Inside the Episode: S2E09

1865

Airship / Wondery

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

4.8 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

In Episode 9, Grant’s presidency is imperiled when his newly appointed special prosecutor launches an investigation into Grant’s right-hand man, Orville Babcock.

In this Inside the Episode bonus feature, co-executive producer Robert McCollum interviews the creators Steven Walters and Erik Archilla about the true history behind the podcast with special guest Dr. Greg Jackson.

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Rob McCollum, one of the producers in the director of 1865, the audio drama.
0:12.3	Thank you for joining us for this Inside the Episode 9 of Season 2.
0:18.1	Lots and lots of complicated history in this episode.
0:22.0	How much of it was real, how much of it was fiction.
0:24.9	No one better to ask than the right team.
0:27.8	Stephen Walters and Eric Archila, guys, welcome back.
0:30.4	Hey Rob, thanks for having us.
0:31.6	Hey Rob.
0:32.5	So I know this whole 8, 9, 10 chunk Steve was incredibly difficult for you.
0:38.8	You fought with it, you rewrote it, you threw things out.
0:41.4	Both you guys were on the phone until 4 in the morning, multiple occasions.
0:45.4	Why was this so hard?
0:46.7	Well, I think the history itself is very complicated.
0:49.8	I think in the first two chunks of the story, the prologue episodes,
0:53.8	Grant is in a clear state of resistance to wanting to be president
0:57.4	and then ultimately makes the decision to stand as the nominee.
1:00.4	In the middle episodes, Grant is in a state of resistance.
1:03.1	He's trying to keep the peace.
1:04.2	He doesn't want to declare war again, but ultimately he does declare martial law
1:08.4	and root out the clan, drive them into hiding.
1:11.4	But in his second term, it is messy, it is complicated, and Grant is very difficult
1:18.0	to pin down.
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