Podcast appearances and mentions of Ben Bradlee

On this week's episode of Here Comes Pod, Hollywood royalty Kim Masters talked about her amazing career as a reporter, broadcaster, author and host of the industry flagship radio show and podcast, The Business. We chatted about her early career working for Ben Bradlee at the Washington Post, her big stories at The Hollywood Reporter, writing the definitive Hollywood studio book Hit And Run and her new start at Puck News. Enjoy!You can find Here Comes Pod on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon or most other podcast outlets. If you enjoyed this episode of Here Comes Pod please do leave a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen to your podcasts

Mark Felt was the FBI official dubbed "Deep Throat" during Watergate. his true identity had remained a mystery for over 30 years until he outed himself in 2005.In this 2006 interview the co-author of Felt's memoir, John O'Connor, tells how Felt not only helped bring down a president, but change the entire face of the FBI.Get your copy of A G-Man's Life by John O'ConnorAs an Amazon Associate, Now I've Heard Everything earns from qualifying purchases.You may also enjoy my interviews with Ben Bradlee and G. Gordon Liddy For more vintage interviews with celebrities, leaders, and influencers, subscribe to Now I've Heard Everything on Spotify, Apple Podcasts. and now on YouTube#Watergate #DeepThroat #RichardNixon #coverup

For months, Kara has been assembling a group of investors to buy The Washington Post. Although it's not actually for sale, the ongoing exodus of journalistic talent, combined with Bezos's decision to kill an endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris days before the 2024 presidential election, made it both plausible that Bezos might entertain a bid and crucial that someone step forward. Now, after watching Bezos remake the opinion section in ways that seem designed to curry favor with President Trump, the chances of persuading him to sell seem increasingly remote. Nonetheless, Kara's quixotic quest continues, and in this episode, she talks to some of the people she's turned to for advice, including: Cameron Barr, a former senior managing editor at the Post who resigned in the wake of the new changes; Tina Brown, a pioneering journalist and media executive who has led multiple publications, including Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, Newsweek, and The Daily Beast; Oliver Darcy, a former CNN senior media reporter and currently the founder and lead author of Status.news; Sally Quinn, the first woman to anchor a CBS News morning show, and a best-selling author, and longtime Post columnist who was married to the late Ben Bradlee, a legendary executive editor at the Post; and Amanda Katz, a writer, editor and translator who worked as a senior assignment editor for the opinion section of the Post until she resigned last year (and wife to Kara Swisher).   And make sure to watch "Becoming Katharine Graham," a new documentary about the former Post publisher's extraordinary life and journalistic courage (now streaming, ironically enough, on Amazon Prime). Questions? Comments? Email us at on@voxmedia.com or find us on Instagram, TikTok and Bluesky @onwithkaraswisher Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Taylor Newman left college for two careers. Her love of writing led her to her daily, first shift - a beat journalist covering the DC Metro sports teams for the sports desk at the Washington Post. Ben Bradlee would have been proud of her commitment up there with Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in terms of hours. For when Taylor had filed her sports reports, she would move to her second, eight-hour shift at Chevy Chase Club, where she was serving as an Assistant Professional. Finally, weighing up her options, Taylor chose the hospitality, private members club, and tennis career - and she has never looked back. In fact, she has used her writing skills to build one of the biggest cardio tennis programs in all the nation. Through communicating with members, Taylor and present BeyondTheBaselines.com Vice President Brittany Sanders, took over a quiet cardio tennis program. Changing the headlines of the program and using writing and lines of communication, the two women built a program that has led to fifteen cardio courts each week. "Cardio is not just about running a good clinic, it's about knowing the personalities and levels of all the players to help make it succeed." Newman is a consummate professional: checking the court booking sheet at 10pm every night for the next day to avoid any surprises or pitfalls, picking up balls after each and every cardio class outside the fences, and mentoring her assistants on a daily basis both on the court and in terms of hospitality, off the court. Just as she would have been at The Post covering sports, Taylor is on duty twenty-four hours, always being out there ready to communicate, learn and grow. The Washington Post lost a treasure to tennis. Here's Taylor Newman on the Beyond The Baselines podcast.

I direttori dei giornali di oggi vs. Ben Bradlee. Fonti: estratto del film "Frankenstein Junior" del 1974, diretto da Mel Brooks e prodotto da 20th Century Studios, tratto dal video Top 5: i momenti più esilaranti di Frankenstein Junior pubblicato sul canale Youtube di Coming Soon il 23 luglio 2016; estratto del film "Tutti gli uomini del presidente" del 1976, diretto da Alan J. Pakula e prodotto da Warner Bros. e Wildwood Enterprises, disponibile su Prime Video; video "Che tempo che fa | L'intervista ad Alessandro Baricco" pubblicato sul canale Youtube di NOVE il 29 gennaio 2024. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to “Pop Break Goes to Washington” where host Allison Lips is joined by a special guest to discuss the historical significance and impact of a political film. Allison and her guests discuss how politics is portrayed in each film. For this episode, Allison and Aaron Sarnecky from The Anniversary Brothers podcast explore the continuing relevance of the film All the President's Men and the book of the same name that inspired it. The film stars Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman as Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. When the film was released, it was nominated for multiple Oscars and Golden Globes, but only won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (Jason Robards for his portrayal of Ben Bradlee. The film is so important to American history that the National Film Registry selected the film for preservation in 2010 because it is “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.” Join Allison and Aaron as they reevaluate All the President's Men and Nixon's legacy.

