Season 2 Trailer: The Clinton Impeachment

Slow Burn

Slate Audio

Politics, Society & Culture, History, News, Documentary

4.6 • 25.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2018

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

The saga of Bill Clinton’s impeachment is rich with forgotten characters, surprising subplots, and opportunities to reflect on just how much America has changed over the past 20 years. Whether you’re well-versed in the tale of Clinton and Monica Lewinsky, or you’re fuzzy on the details, this season of Slow Burn will take you further into the story than you’ve ever been. From its origins in the Whitewater real estate controversy, the Paula Jones sexual harassment lawsuit, and the suicide of Vince Foster, Clinton’s near-removal from office was the culmination of a process that remains poorly understood—and continues to reverberate through our political system today. While Season I of Slow Burn captured what it was like to live through Watergate, Season II offers a fresh reexamination of the choices, circumstances, and manipulations that nearly destroyed the 42nd president and forever changed the life of a former White House intern. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.0	How much do you know about the scandal that got Bill Clinton impeached?
1:02.8	Modical Lewinsky is under the microscope. Bill Clinton is under siege and the White
1:07.0	House is trying to contain the damage. Maybe you know the basics. The Clinton's presidency
1:12.0	came to a screeching halt amid a storm of accusations involving sex, power, and partisan
1:17.1	warfare. But if you're like most people, you only have a grasp on the vague outlines
1:21.3	of what happened. I did not have sexual relations with that one. This vast right wing conspiracy.
1:28.3	You're not sure how it all goes together.
1:30.0	The real estate deal years ago in Arkansas has somehow wound up dealing with the president's
1:34.6	sex life. For why things broke the way they did. If it turns out to be true, it could
1:38.3	be the end of Clinton's presidency. His presidency is over. He'll have to resign within
1:42.4	a month or two. Congress is rushing to overthrow the commander-in-chief. This is surreal.
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