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1865

Airship / Wondery

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

4.8 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Listener note: this episode contains offensive racial language. Please be advised.

Stanton convinces General Grant to stand as a candidate in the election of 1868 and wage war against the KKK.

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Starring Jeremy Schwartz as Edwin Stanton and James Black as Ulysses S Grant.

Also featuring:

David Charles

R Bruce Elliot

Blake Hackler

Chris Salazar

Jordan Cruz

Josh Bangle

Eric Jon Rolon

Joel Ferrell

John Tyson

Robert McCollum

J Michael Tatum

Created by Steven Walters and Erik Archilla

Written and directed by Steven Walters

Executive Producer: Lindsay Graham and Steven Walters

Co-executive Producers: Erik Archilla and Robert McCollum

Music by Lindsay Graham.

Audio editing by Mollie Baack.

Sound Design by Derek Behrens and Lindsay Graham.

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0:00.0	A listener note, this episode contains offensive racial language. Please be advised.
0:08.0	So, General Grant gave you back your office.
0:12.0	Much to my surprise and and President Johnson's chagrin.
0:16.0	Then what happened?
0:17.0	I moved back in, you invited me to dinner and here we are.
0:20.0	So that's a story.
0:22.0	That's the story.
0:23.0	What happens now?
0:24.0	We wait.
0:25.0	For what?
0:26.0	To see if Congress has a spine.
0:28.0	The house will approve articles eventually. There's no doubt.
0:32.0	The real fight will be in the Senate.
0:34.0	A peculiar system. This American government.
0:37.0	It's a miracle your people have survived as long as you have.
0:40.0	Speaking of, I'm afraid there are many matters which require my attention.
0:45.0	I do hope this conversation is not worse than your opinion of the American system.
0:50.0	I'm sure that's not possible.
0:52.0	Though I've enjoyed the conversation nonetheless, it was a pleasure.
0:57.0	No, the pleasure was all mine, Mr. Dickens.
1:00.0	My wife will not believe when I tell her you asked me here.
1:04.0	Which reminds me?
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