We closed the last episode by looking at the emergence of Bob Dylan onto the Beat Scene in Greenwich Village in 1962, and we mentioned his song, Blowin' in the Wind, where he asked some deeply troubling questions about what was going wrong in the world and said that the answer to them all is blowing in the wind. Now Dylan has never confirmed nor denied that he was referring to marijuana in that song. But if he was, it was a pretty obscure reference because less than 4 per cent of the US population had tried it at the time, and a vast majority of people had never even heard of it. It's known that a lot of the “Beatniks” were into it, including my sister who was attending a big university in a major US city, so it was probably starting to get around, although her private escapades were always kept top secret. There was another drug, LSD, that was flying well under society's radar screen as well, but there were two major differences between the two substances. While marijuana got you high, meaning it put you into of an elevated state of mind, LSD was a powerful psychedelic, capable of significantly altering your entire sense of reality. And, although the far less potent drug, marijuana, had been against the law since 1937, remarkably, LSD was still legal. We'll get into the effects of these substances on American culture more deeply as the story unfolds. For now, let's go back to the period immediately following the Cuban Missile Crisis and take another look at President Kennedy.  It seems clear that serving as the Commander in Chief of the United States armed forces during those harrowing thirteen days had a profound effect on him and most historians believe he started to seriously explore ways to reduce the tensions between America and the Soviet Union. When the crisis began, Kennedy had authorized his brother Robert, the Attorney General and a key member of his cabinet, to set up a back channel of communications with the Soviet Ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Dobrynin. JFK felt that it was imperative to have a reliable form of direct communication with Khrushchev. According to released Russian documents, the Soviet premier's son-in-law Alexei Adzhubei, met privately with the President to confirm that the Attorney General would be speaking on his authority. When he asked JFK if Bobby was his “number two” in Washington, JFK replied that he wasn't just “No. 2, but 3, 4, 5 and 6.” The message was relayed to Khrushchev and the back channel was secured. Once the crisis had been resolved, the two leaders set up a permanent, direct channel that became known as the “Hot Line.” Before it was officially completed in June of 1963, it could take as long as twelve hours for the two sides to communicate. Twelve hours is an obvious eternity in a world filled with massive atomic weaponry. Now, at least communications were on a much sounder footing. In various public statements and speeches that followed, President Kennedy began expressing a stronger commitment to peace and the importance of finding diplomatic solutions to international conflicts. He emphasized the need for dialogue and negotiation to prevent the escalation of tensions. And he began to prioritize Civil Rights in Americas well. Like most members of my generation, I had always felt a kind of personal connection to him. I don't want to sound too shallow here, but along with all of his other accomplishments, he just seemed like the coolest guy in the world, and we all looked up to him. A commentator once put it this way. Nixon reminded us of who we were, and Kennedy of who we wish we were. It was for obvious reasons. He was young and handsome, came from a very wealthy and powerful family, had a beautiful wife who seemed like royalty, along with two adorable kids. And on top of all this, his life played extremely well in the mass media, which was still in its earliest stages. The truth is that besides being president, he was also the most charismatic media superstar in the world. He would routinely hang out with the hottest entertainers in show business and everybody was totally enamored by him. At the top of the heap was Frank Sinatra and his pals, who were known as the “Rat Pack” and as the presidential campaign began in 1960, Sinatra changed its name to the “Jack Pack.”  Supposedly Jack and Frank were very tight and obviously Frank ran with a huge circle of A-List celebrities. All the glitzy pieces of the political/entertainment puzzle formed a glamorous mosaic when Marilyn Monroe sang happy birthday to JFK at his 45th birthday gala celebration in Madison Square Garden. Popular culture as basking in the high life, with John F. Kennedy at the very top.  So, again, I had always been pretty taken with him. Looking back on it from a cultural perspective, an interesting side note is that Timothy Leary, the former Harvard professor who became a major counter-culture guru, claimed that JFK had been experimenting with LSD during this time as well. According to Leary, at one point in mid-1962, a very impressive woman in her early forties came to visit him in his office at Harvard. She said she was an artist living in Georgetown and wanted to learn how to conduct LSD sessions. Apparently, a few of her female friends had a plan to turn some of the most powerful men in Washington on to LSD. After a few meetings, she confided in Leary that she was having a serious affair with a very high-ranking member of the administration and he was interested in experimenting with the drug. Leary gave her detailed instructions on how to properly conduct sessions and things moved on from there. She began reporting her progress regularly to Leary and apparently things were going quite well. Along with the fact that this high-level member of the administration's mind was expanding, their love affair was reaching extremely satisfying new heights.   Now, it turns out that Leary's friend was no ordinary woman. Her name was Mary Pinchot Meyer. She came from a wealthy family, had known JFK since they were teen-agers, and they had been neighbors together in Georgetown. She was also extremely well-connected in Washington. Her sister was married to Ben Bradlee, a major reporter for Newsweek and a close friend of JFK's. who later became the Executive Editor of the Washington Post. So, you can imagine how well-connected she really was. I'll tell you in a future episode how Leary came to the conclusion that JFK was the high-ranking member of the administration in question. Obviously, Leary's theory has never been proven and it never will be, as all the players, including Leary, are long since dead. The whole thing could have easily come from a false memory of his or even a hallucination. But it never mattered to me whether it was true or not because my focus has always been on the growth of human consciousness, regardless of the catalyst. And there is no question that LSD played a significant role in the massive changes that were about to overcome society during the next few years. Also, and again I don't want to sound too shallow here, but the idea that JFK might have been experimenting with mind expansion only made him seem cooler to me. LSD was completely legal at the time, many members of the intelligentsia had tried it, and I found the idea to be intriguing. Regardless of the reason, Kennedy was making major strides in the direction of establishing a framework for the reduction of tension and the establishment of peace, not just with the Soviet Union, but around the world as well. On June 10,1963, he took it a step further by delivering one of the most important speeches of his presidency as he gave the Commencement Address at American University. He set the tone at the beginning by saying, “I have, therefore, chosen this time and this place to discuss a topic on which ignorance too often abounds and the truth is too rarely perceived--yet it is the most important topic on earth: world peace.” Then he continued, “I am talking about genuine peace, the kind of peace that makes life on earth worth living, the kind that enables men and nations to grow and to hope and to build a better life for their children--not merely peace for Americans but peace for all men and women--not merely peace in our time but peace for all time.” He then shifted to the relationship between America and Russia saying, “both the United States and its allies, and the Soviet Union and its allies, have a mutually deep interest in a just and genuine peace and in halting the arms race.” And then he made a major policy announcement calling for a test ban treaty and stating that the US would suspend nuclear atmospheric testing if Russian would agree. And then he went on, “So, let us not be blind to our differences--but let us also direct attention to our common interests and to the means by which those differences can be resolved…For, in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal.” The speech, which represented a break from contentious rhetoric, was revolutionary for several reasons. First, it marked a real thaw in the cold war. Although he acknowledged the ideological differences between the two superpowers, he still stressed their common humanity, which transcended those differences. Moving away from the adversarial language that had characterized the cold war for so long, he sought to create an atmosphere more conducive to negotiations and détente. And critically, from the standpoint of policy, it represented a true breakthrough, as he announced his intention to pursue a comprehensive test ban treaty with Russia. Importantly, the speech received positive response both at home and abroad, which helped set the stage for the major diplomatic initiatives that followed, including the signing of the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty in August of 1963. Today, it's hard to grasp how revolutionary his ideas as well as his actions were. From our modern perspective, his views were incredibly advanced for the times. And when he talked about the commonality between the Americans and the Russians, saying that “we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal,” even though he was six years early, from his words, he almost sounded like a hippy who had just come back from Woodstock. Who knows - maybe Timothy Leary was right. Maybe he had been experimenting with consciousness expansion. But it really didn't matter. What mattered was how he was steering the ship of state. So, let's end this episode by leaving things here for now. As always, keep your eyes, mind and heart open, and let's get together in the next one.  

