Ep.18 All the President's Club Men

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News, News & Politics

4.7 • 650 Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2018

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Madison Marriage broke a story that ricocheted around the world. The sleazy goings on of the President’s Club fundraising dinner provoked shock and outrage from all camps.

But where did it all begin…. ? This is the story of how Madison and a team of FT colleagues uncovered one of the biggest stories of the year so far.

Wanring: This episode contains some bad language and adult themes.

Read all about it:

https://www.ft.com/content/075d679e-0033-11e8-9650-9c0ad2d7c5b5

https://www.ft.com/content/c6c8d488-0060-11e8-9650-9c0ad2d7c5b5

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Production support: Cheeka Ayers

Music: Dice Muse, Podington Bear, The Losers and Blue Dot Sessions

Episode artwork: Andrew Garthwaite

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0:00.0	How did the dog sneak out?
0:02.4	When did that parcel vanish?
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0:28.1	arlo.com. Madison Marriage works at the Financial Times and has a very specific beat.
0:44.3	I cover tax and accounting as of course one for the FD.
0:48.3	But earlier this year she broke a story that reverberated around the world.
0:53.3	Yeah, we were getting requests from, I think, pretty much every country under the sun.
0:59.0	You will have heard of it.
1:00.6	Madison revealed the sleazy goings-on of the President's Club fundraising event,
1:05.6	provoking shock and disgust from all corners of the globe.
1:09.9	On the way, there were hidden recorders,
1:12.4	lucky breaks, and late night steakhounds.
1:16.0	But the story doesn't start there.
1:18.3	I'm Maeve McLenigan.
1:19.8	This is the tip-off.
1:23.2	It started with a WhatsApp message.
1:27.2	A friend of mine who I had dinner with the night before sent me a message
1:31.3	quite early in the morning before I was about to go to work,
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