Warren G. Harding: The Erotic Poet

Very Presidential with Ashley Flowers

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 10.7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Seemingly every politician has dalliances they (try to) keep in the dark, but Warren G. Harding took his affairs to another level—writing wildly steamy letters, meeting in coat closets, even once getting caught by New York City’s Vice Squad in a hotel room with a young fangirl. And while he was busy getting busy, his administration was running a full-blown criminal empire… That is, until the president mysteriously dropped dead. To view this episode’s full list of sources, please visit parcast.com/verypresidential Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Here's a lesson we all learned in history class.
0:06.7	Just because you make something illegal, it doesn't mean people will stop doing it.
0:11.7	It means you're going to have a whole new class of criminals.
0:15.7	Case in point, prohibition.
0:18.0	Thanks to bootlegging, the 1920s were the heyday of organized crime.
0:22.9	Chicago had Al Capone, New York had the Mafia, and then there was the Ohio gang.
0:29.3	For two and a half years, this was the most powerful crime ring in America.
0:34.7	We're talking bootlegging, bribery, fraud, jury tampering.
0:39.0	You name it, they did it.
0:41.0	And if you're picturing some small time crooks shaking down the mayor of Cincinnati, guess
0:45.7	again.
0:46.7	Despite the name, they weren't based in Ohio.
0:50.2	They operated out of the White House.
0:59.3	Welcome to very presidential, a podcast original.
1:08.9	I'm your host Ashley Flowers.
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1:21.1	Twitter at podcast network.
1:23.3	Today we're going to learn about Warren G. Harding.
1:26.4	This campaign theme in 1920 was a return to normalcy.
1:31.1	If you've been paying attention, you'll know that normal for presidents is corruption,
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