David Remnick has been the editor of The New Yorker since 1998 and a staff writer since 1992. He joins us this week to discuss his latest dispatch from the Middle East (9:50), reporting on the aftermath of October 7th (18:09) in what has become the Israel-Hamas war. He also shares the personal story of Avichai Brodutch, how he imagines this conflict may resolve (25:10), and our ‘failure to communicate' in this increasingly polarized moment (29:35). Then, we turn to Remnick's personal history: from the art that influenced him growing up in New Jersey (35:05) to his pathway to journalism at Princeton University (42:28) and his start at The Washington Post under the tutelage of legendary editor Ben Bradlee (48:00). On the back-half, we talk about Remnick's early days running The New Yorker (56:45), the state of journalism today (1:00:30), why he cautions against despair as we head into 2024 (1:07:00), and a tribute to the creative longevity of musician Joni Mitchell (1:17:10). For questions, comments, or to join our mailing list, drop me a line at sf@talkeasypod.com.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listen above to an audio version of Why PETA Kills, my book, which tells the story of Maya and those of over 30,000 other animals PETA has put to death. On October 18, you can also download the e-book from Amazon for free. (Ignore Kindle Unlimited and click below where it says “$0.00 to buy.”)On October 18, 2014, two PETA representatives backed their van up to a home in Parksley, VA, and threw biscuits to Maya, who was sitting on her porch. They hoped to coax her off her property and allow PETA to claim she was a stray dog “at large” whom they could legally impound.Maya refused to stay off the property and, after grabbing the biscuit, ran back to the safety of her porch. One of the PETA representatives went onto the property and took Maya. Within hours, Maya was dead, illegally killed with a lethal dose of poison.A PETA spokesperson claimed Maya was killed by “mistake,” and defying credulity, explained that the same PETA representative who had earlier sat on the porch with Maya's family talking to them about her care and who was filmed taking Maya from that same porch mistook her for a different dog. The “apology” was not only a devastating admission of guilt but evidence that killing healthy animals was business as usual for PETA employees — so commonplace that the only excuse PETA could offer for Maya's death was that in taking her life, a PETA representative had mistaken her for another healthy animal they had decided to kill. Was it likewise a “mistake” that five other animals ended up dead from the same trailer park and on the same day, too? Though PETA claimed to be “devastated” by Maya's death, the claim was contradicted by the facts and, given its timing, motivated not by honesty, transparency, or genuine contrition but by political necessity as the Virginia Department of Agriculture had opened an investigation into Maya's killing and Virginia's governor was weighing whether to sign into law a bill overwhelmingly passed by the legislature aimed at protecting animals from PETA. As public outrage over PETA's killing of Maya spread, a former PETA employee came forward, shedding even more light on how disingenuous PETA's claim of being devastated at the killing of Maya was. Explaining that killing healthy animals at PETA was not an anomaly but “standard operating procedure,” Heather Harper-Troje, a one-time PETA field worker, publicly uncovered the inner workings at PETA as no former employee ever had. “I know from firsthand experience that the PETA leadership has no problem lying,” she wrote. “I was told regularly to say whatever I had to say in order to get people to surrender animals to me, lying was not only acceptable, it was encouraged.” The purpose of acquiring these animals, according to Harper-Troje, was “to euthanize the[m] immediately.” Maya's family would ultimately sue PETA, alleging conversion of their dog (theft), trespass, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. PETA, in turn, asked the court to throw out the lawsuit based on several questionable claims.First, PETA argued that Maya was legally worthless because she was not licensed, citing an 1887 law that required a dog “to be properly licensed as a condition of being deemed personal property.” Putting aside the irony of a supposed “animal rights” group arguing that Maya had no value, the statute they cited was repealed in 1966. It had not been the law in half a century.Alternatively, PETA argued that Maya had no value beyond the replacement cost for another dog. In other words, PETA's position was that Maya was like a toaster. If you break it, you throw it away and get a new one.Third, PETA argued that they had permission to enter the trailer park from its owner to remove community cats, so they cannot be guilty of trespassing for entering a private residence in that trailer park to kill a family's dog.Fourth, PETA argued that the theft and killing of Maya was not “outrageous,” a prerequisite to the awarding of punitive damages. Finally, in an argument reeking with racist overtones, PETA demanded to know if Maya's family was legally in the U.S. After arguing and losing most of the pre-trial motions — including rulings that the family's immigration status was not relevant to the theft and killing of their dog and that such conduct was, indeed, “outrageous” — as well as facing the specter of being forced to turn over records and testify under oath about PETA's inner workings, and perhaps trying to put the publicity behind their killing of Maya behind them, PETA settled the case, paying Maya's family $49,000.But the condemnation only grew following a series of articles I wrote about Maya's killing, which ultimately led to the publication of Why PETA Kills, my book. Why PETA Kills tells Maya's story and that of over 30,000 others who have also died at their hands, a number that continues to increase by the thousands every year. In 2022, for example, PETA put to death 1,374 out of 1,737 cats. Another 347 went to pounds that also kill animals. Historically, many of the kittens and cats PETA has taken to those pounds have been killed, often within minutes, despite being young (as young as six weeks old) and healthy. Not only do those records prove the lie that all of the animals PETA rounds up to kill are “suffering,” but if those cats and kittens were killed or displaced others who were killed, that puts the overall cat death rate as high as 99%. They only adopted out 15 cats, an adoption rate of ½ of 1% despite millions of “animal loving” supporters, a staff of hundreds, and revenues in excess of $72 million.While dogs fared a little better, 718 out of 1,041 were killed. Roughly 4% were adopted out. And PETA staff also killed almost 80% of other animal companions: 30 out of 38.To date, PETA has killed 46,364 dogs and cats and sent thousands more to be killed at local pounds, that we know of. The number may be many times higher. According to Harper-Troje,I was told regularly to not enter animals into the log, or to euthanize off-site in order to prevent animals from even entering the building. I was told regularly to greatly overestimate the weight of animals whose euthanasia we recorded, in order to account for what would have otherwise been missing ‘blue juice' (the chemical used to euthanize); because that allowed us to euthanize animals off the books.Following the release of Why PETA Kills, PETA filed a run-of-the-mill defamation lawsuit targeting The No Kill Advocacy Center (NKAC), my organization, and me in an attempt to intimidate me and others into silence. But they didn't sue me directly, as they knew it would ultimately fail: truth, after all, is a defense to defamation. More importantly, they feared doing so as suing me would be dangerous for PETA. Not only would it allow me to force the deposition (e.g., testimony under penalty of perjury) of Ingrid Newkirk, the architect of PETA's killing, as well as others at PETA who do the actual killing, but it would allow me to seek documents from PETA that would augment what public records and the PETA employees I spoke with already revealed: that PETA intentionally seeks out animals to kill and that the majority of those animals are healthy and adoptable. Absent a court case, as a private organization, PETA is not required to release that information under state freedom of information laws and has ignored my requests to do so. Instead, PETA named me as a “co-conspirator” but not as a defendant in the complaint, a procedural gimmick that gave PETA the ability to issue a subpoena to (try to) seek the names of PETA employees who, fearing retribution, spoke to me on condition of anonymity; information that was used to corroborate newspaper articles, on the record sources, government documents, testimony and information from civil and criminal cases against PETA, videotape evidence, and admissions of killing by PETA officials. At the same time, that procedural ploy would prevent me from demanding documents and depositions of PETA leadership and staff in return.But PETA's legal tactic failed to take into account two important factors. First, I would never reveal my confidential informants. Second, I did not have to legally do so, given my First Amendment rights as a journalist. In an attempt to force me to, however, PETA filed a motion in court to compel the disclosure of the names, claiming that as an animal advocate, I was not entitled to the protection of the First Amendment, a point of view they hypocritically reject for themselves and which, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, the organization founded to protect the rights of journalists by legendary Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee of Pentagon Papers fame, called “alarming.”In assisting me with my legal defense, the Reporters Committee noted,We're concerned about the legal efforts to require Nathan Winograd to reveal the confidential sources for his reporting on PETA's practices. Both the First Amendment and California's constitution protect those who engage in journalistic activity… and any efforts to limit these protections should be alarming for all newsgatherers.Threatened with a fine and jail time if I refused to reveal my sources, my lawyer argued that California Courts have consistently ruled that the First Amendment protects “investigative reporting.” And investigative reporting includes “authors such as Lincoln Steffens and Upton Sinclair [who] exposed widespread corruption and abuse in American life. More recently, social critics such as Rachel Carson, Ralph Nader, Jessica Mitford, and others have written books that have made significant contributions to the public discourse on major issues confronting the American people.”As my attorney argued,Every crusading journalist in that pantheon of heroes cited by the court would have flunked PETA's putative ‘journalism' test, for their journalism was inseparable from their advocacy. Indeed, Sinclair and Nader took their advocacy onto the campaign trail and sought public office. Winograd and NKAC's intertwined investigative and advocacy work are no different from that done by Nader and his nonprofit Public Citizen.The court agreed. Despite PETA hiring one of the most expensive law firms in the world, the Court denied PETA's motion, not only providing me and, more importantly, the animals an important victory but breaking new ground by extending First Amendment protections to new/non-traditional media.Following that ruling, another whistleblower from inside PETA openly came forward and confirmed what my sources had revealed: that PETA staff lie to people to acquire their animals to kill, kill despite adoption alternatives, and indoctrinate people to kill in a cult-like atmosphere she described as “terrifying.”[A]s most new PETA employees are blooming animal rights activists, freshly plucked from college and determined to do whatever it takes to succeed in this demanding, low-paying activist world, PETA's methodology of indoctrination is quite successful. These employees soak it all in like a sponge, as I did at the age of 21 when I started there, and begin to spout the organization's soundbites at every turn. They will start to do so so naturally that they can't see where they themselves end and the organization begins.“Ultimately,” wrote Laura Lee Cascada, a PETA field worker whose job included rounding up animals to kill, “the culture was terrifying and desensitizing — and I gradually felt that my view of death, of taking animals' lives, was being warped, my emotions being stripped away.”Like Heather Harper-Troje before her, Cascada's chilling account described the method whereby employees are intimidated and emotionally manipulated into participating in the killing of animals, an act that came to be euphemistically called to “take care of” an animal (the words “killing” and even “euthanasia” are not used). Employees “were forced to participate in euthanasias they didn't believe in” or “were fired because they refused to do so.”[I]f an employee, like many animal rights advocates who believe in the rights and autonomy of each individual animal, wanted to critically assess whether a euthanasia decision was truly the best thing for an individual animal in his or her unique circumstances, there was a real, true fear of being branded as an advocate for hoarding or a secret supporter of the enemy. Thus, speaking up could have meant being booted from the tribe.Cascada also described numerous examples of healthy animals who were killed for the “good of all animals”:I rescued and cared for a pair of birds from a cruelty case for weeks, bonding with and growing to love them. When the decision was made to euthanize the boy because of a debilitating medical condition, the girl was also euthanized because it was thought that she would be lonely without him. She was one of those lumped into the ‘unadoptable' category PETA brushes past as it explains its euthanasia statistics each year. I was expected and required to swallow my emotions for her for the good of all animals. I was expected to welcome her death as a positive outcome in order to maintain my employment.Another time, I rescued an unloved dog whose body condition and personality were unremarkable, meaning there was no immediate indication for euthanasia. I quickly heard from my mom that she'd be interested in adopting him. I excitedly emailed the manager of the shelter to make this offer but never received a reply. A few days later, I checked in with her and was told that he had already been killed. She recounted being told to lie to people to acquire animals to kill and getting chastised for trying to find them homes. For example, Cascada wrote that she,[R]esponded to a call from a concerned woman who'd found an abandoned days-old kitten under her porch. When I came to pick up the kitten, I had her sign a generic give-up form that spelled out that euthanasia was a possibility. But I was instructed to repeatedly convey that we would do our absolute best, and so that's what I said, even as the woman described her careful search for an organization she knew would work around the clock to help this tiny being pull through. It was my job to make sure I did not leave without that cat — that I said whatever necessary for the woman not to change her mind.The entire way back to PETA's Norfolk, Virginia, headquarters, I sobbed, petting the infant cat in my lap, telling her things would all be OK, even though in my gut I knew it wouldn't, that she never really had a chance. I even began plotting out how I might take a detour and deliver her to a rehabber instead. But how could I explain a missing kitten to the woman waiting with the needle? I couldn't, so I complied without a word.As a result of coming forward, she reported that she was,[C]ontacted by individuals from all over the country expressing their gratitude, and their own fear, about speaking out about their experiences. People who worked at PETA and were forced to lie about euthanasias, people who were forced to euthanize animals they loved as a condition of their employment, and people who were told by leadership that they were worthless. There are dozens, and maybe hundreds, of us. Most are still afraid to break their silence.PETA's lawsuit would ultimately collapse, but four important things came out of my victory against them. First, as noted above, it extended First Amendment protections for investigative journalism to new media for the first time.Second, it demonstrated that PETA may have deep pockets and has no qualms about misusing the court system in an attempt to intimidate people into silence, but their strategy will always be limited by the fact that depositions and the witness stand could compel employees, including Newkirk, to testify under penalty of perjury. Consistent with the overwhelming evidence already available, such testimony would be damning, and PETA knows it. If people stand up to PETA's donor-funded intimidation tactics rather than cower to them, PETA will invariably back down. Third, their empty saber rattling may have led to another whistleblower openly coming forward. Fourth and finally, it led me to Ralph. As fate would have it, on the way to court in the case, my wife and I came upon a little dog who had been hit by a car, bleeding in the gutter. Wrapping him in a coat, we rushed him to the nearest emergency veterinary hospital, where he was given the care he needed, including pain medication. After recovering from his injuries at our house, we found him a loving, new home consistent with our belief in the ethical treatment of animals. Were it not for PETA's meritless lawsuit, we would never have found him. For obvious reasons, I am grateful that it was us and not PETA representatives who saw him on the way to the courthouse. If PETA had gotten to him and history is any guide, Ralph would no longer be alive, put to death with a lethal dose of poison.Because despite all we may still not know about PETA, this much is certain: PETA is letting loose upon the world individuals who not only believe that killing is a good thing and that the living want to die but who are legally armed with lethal drugs that they have already proven — over 46,000 times — that they are not averse to using.To receive future articles and support my fight for the animals, please subscribe. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit news.nathanwinograd.org/subscribe

