Episode 1: Dr. Hunt

Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra

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4.8 • 31.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

The sudden and shocking suicide of a popular Democratic Senator, inside his Senate office, stuns the country and the nation’s capital. And soon, a series of bombshell revelations concerning the circumstances around the senator’s death will start to reveal a web of troubling forces at work on the American ultra right in the post-war 1950s. This episode contains descriptions that reference self-harm. If you or someone you know is in crisis, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or chat live at 988lifeline.org. You can also visit SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for additional support.

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0:00.0	This episode contains descriptions that reference self-harm.
0:04.0	If you or someone you know is in crisis, call or text 988 to reach the suicide and crisis lifeline.
0:11.0	Or chat live at 988 Lifeline.org. Chayenne,
0:22.8	and Hop on your pony,
0:24.4	their crew here for two years
0:26.2	and after the ceremony we'll boat right back
0:29.7	on dear as once all that pony's
0:32.0	come old Cheyenne. Wyoming in the 1940s.
0:35.0	Wyoming in the 1940s. Wyoming in the 1940s.
0:38.0	Wonderful Wyoming.
0:39.0	State of Promise.
0:41.0	Land of. Horizons.
0:44.0	Horizons.
0:45.0	Promise.
0:47.0	Also, pigeons.
0:49.0	Lots and lots of pigeons.
0:52.0	There was a serious infestation of pigeons. There was a serious infestation of pigeons. That's Roger McDaniel, a
0:57.6	Wyoming historian and author. He also served in both houses of the Wyoming State Legislature.
1:04.3	And the pigeon infestation he's talking about
1:07.6	was at his old workplace at the Wyoming State Capitol.
1:10.9	We're speaking to you from the House Chamber of the Wyoming State Capital Building in Cheyenne,
1:16.1	Wyoming.
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