47: The Watergate Affair Part 2

Morgan and Emileigh continue the crazy tale of the Watergate scandal, focusing on the Senate hearings, the releasing of the tapes, and Congress' steps towards Nixon's impeachment. 

 

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Ep. 2 Sources

 

Documentary: Watergate: Blueprint for a Scandal series by CNN (discovery+) 2022

 

“Watergate: Who Did What and Where Are They Now?” Alice Popovici, history.com. (updated 2023) 

https://www.history.com/news/watergate-where-are-they-now

 

https://watergate.info/

 

https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/investigations/watergate.htm 

 

“The Watergate Files” presented by the Gerald R. Ford Library and Museum

https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/museum/exhibits/Watergate_files/content.php?section=1&page=a

 

“The Watergate Hearings,” American Archive of Public Broadcasting

https://americanarchive.org/special_collections/watergate 

 

“Watergate and the Constitution” (2017)

https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/watergate-constitution

 

“How federal impeachment works” (2024)

https://www.usa.gov/impeachment 

 

“The Saturday Night Massacre: How our Constitution trumped a reckless President,” by Ken Gormley (2015)

https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/the-saturday-night-massacre-40-years-later-how-our-constitution-trumped-a-r 

 

“Nov. 17, 1973 | Nixon Declares ‘I Am Not a Crook’” (2011)

https://archive.nytimes.com/learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/17/nov-17-1973-nixon-declares-i-am-not-a-crook/ 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Howard_Hunt

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Colson

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ehrlichman  

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._R._Haldeman

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_N._Mitchell  

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dean 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon 

 

“Smoking Gun” audio recording: https://watergate.info/1972/06/23/the-smoking-gun-tape.html 

 

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Rodeoclash https://freesound.org/people/Rodeoclash/sounds/401192/ 

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