Hear how voters in Luzerne County, PA, a pivotal county in a crucial swing state, came to feel like strangers in their own land, and after voting democratic for decades...flipped. Michael talks to Ben Bradlee, Jr on his book "The Forgotten: How the People of One Pennsylvania County Elected Donald Trump and Changed America." Original air date 30 October 2023. The book was published on 2 October 2018.

Haldeman, Deep Throat, and Sloan, oh my! Shine your flashlight this way for embarrassing espionage, lying librarians, and unfortunate aliases. Will your hosts enjoy a newsroom drama with Robert Redford at his handsomest?? No comment. The person most confused by the film this week was: the American people.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil meets Camelot.”—Washington Post Book World In 1964, Mary Pinchot Meyer, the beautiful, rebellious, and intelligent ex-wife of a top CIA official, was killed on a quiet Georgetown towpath near her home. Mary Meyer was a secret mistress of President John F. Kennedy, whom she had known since private school days, and after her death, reports that she had kept a diary set off a tense search by her brother-in-law, newsman Ben Bradlee, and CIA spymaster James Jesus Angleton. But the only suspect in her murder was acquitted, and today her life and death are still a source of intense speculation, as Nina Burleigh reveals in her widely praised book, the first to examine this haunting story. Praise for A Very Private Woman “Power is so utterly fascinating. Sometimes it's used for evil purposes, like the kind of power that has silenced the telling of Mary Pinchot Meyer's mysterious murder for over three decades. In A Very Private Woman, Nina Burleigh has finally told this tragic tale of a privileged beauty with friends in high places.”—Dominick Dunne “A superbly crafted, evocative glimpse of an adventurous spirit whose grisly murder remains a mystery.”—San Francisco Chronicle Book Review “Proves that every Washington sex scandal is juicy in its own way.”—Glamour “Nina Burleigh has dissected Washington's most intriguing murder mystery and produced a captivating biography, a thriller, and an insightful portrait of Georgetown in its golden presidential age.”—Christopher Ogden, bestselling author of Life of the Party: The Life of Pamela Digby Churchill Hayward Harriman “Provocative, erudite . . . pure Georgetown noir.”—New York Observer “A rich array of real-life characters.”—New York Times Book Revie

Old Journalism Ethics | Rivers“We're under a lot of pressure, you know, and you put us there. Nothing's riding on this except the, uh, first amendment to the Constitution, freedom of the press, and maybe the future of the country.” - Ben Bradlee, All the President's MenThe break-in at the Democratic National Committee was small-time, ticky-tacky surveillance to get dirt on Nixon's opponents for his upcoming re-election bid. When the burglars were caught, but for the efforts of the Washington Post's Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, Nixon would have served his second term after his landslide win in 1972. But that was back when we had the kind of journalists who were not afraid to hold the powerful to account. How the mighty have fallen. Get full access to Free Thinking Through the Fourth Turning with Sasha Stone at sashastone.substack.com/subscribe

“Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil meets Camelot.”—Washington Post Book World In 1964, Mary Pinchot Meyer, the beautiful, rebellious, and intelligent ex-wife of a top CIA official, was killed on a quiet Georgetown towpath near her home. Mary Meyer was a secret mistress of President John F. Kennedy, whom she had known since private school days, and after her death, reports that she had kept a diary set off a tense search by her brother-in-law, newsman Ben Bradlee, and CIA spymaster James Jesus Angleton. But the only suspect in her murder was acquitted, and today her life and death are still a source of intense speculation, as Nina Burleigh reveals in her widely praised book, the first to examine this haunting story. Praise for A Very Private Woman “Power is so utterly fascinating. Sometimes it's used for evil purposes, like the kind of power that has silenced the telling of Mary Pinchot Meyer's mysterious murder for over three decades. In A Very Private Woman, Nina Burleigh has finally told this tragic tale of a privileged beauty with friends in high places.”—Dominick Dunne “A superbly crafted, evocative glimpse of an adventurous spirit whose grisly murder remains a mystery.”—San Francisco Chronicle Book Review “Proves that every Washington sex scandal is juicy in its own way.”—Glamour “Nina Burleigh has dissected Washington's most intriguing murder mystery and produced a captivating biography, a thriller, and an insightful portrait of Georgetown in its golden presidential age.”—Christopher Ogden, bestselling author of Life of the Party: The Life of Pamela Digby Churchill Hayward Harriman “Provocative, erudite . . . pure Georgetown noir.”—New York Observer “A rich array of real-life characters.”—New York Times Book Review

“Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil meets Camelot.”—Washington Post Book World In 1964, Mary Pinchot Meyer, the beautiful, rebellious, and intelligent ex-wife of a top CIA official, was killed on a quiet Georgetown towpath near her home. Mary Meyer was a secret mistress of President John F. Kennedy, whom she had known since private school days, and after her death, reports that she had kept a diary set off a tense search by her brother-in-law, newsman Ben Bradlee, and CIA spymaster James Jesus Angleton. But the only suspect in her murder was acquitted, and today her life and death are still a source of intense speculation, as Nina Burleigh reveals in her widely praised book, the first to examine this haunting story. Praise for A Very Private Woman “Power is so utterly fascinating. Sometimes it's used for evil purposes, like the kind of power that has silenced the telling of Mary Pinchot Meyer's mysterious murder for over three decades. In A Very Private Woman, Nina Burleigh has finally told this tragic tale of a privileged beauty with friends in high places.”—Dominick Dunne “A superbly crafted, evocative glimpse of an adventurous spirit whose grisly murder remains a mystery.”—San Francisco Chronicle Book Review “Proves that every Washington sex scandal is juicy in its own way.”—Glamour “Nina Burleigh has dissected Washington's most intriguing murder mystery and produced a captivating biography, a thriller, and an insightful portrait of Georgetown in its golden presidential age.”—Christopher Ogden, bestselling author of Life of the Party: The Life of Pamela Digby Churchill Hayward Harriman “Provocative, erudite . . . pure Georgetown noir.”—New York Observer “A rich array of real-life characters.”—New York Times Book Review

