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1865

Inside the Episode: S1E2

1865

Airship / Wondery

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

4.82.9K Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2019

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

In Episode 2, we follow Stanton’s hunt for the truth after the discovery of a mysterious note from Booth to Johnson.

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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

Hi, this is Rob McCollum, one of the producers on 1865.

0:10.5

Welcome to 1865 Inside the Episode 2.

0:15.6

We have had a lot of new information just unloaded if you just listen to the episode.

0:19.8

If you haven't yet, please listen to that first.

0:22.0

There will be spoilers in this podcast.

0:25.0

In this Inside the Episode series, we're going to talk about the truth, the fiction, the

0:29.4

fact, the artistic license that have gone into this story and joining me again are the

0:34.3

writers, Steve Walters and Erica Chilla.

0:36.3

Guys, thank you for being here.

0:37.6

Thank you for having us, Rob.

0:38.7

This episode starts with one of my favorite scenes.

0:42.0

It is the cast of our American cousin being sequestered in the Ford theater, which Eric

0:47.0

I'm going to ask you, but I'm pretty sure that actually happened.

0:49.3

Yes, he actually made them reenact the play.

0:51.9

The entire play.

0:52.9

Had them do the whole thing.

0:53.9

That is not just creative license that you guys took.

0:56.0

No, he really did that and he watched it.

0:57.6

He watched it all the way from the beginning to the end, even the parts that happened after

1:01.4

the shooting to place.

1:02.4

It was speculated that he wanted to see which of the actors looked to the booth while the

1:06.9

line happened to see if any of them were.

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