Slow Burn

Watergate | 7. Saturday Night

Jan 16, 2018

08:12

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

The Watergate Special Prosecution Force

3min

Nixon's Decision to Fire the Special Watergate Prosecutor

2min

Unpacking Israeli History

5min

The President's Compromise to Circumvent a Court Order

2min

Cox's Analysis of the Situation

2min

Richard Nixon's Resignation Letter

2min

The Rise and Fall of Richardson

4min

The Reichstag Fire

2min

10.

The Watergate Special Prosecution Force

3min

11.

The Outraged Public Reaction to the Saturday Night Massacre

2min

12.

The President's First Press Conference Since the Saturday Night Massacre

5min

13.

The New Special Watergate Prosecutor Arrives Today

3min

14.

The 18-Minute Gap on a White House Tape

3min

What did Richard Nixon do when he felt the walls closing in? How did the country respond? And what did it feel like when people finally got to hear those tapes?

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