Arguably, the most famous story of Watergate, save Richard Nixon's resignation itself, is that of the famous Washington Post secret source, My Friend, Mr. X, or better known thanks to the movie and book "All the President's Men" as Deep Throat. He turned out to be the number 2 man at the FBI, W. Mark Felt.  Felt denied it for decades even though he was among the list of suspects and he only came forward due to his family pushing him for what appears to be a payday long after Felt himself was capable of making the decision on his own.But the decision of Mark Felt and his family to step forward also flushed out another man, also in his advanced years, near death due to pancreatic cancer, who had paid a horrible price for a role in Watergate that he had not asked for, nor deserved to have played.  L. Patrick Gray was the Acting Director of the FBI following the death of J. Edgar Hoover. Hoover had led the Bureau for nearly a half century and as his health began to fade a power struggle for who would replace him had emerged. When Hoover died, just a month before the break in, Richard Nixon seized the moment to reign in the Bureau that under Hoover had become a power source for its director.It was in making that play that Nixon turned to Pat Gray so that a new leader, without a dog in the fight for control of the Bureau, could take control and clean house. Gray however soon found himself not only dealing with  intrigue within the FBI but intrigue outside of it as well.  He was barely on the job a month before he was mislead by the White House Counsel to the President and was being spied on and undermined by his number 2 man at the Bureau. In this episode we look at both men and how their stories are intertwined, and also how aggrandizing one man's role in Watergate led to the destruction of the other man. Gray has seen his name sullied as an untrustworthy pawn of the White House, who destroyed important Watergate investigation files by throwing them in the Potomac River. In reality, Gray was an honest man whose only real crime was in believing in the people around him. He was mislead into destroying documents that were found in Howard Hunt's safe, but the materials were both not related to Watergate , and while forged,  had content  in them that was actually true.  All of this cost Gray his chance to be the Director of the FBI, a job he had done well, and wanted to continue serve in.  It was certainly a high price for him to pay.  L. Patrick Gray was, in the end,  the truly innocent man of Watergate. In this episode we look at both the story of Mark Felt and Patrick Gray.  *** For more information please go to the following website ShepardonWatergate,comSupport My WorkIf you love the show, the easiest way to show your support is by leaving us a positive rating with a review. You can also tell your family and friends about " Randal Wallace Presents : Nixon and Watergate " tooThe Lowcountry Gullah PodcastTheculture, history and traditions podcast where Gullah Geechee culture lives!Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify ZBiotics Pre-Alcohol ProbioticBreaks down the byproduct of alcohol responsible for rough mornings after drinking.Brand

Before Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Trevor Noah, and Doonesbury, there was Art Buchwald. For more than fifty years, from 1949 to 2006, Art Buchwald's Pulitzer Prize–winning column of political satire and biting wit made him one of the most widely read American humorists and a popular player in the Washington world of Ethel and Ted Kennedy, Ben Bradlee, and Katharine Graham.

“Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil meets Camelot.”—Washington Post Book World In 1964, Mary Pinchot Meyer, the beautiful, rebellious, and intelligent ex-wife of a top CIA official, was killed on a quiet Georgetown towpath near her home. Mary Meyer was a secret mistress of President John F. Kennedy, whom she had known since private school days, and after her death, reports that she had kept a diary set off a tense search by her brother-in-law, newsman Ben Bradlee, and CIA spymaster James Jesus Angleton. But the only suspect in her murder was acquitted, and today her life and death are still a source of intense speculation, as Nina Burleigh reveals in her widely praised book, the first to examine this haunting story. Praise for A Very Private Woman “Power is so utterly fascinating. Sometimes it's used for evil purposes, like the kind of power that has silenced the telling of Mary Pinchot Meyer's mysterious murder for over three decades. In A Very Private Woman, Nina Burleigh has finally told this tragic tale of a privileged beauty with friends in high places.”—Dominick Dunne “A superbly crafted, evocative glimpse of an adventurous spirit whose grisly murder remains a mystery.”—San Francisco Chronicle Book Review “Proves that every Washington sex scandal is juicy in its own way.”—Glamour “Nina Burleigh has dissected Washington's most intriguing murder mystery and produced a captivating biography, a thriller, and an insightful portrait of Georgetown in its golden presidential age.”—Christopher Ogden, bestselling author of Life of the Party: The Life of Pamela Digby Churchill Hayward Harriman “Provocative, erudite . . . pure Georgetown noir.”—New York Observer “A rich array of real-life characters.”—New York Times Book Review

“Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil meets Camelot.”—Washington Post Book World In 1964, Mary Pinchot Meyer, the beautiful, rebellious, and intelligent ex-wife of a top CIA official, was killed on a quiet Georgetown towpath near her home. Mary Meyer was a secret mistress of President John F. Kennedy, whom she had known since private school days, and after her death, reports that she had kept a diary set off a tense search by her brother-in-law, newsman Ben Bradlee, and CIA spymaster James Jesus Angleton. But the only suspect in her murder was acquitted, and today her life and death are still a source of intense speculation, as Nina Burleigh reveals in her widely praised book, the first to examine this haunting story. Praise for A Very Private Woman “Power is so utterly fascinating. Sometimes it's used for evil purposes, like the kind of power that has silenced the telling of Mary Pinchot Meyer's mysterious murder for over three decades. In A Very Private Woman, Nina Burleigh has finally told this tragic tale of a privileged beauty with friends in high places.”—Dominick Dunne “A superbly crafted, evocative glimpse of an adventurous spirit whose grisly murder remains a mystery.”—San Francisco Chronicle Book Review “Proves that every Washington sex scandal is juicy in its own way.”—Glamour “Nina Burleigh has dissected Washington's most intriguing murder mystery and produced a captivating biography, a thriller, and an insightful portrait of Georgetown in its golden presidential age.”—Christopher Ogden, bestselling author of Life of the Party: The Life of Pamela Digby Churchill Hayward Harriman “Provocative, erudite . . . pure Georgetown noir.”—New York Observer “A rich array of real-life characters.”—New York Times Book Review

“Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil meets Camelot.”—Washington Post Book WorldIn 1964, Mary Pinchot Meyer, the beautiful, rebellious, and intelligent ex-wife of a top CIA official, was killed on a quiet Georgetown towpath near her home. Mary Meyer was a secret mistress of President John F. Kennedy, whom she had known since private school days, and after her death, reports that she had kept a diary set off a tense search by her brother-in-law, newsman Ben Bradlee, and CIA spymaster James Jesus Angleton. But the only suspect in her murder was acquitted, and today her life and death are still a source of intense speculation, as Nina Burleigh reveals in her widely praised book, the first to examine this haunting story.Praise for A Very Private Woman“Power is so utterly fascinating. Sometimes it's used for evil purposes, like the kind of power that has silenced the telling of Mary Pinchot Meyer's mysterious murder for over three decades. In A Very Private Woman, Nina Burleigh has finally told this tragic tale of a privileged beauty with friends in high places.”—Dominick Dunne“A superbly crafted, evocative glimpse of an adventurous spirit whose grisly murder remains a mystery.”—San Francisco Chronicle Book Review“Proves that every Washington sex scandal is juicy in its own way.”—Glamour“Nina Burleigh has dissected Washington's most intriguing murder mystery and produced a captivating biography, a thriller, and an insightful portrait of Georgetown in its golden presidential age.”—Christopher Ogden, bestselling author of Life of the Party: The Life of Pamela Digby Churchill Hayward Harriman“Provocative, erudite . . . pure Georgetown noir.”—New York Observer“A rich array of real-life characters.”—New York Times Book Review

