Ghosts of Scandals Past (with Rachel Maddow)

Stay Tuned with Preet

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Society & Culture, Politics, Government, News

4.8 • 32.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2020

⏱️ 76 minutes

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On this episode of Stay Tuned, “Ghosts of Scandals Past,” Preet is joined by Rachel Maddow, the host of MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show, to talk about her new book Bag Man: The Wild Crimes, Audacious Cover-up, and Spectacular Downfall of a Brazen Crook in the White House, which investigates the mostly-forgotten crimes of Nixon’s vice president, Spiro Agnew. Maddow and Preet also talk about the state of TV journalism and the difficulty of covering the GOP’s hypocrisy. For show notes and a transcript of the episode, head to: https://cafe.com/stay-tuned/ghosts-of-scandals-past-with-rachel-maddow/ To listen to Stay Tuned bonus content, become a member of CAFE Insider at: CAFE.com/Insider Sign up to receive the CAFE Brief, a weekly newsletter featuring analysis by Elie Honig, and features by CAFE staff: CAFE.com/brief And if you haven’t already, sign up to receive a link to this week’s election focused episode of CAFE Insider: cafe.com/preet As always, tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at [email protected], or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail. Stay Tuned with Preet is produced by CAFE Studios. Executive Producer: Tamara Sepper; Senior Editorial Producer: Adam Waller; Technical Director: David Tatasciore; Audio Producer: Matthew Billy; Editorial Producers: David Kurlander, Noa Azulai, Sam Ozer-Staton. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:04.4	tell the story is not because of the bad guys. It's because of the good guys. You need stories
1:08.4	about the people who've done it right to remember what the standard ought to be in terms of
1:14.1	civic virtue and upright bravery. That's Rachel Maddow. She's the host of the Rachel Maddow
1:26.0	show on MSNBC. Fresh off of passing Sean Hannity to become the most watched cable news anchor
1:31.8	in her time slot, Maddow is out with a new book. It's called Bagman, the wild crimes audacious
1:37.4	cover up and spectacular downfall of a brazen crook in the White House. Which brazen crook
1:42.7	is Maddow talking about? Former Vice President, Spiro Agnew. It's a fascinating story and
1:48.2	won that until now has been overshadowed by the scandals of Agnew's boss, Richard Nixon.
1:53.6	Maddow joins me this week to discuss her new book, How She Prepares for Her Show, and
1:57.9	whether Trump's enablers will ever be held accountable. That's coming up. Stay tuned.
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