know about Wondery’s newest podcasts, curated…
- ENCORE The Kidnapping of Patty Hearst | On the Road | 3 · 41 min · Season 70 Episode 3With the SLA in tatters, Patricia Hearst goes on the run. The FBI gets an unusual tip, one that promises a breakthrough.Be the first to know about Wondery’s newest podcasts…
- ENCORE The Kidnapping of Patty Hearst | The Negotiation | 2 · 41 min · Season 70 Episode 2Patricia Hearst confronts a deadly new reality. The Hearst family tries to strike a deal with the SLA.Be the first to know about Wondery’s newest podcasts, curated…
- ENCORE The Kidnapping of Patty Hearst | The Plot | 1 · 44 min · Season 70 Episode 1Media heiress Patricia Hearst moves to Berkeley, intent on building a new life. In Oakland, a group of political radicals plot a deadly attack.Be the first to know about…
- West Memphis Three | When Justice Gets It Wrong | 5 · 33 min · Season 69 Episode 5University of Michigan law professor David Moran never planned to spend his career freeing the wrongfully convicted. But after handling several appeal cases that exposed deep…