Tom Ruprecht joined me to talk about Woody Allen and David Letterman as his comedy influences; getting an internship during the writers' "golden era"; 1990 writer exodus; working at the Tony Awards; being segment coordinator for "human interest guests"; the Farrah Fawcett episode; moving on to researcher; finding a clip of a Jackson 5 special with Dave that he wouldn't let on; selling comedy pieces to other venues and that getting him on staff; his first joke - Monica Lewinsky and cigar; Nashville episode; Dave's heart attack: guest hosts and emotional return; how a sleeping kid during a Pres. Bush speech turned into "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches"; being on the road taping a remote with Biff on 9/11; John McCain bails on Dave in 2008; Dave uses Johnny Carson's faxed in jokes for his monologue in 2005; Sarah Palin gets "riled up" after joke; meeting Paul Westerburg and U2; pitching Ben Bradlee as a guest; the Courtney Love incident; Paul Shaffer tells a story about hanging out with James Brown and Siegfried and Roy; writing oral histories for George W. Bush and J.D. Salinger; Elaine Joyce; Michael Jackson, Elizabeth Taylor and Marlon Brando on a road trip after 9/11; Biff enjoys gas station Vienna sausages as 3 am in North Dakota; writing for How I Met Your Mother; how not knowing a TV execs birthday cost The Goodwin Games; Alpha House; becoming head writer of The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore; leaving to join a Jon Stewart animated news parody that was too ahead for its time; staying on Letterman because Steve Martin was the guest and working with him on a piece; "The Whitely Show" segment of The Nightly Show and Jay Leno's bewilderment; writing The People's Mayor pilot for Tom Segura; being hired to bring "the late-night sensibility" to Good Morning America; writing a short story for a website; creating a series How to Steal an Election for AMC. Link for Tom Ruprecht and Tom Segura's The People's Mayor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhrhbnbkI6A

David discusses the movies he's been watching, including The Gunfighter, Top Gun: Maverick, The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee, Benediction, Fire Island, The Other Side of Madness, Notes from the Field, Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One, Apples, Giant from the Unknown, Hustle, Eve's Bayou, The Caveman's Valentine, Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, The Ascent, Cha Cha Real Smooth, Brian and Charles and Rancher, Farmer Fisherman.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Watergate burglary was 50 years ago this week. Iconic renowned Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee played a central role in covering Watergate. He took over at the Post in 1965, in the thick of Vietnam, the civil Rights movement and a changing journalism landscape. And although Watergate may be the thing he is best remembered for now, it was not the only major story he was involved in. I met Ben Bradlee in 1995, when he wrote his autobiography, a book called A Good Life.

*** This episode was divided into two episodes, the second will post tomorrow morningIn our second episode of RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE: 1973 Enemies at the Gate , rather than dive right into our storyline we decided to take an in-depth two-part look at those enemies at the gate, or at least the important ally the Democratic Party could count on in their campaign to undermine President Nixon, THE PRESS, or more specifically The Washington Post.  In this episode, we will look closely at the cozy relationship between Katherine Graham and former President Lyndon Johnson, Sally Quin and Ben Bradlee and the relationship they had to the Kennedy family. The ties between Kennedy and Johnson aid Joe Califano and his client The Washington Post, and on and on. It will definitely leave you with a sickening feeling about the motivations the paper had to go after the man in the White House who had just won a 49 state landslide and gotten our troops and POW's home from a long protracted war in Southeast Asia. But , just in case you think we here at "Bridging the Political Gap" are to swayed by our obvious editorially positive opinion of President Nixon, we will be taking a trip back in time to one of the most sickening displays of liberal journalistic arrogance ever recorded and saved for posterity, (and saved by the very rag-sheet whose journalistic integrity is being called into question, The Washington Post, no less.)  They actually hosted a 40th anniversary celebratory event with Elizabeth Drew, Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein, Ken Hughes, and Ruth Marcus and when they are done you will be filled with absolute disgust. It is all here for you to listen too, the mocking of the President, the totally inaccurate claims, the the obvious disdain, and from Ruth Marcus one of the most outrageously laughable claims ever made about comparing the tapes of Richard Nixon to the apparently saintly Lyndon B. Johnson.  It will make you sick.BUT we do invite you to our second part of this analysis of the press,  when we look at more of the journalists of the Watergate era, some awful, but not all. The press is after all not a monolithic entity and there are good folks in the media and in the next episode we will introduce you to some of them as well, in part two of "The Press is the Enemy" 

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 447, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Jimmy 1: The Kentucky Derby-winning jockey in 1878, or the president of the U.S. in 1978. Jimmy Carter. 2: He's won the U.S Open on 3 surfaces: grass (1974), clay (1976) and hard courts (1978, 1982, 1983). JImmy Connors. 3: He helped bring down Jim and Tammy Bakker, then got knocked off his own pulpit. Jimmy Swaggart. 4: Bobby Kennedy was chief council of the Senate committee investigating David Beck and this man. Jimmy Hoffa. 5: He was dyn-o-mite as mayor of New York from 1926 to 1932. Jimmy Walker. Round 2. Category: The 3 Bs 1: Beethoven tried all the latest scientific methods including sulphur vapors to cure this. Deafness. 2: Of the three B's, he's the one who composed the following:. Brahms. 3: Bach's 1721 "Concerts a Plusieurs Instruments" are popularly known as these "Concertos". "The Brandenburg Concertos". 4: The 2 who called Vienna home. Beethoven and Brahms. 5: Beethoven's only opera, based on J.N. Bouilly's "Leonore", it premiered in 1805. "Fidelio". Round 3. Category: Crossword Clues "I" 1: Titanic sinker(7). Iceberg. 2: Dante's Hell(7). Inferno. 3: Pianists tickle them(7). Ivories. 4: "Aha!", e.g.(12). Interjection. 5: A store's stock(9). Inventory. Round 4. Category: Cultured Celebrities 1: This "X-Files" star has expressed his admiration for the complex modern poetry of John Ashbery. David Duchovny. 2: TV's Felix Unger, he founded the National Actors Theatre to educate Americans in the classic plays. Tony Randall. 3: Yo, Adrian! This actor says that what "separates us from being totally bestial is...a sense of the aesthetic". Sylvester Stallone. 4: This crooner whose career was renewed on MTV in the '90s is also a painter influenced by the Impressionists. Tony Bennett. 5: This actress and sister of actress Jennifer made her debut as a novelist with 1994's "Singing Songs". Meg Tilly. Round 5. Category: Memoirs 1: He gets right to the point, the ear point, in "I Am Spock". Leonard Nimoy. 2: She tells of life before and after Burt in "My Life in High Heels". Loni Anderson. 3: Her book is "After All", after all, her show's theme song ended "You're gonna make it after all". Mary Tyler Moore. 4: "Palimpsest" is "A Memoir" by this "Burr" author. Gore Vidal. 5: "A Good Life: Newspapering and Other Adventures" is by this former Washington Post editor. Ben Bradlee. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!

In Episode 107, Barbara Feinman Todd (author of Pretend I'm Not Here) takes me behind the scenes of ghostwriting after a career of writing for many top names in Washington, DC.  Barbara is wonderfully candid and we have a fascinating discussion all about the nuts and bolts of ghostwriting, and the emotional and personal side of the business. This post contains affiliate links through which I make a small commission when you make a purchase (at no cost to you!). Highlights How Barbara's ghostwriting career began Nothing is typical when it comes to ghostwriting including the services offered The reasons people might need a ghostwriter The surprising distinction between author and writer. We discuss confidentiality agreements and the vetting process How ghostwriters get paid Who has veto power and control of the information The allure of the job and protecting your own legacy The struggle with the moralities and ethics of ghostwriting  How Barbara handled balancing the work with the intimate access to other people's lives Figuring out the perspective and angle for writing about the subject A surprising person who requested her ghostwriting services What Barbara is currently working on (it's fiction!) Her ongoing nonfiction project that started with a diary from 1872 Barbara's Book Recommendations [29:43] Two OLD Books She Loves Henry and Clara by Thomas Mallon | Amazon | Bookshop.org [30:00] Bleaker House by Nell Stevens | Amazon | Bookshop.org [32:07] Two NEW Books She Loves The Latinist by Mark Prins | Amazon | Bookshop.org [35:20] Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers | Amazon | Bookshop.org [38:02] One Book She DIDN'T LOVE Trump: The Art of the Deal by Donald J. Trump with Tony Schwartz | Amazon| Bookshop.org [40:30] One NEW RELEASE She's Excited About Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel (April 5, 2022) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [45:50] Last 5-Star Book Barbara Read Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty | Amazon | Bookshop.org [48:41] Other Books Mentioned It Takes a Village by Hillary Rodham Clinton [01:08] Veil by Bob Woodward [01:11] Loyalties by Carl Berstein [01:13] A Good Life by Ben Bradlee [01:15] Open by Andre Agassi [19:17] A Woman's Place by Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky with Barbara Feinman [18:41] Open Book by Jessica Simpson [25:07] Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty [28:14] Briefly, A Delicious Life by Nell Stevens (July 19, 2022) [34:57] The Secret History by Donna Tartt  [36:20] Possession by A. S. Byatt [36:25] The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel [46:04] Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel [46:07] Other Links Slate | Ghost in the Machine: A Washington Ghostwriter Gets Caught in the Clinton Scandal Complex The Washington Post | Mrs. Clinton's Book:  A Ghost Story?  The Flap Over Who Write Village The New Yorker | Donald Trump's Ghostwriter Tells All About Barbara Twitter Barbara Feinman Todd is the author of the 2017 memoir Pretend I'm Not Here. She taught journalism at Georgetown University for 25 years, where she was the founding Journalism Director and is currently professor emerita.  Cofounder of the Pearl Project, she coauthored the e-book The Truth Left Behind: Inside the Kidnapping and Murder of Daniel Pearl. Her work has appeared in the Washington Post, Glamour, the Huffington Post, the Daily Beast, Newsweek, and on NPR.

