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An aging judge about to step down. Aggressive prosecutors friendly with the judge. A disgraced president. A nation that had already made up its mind. The Watergate trials were a legal mess-and now, with the discovery of new documents that reveal shocking misconduct by prosecutors and judges alike, former Nixon staffer Geoff Shepard has a convincing case that the wrongdoing of these history-making trials was actually a bigger scandal than the Watergate scandal itself.

Watergate was a serious American political scandal resulting in the only forcible removal of a U.S. President, Richard Nixon. After seemingly exhaustive investigative reporting by the Washington Post and dozens of books and movies on the scandal since, there are many questions left unanswered. Through this podcast series, The Mysteries of Watergate, lawyer, author and historian John O’Connor methodically presents the lingering questions, central truths and inconvenient facts of the scandal so we can finally solve the mysteries of Watergate. Get the new "The Mysteries of Watergate: What ...

This program includes a prologue and epilogue read by the author. Obstruction of justice, the specter of impeachment, sexism at work, shocking revelations: Jill Wine-Banks takes us inside her trial by fire as a Watergate prosecutor. It was a time, much like today, when Americans feared for the...

Podcast de historia, geopolítica y actualidad. Dirigido por Fran Curto y Javier Jara. Emitido desde el Paddy's Pub de Salamanca (España). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Twenty-five years after the existence of Nixon's secret White House recordings became known, the tapes were released. These tapes dominated the final two years of Nixon's presidency and almost single-handedly forced his resignation. In Abuse of Power, the listener is invited into the Oval Office with Nixon and the White House staff as they try to distance themselves from the firestorm of allegations being leveled at them. Packed with revelations, these recordings offer a spellbinding portrait of raw power and a Shakespearean depiction of a king and his court.

Wie demokratisch war Konrad Adenauer? Konrad Adenauer prägte als Gründungskanzler und hochverehrter Staatsmann eine ganze Epoche. Zur eigenen Machtsicherung hebelte der CDU-Chef dabei allerdings die von ihm selbst mitgestalteten demokratischen Spielregeln des Grundgesetzes aus: Über Jahre hinweg profitierte er heimlich von der gesetzwidrigen Ausforschung der SPD-Führung durch den Auslandsnachrichtendienst, die sein Kanzleramtschef Hans Globke und der BND-Präsidenten Reinhard Gehlen eingefädelt hatten.

Ten years after the infamous Watergate scandal that brought down the Nixon presidency, Jim Hougan—then the Washington editor of Harper's Magazine—set out to write a profile of Lou Russell, a boozy private-eye who plied his trade in the vice-driven underbelly of the nation's capital. Hougan soon discovered that Russell was "the sixth man, the one who got away" when his boss, veteran CIA officer Jim McCord, led a break-in team into a trap at the Watergate.

Expound is a bible study meeting where we study the bible book by book, chapter by chapter and verse by verse. Expound exists to achieve three goals; - To help you understand the bible the way the author intended - To see how you can apply lessons from the bible in your everyday life - To equip you to always be ready to defend your faith

Die Watergate-Affäre führte 1974 zum Rücktritt des US-Präsidenten Richard Nixon. Zwei Reporter der Washington Post, Bob Woodward und Carl Bernstein, trugen maßgeblich zur Aufdeckung dieser Affäre bei. Eine Hördokumentation mit O-Tönen, Geräuschen und Musik.

Restless Giant provides a crisp, concise assessment of the 27 years between the resignation of Richard Nixon and the election of George W. Bush, in a sweeping narrative that seamlessly weaves together social, cultural, political, economic, and international developments.

El hecho cumbre del periodismo moderno. Dos periodistas del Washington Post, Carl Bernstein y Bob Woodward, hicieron pública una compleja red de espionaje político en los Estados Unidos de América que terminó con la condena de algunos consejeros muy cercanos al presidente Richard Nixon, y con la propia dimisión de éste el 8 de agosto de 1974.

Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 - April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and was the 36th vice president from 1953 to 1961 under President Dwight D. Eisenhower. His five years in the White House saw reduction of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, détente with the Soviet Union and China, the first crewed Moon landings, and the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency and Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Cinquant’anni fa il mondo scoprì il nome di un hotel di Washington, il Watergate. Il 17 giugno del 1972 cinque persone vengono sorprese a piazzare microspie nella sede del comitato elettorale del candidato democratico alle elezioni presidenziali Mc Govern, l’avversario del presidente in carica, Richard Nixon. Due anni dopo, travolto dalle indagini e da un’inchiesta storica del Washington Post, Nixon si dimette. Questo è il racconto dei personaggi chiave di quella vicenda.Una produzione Audio TalesConduzione e coordinamento editoriale di Giovanni SavareseProduzione e sound design di ...

In an era when numerous modern media outlets rail about the guilt of their political enemies for speaking untruths, Postgate proves that the media can often credibly be viewed as the party actually guilty of deception. Americans today mistrust the major media more than ever. Postgate will prove that this distrust is richly deserved.

From Vietnam to the Southern Strategy, from the opening of China to the scandal of Watergate, Pat Buchanan—speechwriter and senior adviser to President Nixon—tells the untold story of Nixon’s embattled White House, from its historic wins to it devastating defeats. In his inaugural...

Amerika, das bedeutet für viele immer noch Sehnsuchtsland voller Zauber und Brüche. Zehn Jahre lang war von Lojewski als Auslandskorrespondent dort für die ARD vor Ort und hat unter anderem vom Vietnamkrieg und der Watergate-Affäre berichtet. Nun liegen seine gesammelten Erfahrungen aus dieser Zeit vor. Dabei reicht sein Interesse von Präsidenten und Weltpolitik bis zu kulturellen Eigenarten und Kirchengemeinden, die alle unter seine journalistische Lupe geraten während er die Weiten Amerikas bereist.

Hear Watergate "plumber" Egil "Bud" Krogh, on this edition of Fresh Air. Krogh was one of the "president's men" in the Watergate era. He was co-director of a special investigations unit known as "the plumbers" that was tasked by President Nixon with stopping leaks of top-secret information. Believing that leaks were a matter of national security, Krogh approved a covert operation to break in and burglarize the office of psychiatrist Daniel Ellsberg.