Mayhem: The 1970s You Never Knew, Episode 2
Oct 16, 2023
Secret Police, CIA operatives, The Pentagon Papers, and The Most Dangerous Man in America. There was a time in the not-so-distant past, when the nightly news changed the game in how Americans felt about the war in Vietnam, the first “television war.” What was more of a shock to some though, was the realization that the American public had been lied to for decades by the U.S. government, spanning four presidential administrations. How did this influence the Watergate scandal? And how did the lavish “gathering of the Century” in Iran, attended by Vice President Agnew, tie into future allegations of broad political corruption?
Writer, Host, and Executive Producer: Sharon McMahon
Audio Producer: Jenny Snyder
Writers and Researchers: Amy Watkin, Mandy Reid, and Kari Anton
Production Coordinator: Andrea Champoux
Links to Full Episode:
Related Links:
- Pentagon Papers | National Archives
- The Pentagon Papers [unedited] (Video footage of Sen. Gavel weeping while reading the Pentagon Papers)
- Vietnam War Statistics
- The 26th Amendment
- Nixon White House Audio Recordings | C-SPAN.org
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