Inside the Episode: S1E13

1865

Airship / Wondery

Fiction, Drama, Government, Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, History

4.8 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2019

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

In the series finale, Stanton faced termination and Johnson faced impeachment. Neither was willing to back down, and the country edged towards the brink of another civil war.

In this Inside the Episode bonus feature, hear director and co-producer Robert McCollum interview the writers and co-producers Steven Walters and Erik Archilla about the true history behind the podcast.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome and congratulations you have made it through 13 episodes now of 1865 and you've
0:13.5	just listened to the finale of the Edwin Stanton portion of that arc.
0:19.4	This is really kind of the end of this main story but don't worry there's bonus episodes
0:23.8	yet to come where we dive into some of the backstory of the conspiracy.
0:28.6	I'm not sure if you guys have any of the other parts of the story but this was the big
0:32.3	finish, the grand finale, the effort to impeach Andrew Johnson, the wrap up of the story
0:39.2	and the saying goodbye to our lead character Edwin Stanton, the two guys that wrote it
0:44.7	and broke all our hearts.
0:46.8	Or with me now, Stephen Walters and Eric Archilla guys, welcome back.
0:51.4	Hey Rob.
0:52.4	Thank you Rob.
0:53.4	What a long, strange road it's been my friends.
0:56.3	For us or for Stanton.
0:58.4	There's some parallels there.
1:00.4	I think the consequences for us are just being exhausted and a little punch drunk.
1:05.2	His were a little more.
1:06.8	The stakes were a little higher for his journey and the country but agreed.
1:12.6	A lot of real history went into this episode.
1:18.5	So let's talk about what the real history of these moments are and it starts with a flashback
1:25.0	to the Battle of Gettysburg that I before.
1:27.8	The eve of the Battle of Gettysburg which this is based on a real conversation that happened
1:32.4	between Lincoln and Stanton on the eve of that battle.
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