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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. Audible subscribers can listen to all episodes of American Scandal ad-free right now. Join Audible today by downloading the Audible app.
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Binged the Challenger Disaster episodes and greatly appreciated all of the background and detail that went into that Season. My father worked in the rocket industry in the 1950-1970s and I didn’t know about the difference in liquid and solid rocket booster fuel—that was far from my areas of interest. I do remember that day of the Challenger disaster as me and my young family was getting ready to move to SE Asia at that time and was unable to follow up on the actual findings by NASA and Morton Thiokol due to living overseas for several years. Thanks for the great history lesson!
For most of the episodes, I knew much of the stories; however, there’s always something that I never knew! I love history and this is the perfect podcast for those like me, that loves this genre. I like the recap which gives even more prospective. The host does a great job; just the facts. I like the pace of the stories. I highly recommend this podcast.
This podcast is very well made. I think it and AHT (American History Tellers) are both very informative and are both must listens. Lindsey Graham is entertaining, and is an amazing solo host. This show is definitely a must listen among history lovers! However, Wondery can be a bit problematic. I believe that the paywall was mostly influenced by Wondery, and I see the appeal. Maybe the podcast is losing listeners and they need more profit off of it. However, I think being able to re-listen to older seasons was what made this show great. It was high quality content completely for free. Sure there would be Wondery Plus exclusives sometimes and early access, but you needed none of that to actually enjoy whatever topic you wanted. I don’t want to have to pay a hefty fee for Wondery Plus for something that was all free not too long ago. No hate towards Lindsey Graham, though. He is an amazing host with a calming voice. Thank you for reading my review! Overall, a very solid show and I would recommend it!
I could listen to Lindsay narrate almost anything, his voice is so soothing. This podcast isn’t just anything though . It’s true stories told in a very interesting way . Even subjects I did not think I was interested in ,become compelling , because told well .
This show used to be good, but as a history teacher, I’ve become increasingly disappointed. Not sure what happened, but Mr. Graham desperately needs a fact-checker. I unsubscribed from sister show American History Tellers on account of inaccurate information and Mr. Graham’s propensity to mispronounce names and places. Now I see that easily fact-checked misinformation has crept in to American Scandal too. JFK was the youngest elected President, not the “youngest man to occupy the Oval Office.” That would be TR. (NOTE: yes I know that technically the Oval Office was built after TR’s presidency but you get the idea.) It’s unfortunate how sloppy the writers and producers of this show are becoming, so I’m unsubscribing.
Paywall of old episodes is a joke but even worse is one of their sponsors. I get needing sponsors and commercials but when they hawk dangerous “health” apps and then the host claims that weight loss drugs from said app really work. Ummm what is your medical training? An app where you never see an actual dietitian or doctor just “providers” and NP’s with questionable qualifications and NO clinical experience. Said app has MULTIPLE LAWSUITS and literally tells women the only way to lose weight without drugs is to participate in disordered eating and giving starvation diet plans to breastfeeding women!! Real Doctors & nutritionists have come out and said the app and their diet plans are divorced from actual science!! Yep that's who I want giving out prescription drugs!! The host claims to research his episodes but apparently if you toss a few sponsorship bucks their way they will shill DANGEROUS scam health apps that have caused harm to thousands of women. Done with this show. Don't care how good it is.
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