Katharine Graham is the first female publisher of a major American newspaper -- The Washington Post. With help from editor Ben Bradlee, Graham races to catch up with The New York Times to expose a massive cover-up of government secrets that spans three decades and four U.S. presidents. Together, they must overcome their differences as they risk their careers -- and very freedom -- to help bring long-buried truths to light. Check out the episode on Youtube, iTunes and Google Play. You can reach us at theironkoob@gmail.com and on Instagram @theironkoob I. Review of the Week A. Synopsis and Ratings B. Review in SPOILERS II. Fight of the Week III. Roundup IV. Gaming V. Trailers VI. News VII. Everette's Game of Smart Ass

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 251, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: We're "Through" 1: Transparent, as a blouse. See-through. 2: It completes a tennis or a golf stroke. Follow-through. 3: A significant advance in science, like the polio vaccine. Breakthrough. 4: A triple alliterative expression for when someone sticks with you in difficult times. "Through thick and thin". 5: Having undergone a difficult experience, like a wet sock in an old washing machine. "Going through the wringer". Round 2. Category: A John Denver Songbook 1: "Almost heaven,West Virginia,Blue Ridge Mountains,Shenandoah River". "Take Me Home, Country Roads". 2: "Well, I got me a fine wife,I got me old fiddle". "Thank God I'm A Country Boy". 3: "If I had a day that I could give you, I'd give to you a day just like today". "Sunshine On My Shoulders". 4: "To sail on a dream on a crystal clear ocean, to ride on the crest of a wild raging storm". "Calypso". 5: "You fill up my senses like a night in a forest...". "Annie's Song". Round 3. Category: Pizza Toppings 1: This type of hard sausage is America's favorite pizza topping. pepperoni. 2: How about a nice traditional Hawaiian pizza topped with ham or Canadian bacon and this fruit. pineapple. 3: These on your pizza may be fire-roasted, sun-dried, or just fresh sliced Romas. tomatoes. 4: On November 12 celebrate National Pizza with the Works Except these fish Day. Anchovies. 5: Wild ones of these found on pizza include shiitakes, morels and chanterelles. mushrooms. Round 4. Category: "C.c." Senor 1: At this Florida site, the scientists are all out to launch. Cape Canaveral. 2: His name, pre-Muhammad Ali. Cassius Clay. 3: Research facilitator that includes the following:. a card catalogue. 4: Ernie Banks played all his Major League games with this team. the Chicago Cubs. 5: In 1968 this labor leader had a grape, er... gripe. Caesar Chavez. Round 5. Category: A Perfect Letter 1: World Book recommends that when you open with "Dear Sir", you close this way, whether you mean it or not. Sincerely. 2: In a business lettet, this punctuation mark often replaces a comma after the salutation. Colon. 3: 4-letter term for the part of a letter highlighted here:(in the middle). Body. 4: A "letter to" this person, like Ben Bradlee, should rattle on about the world going to hell because of ignorant kids. The editor. 5: Letters of recommendation get you into college; ones from ex-employers are often called "letters of" this. Reference. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 157, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 157, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: A Driving Tour 1: Drive by the cops when you put the pedal to the metal on most of these high-speed German highways. autobahns. 2: Krasnaya Ploshchad is the local name for this square you can drive by, but not across. Red Square. 3: High degree Freemasons know it can be hard to drive by this L.A. auditorium on Jefferson Blvd. on Oscar night. the Shrine Auditorium. 4: You'll reach the president's office in this country driving to the union buildings on Government Ave. in Pretoria. South Africa. 5: Drive down Obala Vojvode Stepe in this city and relive the street's most famous moment of June 28, 1914. Sarajevo. Round 2. Category: Necco Sweethearts 1: 2-letter word that precedes "mine", "good" and "true" on the hearts. be. 2: In 2001 a colon and right parenthesis were put together to create this design on a heart. happy/smiley face. 3: The pink hearts are cherry flavored, the green, lemon, and the yellow, this. banana. 4: In the 2001 mix there was the name of this goddess or planet. Venus. 5: Originally called Motto Hearts, the fact they're now called this will give you something to talk about. Conversation Hearts. Round 3. Category: Taken Literally 1: German combo of "car" and "road". Autobahn. 2: French: black beast; English: nemesis. a bête noir. 3: It's Spanish for "hand to hand". mano a mano. 4: Evidently, it's Latin for "from the first face". prima facie. 5: "Inquistion" contestants know its Portugese for "act of the faith". auto-da-fé. Round 4. Category: Journalists 1: Jason Robards played this Washington Post editor in "All the President's Men". Ben Bradlee. 2: This son of a "60 Minutes" correspondent was at ABC News for 15 years before joining Fox News in 2003. Chris Wallace. 3: "A Mighty Heart" is a 2003 biography of this slain Wall Street Journal reporter by his widow, Mariane. (Daniel) Pearl. 4: This Pulitzer winner gained fame reporting on My Lai and has written on Iraq for The New Yorker. (Seymour) Hersh. 5: Michael Kinsley is the founding editor of this "rocking" online publication. Slate. Round 5. Category: Geographic Cinema 1: 1979:"The blank Horror". Amityville. 2: 1957:"The Spirit of blank ". St. Louis. 3: 1987:"Born in blank ". East L.A.. 4: 1931:"Sidewalks of blank ". New York. 5: 1960:"Sunrise at blank ". Campobello. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!

Fifty years ago this week, 'The New York Times' published the first in a series of articles based on a classified Defense Department study that was leaked to the paper by Daniel Ellsberg. This study came to be known as the Pentagon Papers. It chronicled decades of failed U.S. policy in Vietnam, and the ways the American public was misled in how the war was conducted. We listen back to archival interviews with Ellsberg and Ben Bradlee of 'The Washington Post,' who ran their own series on the documents. Later, we remember actor Ned Beatty, who died this week and critic David Bianculli reviews the Apple TV+ series 'Physical,' starring Rose Byrne.

Fifty years ago this week, 'The New York Times' published the first in a series of articles based on a classified Defense Department study that was leaked to the paper by Daniel Ellsberg. This study came to be known as the Pentagon Papers. It chronicled decades of failed U.S. policy in Vietnam, and the ways the American public was misled in how the war was conducted. We listen back to archival interviews with Ellsberg and Ben Bradlee of 'The Washington Post,' who ran their own series on the documents. Later, we remember actor Ned Beatty, who died this week and critic David Bianculli reviews the Apple TV+ series 'Physical,' starring Rose Byrne.

