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Martha
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People called her crazy, and to be fair she must have seemed crazy. But she was onto something. How Martha Mitchell, the... Read more
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S3 Ep. 1: Against the World
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On the first episode of Slow Burn’s third season: How a violent robbery severed Tupac’s friendship with Biggie Smalls an... Read more
30 Oct 2019
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What had to happen for the Watergate scandals to end Richard Nixon’s career? And was his downfall inevitable? In the fin... Read more
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