Part One: G. Gordon Liddy: The Fascist Behind Watergate
Behind the Bastards
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4.4 • 17K Ratings
🗓️ 3 October 2023
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
Robert sits down with Andrew Ti for a very special episode about the craziest American political thinker, Watergate mastermind G. Gordon Liddy.
(6 part series)
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