The Clinton Impeachment | 5. Tell-All

Slow Burn

Slate Audio

Politics, Society & Culture, History, News, Documentary

4.6 • 25.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2018

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Aside from Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky, the most pivotal player in the Clinton impeachment saga may have been Linda Tripp—an ordinary person who made extraordinary choices that precipitated the entire crisis. In perhaps the deepest and most intimate interview she’s ever given, Tripp talks to Leon Neyfakh about what she did, and why. This episode is member-exclusive. Listen to it now by joining Slate Plus. As a member, you'll unlock full, ad-free access to Slow Burn and your other favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Slow Burn show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/slowburnplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:28.0	A few months ago I was at my desk, working late.
0:32.0	Going through a list of people I wanted to interview for this podcast.
0:35.0	Lind the Trip was one of the first people I had put on the list.
0:39.0	I didn't have high hopes when I vowed her number.
0:41.0	I wasn't even sure I had the right one. But then, after a couple of rings,
0:46.7	Tripp picked up. I recognized her voice. I remembered it from the 22 hours of tapes she made back in 1997 when she
0:55.3	secretly recorded a series of phone calls which her friend Monica Lewinsky talked
0:59.5	about her tumultuous affair with the president.
1:01.2	You have a crappy personal situation and you have an
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1:07.0	After I explained who I was and what I was doing,
1:10.0	Tripp told me that she did not want to be interviewed.
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