  News: New claims surrounding Malcolm X assassination surface in letter written on former NYPD officer’s death bed Article: The Murder and Martyrdom of Malcolm X by James Douglass Article: Deconstructing JFK: A Coup d’État over Foreign Policy? by Jim DiEugenio Free virtual conference titled “The National Security State and the Kennedy Assassination” by Jacob Hornberger Conference to begin on March 3rd Speakers include Jim DiEugenio, Mike Swanson, Jefferson Morley, Douglas Horne, Jacob Hornberger More details about the conference here Click here to register for the conference At Kennedys and King Upcoming reviews of Josiah "Tink" Thompson's new book Last Second in Dallas A five-article series reviewing the research of Fred Litwin by Jim DiEugenio Article: Litwin and the Warren Report by Jim DiEugenio Article: Fred Litwin, On the Trail of Delusion – Part One by Jim DiEugenio Article: Fred Litwin, On the Trail of Delusion – Part Two by Jim DiEugenio Article: Fred Litwin, On the Trail of Delusion – Part Three by Jim DiEugenio Article: Fred Litwin: Culture Warrior by Jim DiEugenio Fred Litwin claims he grew up as a leftist There is no evidence to back this claim in his books According to Litwin, his mentor was David Horowitz CIA's internal operations against Ramparts In their book The Kennedys, Horowitz and Peter Collier say Kennedy was not withdrawing from Vietnam FREE Borrowable Ebook: Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye by Kenneth O'Donnell and David Powers Litwin says that Johnson continued Kennedy's policy in Vietnam SECDEF (Secretary of Defense) Conference in Honolulu, Hawaii, in May 1963 Johnson was fully aware that Kennedy was withdrawing from Vietnam Johnson didn't like the fact the Kennedy was pulling out of Vietnam NSAM 288 Bill Bundy wrote the Tonkin Gulf resolution for Johnson before the Tonkin Gulf incident happened Litwin is anti Fletcher Prouty, Oliver Stone and Jim Garrison Sylvia Meagher was very anti Garrison Article: Sylvia Meagher and Clay Shaw vs. Jim Garrison by Jim DiEugenio Book: Survivor's Guilt by Vincent Palamara: Paperback, Kindle Zachary Sklar interviewed on Black Op Radio: Episodes 38 (2000) and 200 (2004) Buy all interviews of a year for just $10 here Video: Jim Garrison meets Mr. X (Oliver Stone's JFK) FREE Download Ebook: JFK: The CIA, Vietnam & Plot to Kill Kennedy (PDF) by Col. L. Fletcher Prouty The Pentagon Papers has a 40-page chapter titled Phased Withdrawal of U.S. Forces, 1962-1964 (Vol 2, Chap 3) Ben Bradlee and The New York Times DID NOT put this section in their reporting of the Pentagon Papers FREE Download Ebooks: The Pentagon Papers (The Senator Gravel Edition): Vol 1, Vol 2, Vol 3, Vol 4, Vol 5 Article: Neil Sheehan: In Retrospect by Jim DiEugenio 3.8 million people died in the Vietnam War Had President Kennedy lived, there would have been no Vietnam War Litwin likes George W. Bush and Rudy Guliani Downing Street Memo (PDF) Manning Memo (PDF) FREE Online Ebook: (html version) Understanding Special Operations, And Their Impact on Vietnam War Era 1989 Interview with L. Fletcher Prouty, Colonel USAF (Retired) by David Ratcliffe (1999) Audio: Anatomy of Assassination: Col. L. Fletcher Prouty (KPFA, 1975) Buy The Collected Works of Col. L. Fletcher Prouty for just $30 here FREE Online Ebook: The Secret Team by Col. L. Fletcher Prouty Col. Prouty testified before the Rockefeller Commission and the Church Committee He also appeared before the HSCA and ARRB Col. Prouty ordered to go to the South Pole not by his boss Victor Krulak but by Edward Lansdale Fred Litwin agreed to debate Jim DiEugenio on J.G. Michael's Parallax Views but then backed out FREE Borrowable Ebook: On the Trail of the Assassins by Jim Garrison Litwin's sources are most unreliable: for eg. Harry Connick Info about German concentration camps was known in 1942 ...

Book Vs Movie: “All the President’s Men” (1976) The Margos search for 70's creeps, dogged reporting, and “Deep Throat” “Follow the money.” The Watergate scandal of the early 1970s made headlines around the world as Richard Nixon and his loyal group of henchmen basically tried to intimidate their way into making Nixonian policies the law of the land (while breaking the law!)  And they would have gotten away with it too if it weren’t for those meddling Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein who painstakingly investigated the Watergate hotel break-in for years. Under the leadership of publisher Katharine Graham and editor Ben Bradlee, Woodward and Bernstein helped expose the corruption of the Nixon administration and made newspapers look cool.  “All the President’s Men” was published in 1974 and immediately became a bestseller and made stars out the Washington Post team. So, of course, Hollywood came calling with an adaptation directed by Alan J. Pakula and a screenplay by past Book Vs Movie subject William Goldman.  Robert Redford’s production company “Wildwood Enterprises” helped bring together the team which includes himself play Bob Woodward and Dustin Hoffman as Carl Bernstein. Jason Robards won a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for playing Ben Bradlee.  So between book & movie--which did we like better? Have a listen!  In this ep the Margos discuss: The true story of Nixon’s crimes and why he almost got away with his multiple crimes The process of reporting and how much work went into it in a short period of time Who was “Deep Throat” and why didn’t anyone listen to Nora Ephron? The cast: Robert Redford (Woodward,) Dustin Hoffman (Carl Bernstein,) Jason Robards (Ben Bradlee,) Jack Warden (Harrey Rosenfeld,) Martin Balsam (Howard Simons,) Hal Holbrook (Deep Throat,) Jane Alexander (Bookkeeper,) and Ned Beatty (Dardis.)  Clips used: All The President’s Men  trailer  Woodward and Bernstein decide who is the better writer Woodward and Berstein working on the story Deep Throat gives advice Ben Bradlee stands by the story Music by David Shire  Join our Patreon page to help support the show! https://www.patreon.com/bookversusmovie  Book Vs. Movie podcast https://www.facebook.com/bookversusmovie/ Twitter @bookversusmovie www.bookversusmovie.com Email us at bookversusmoviepodcast@gmail.com Brought to you by Audible.com You can sign up for a FREE 30-day trial here http://www.audible.com/?source_code=PDTGBPD060314004R Margo D. @BrooklynFitChik www.brooklynfitchick.com brooklynfitchick@gmail.com Margo P. @ShesNachoMama https://coloniabook.weebly.com/ 

Stop the presses! Well, actually, fire 'em up, because we're covering Tom Hanks as Ben Bradlee in Steven Spielberg's 2017's film The Post. Joining our crack news team are Tobin Addington (The Contenders) and resident Meryl Streep expert Michael Domanico (Not Her Again). We talk about the superbly selected (and supremely stacked) cast, Steven Spielberg's incredible ability to turn procedure and process into something magical, and his ability to fill the screen with performances that won't let you look away. We also talk about how Tom Hanks led the newsroom in The Post, and also the ever-expanding reach of his family tree, which is now so grandiose that it almost doesn't feel realistic.

Antonio Méndez es el director de Málaga Hoy y profesor en la Facultad de Periodismo de la UMA. En esta charla, la última de la temporada, ponemos sobre la mesa temas como la necesidad de un periodismo local, el periodismo de bufanda en los medios provinciales y la sostenibilidad de la prensa digital y escrita con los nuevos formatos de financiación que aparecen a cuentagotas. – – – - El gato que está triste y azul: https://open.spotify.com/track/0X1XgxtHG9hULAw296CCgz?si=DAM62BKSRa61LWQL1OR9_g - Hotel California: https://www.discogs.com/es/Eagles-Hotel-California/release/464798 - La vida de un periodista (Ben Bradlee): https://www.casadellibro.com/libro-la-vida-de-un-periodista/9788403596146/704509 - Vikingos: https://www.filmaffinity.com/es/film801710.html - Juego de Tronos: https://www.filmaffinity.com/es/film874956.html - El señor de los anillos: https://www.filmaffinity.com/es/film750283.html - Ser Historia: https://cadenaser.com/programa/ser_historia/ - Restaurante Candamil: http://www.restaurantecandamil.com/

Antonio Méndez es el director de Málaga Hoy y profesor en la Facultad de Periodismo de la UMA. En esta charla, la última de la temporada, ponemos sobre la mesa temas como la necesidad de un periodismo local, el periodismo de bufanda en los medios provinciales y la sostenibilidad de la prensa digital y escrita con los nuevos formatos de financiación que aparecen a cuentagotas. – – – - El gato que está triste y azul: https://open.spotify.com/track/0X1XgxtHG9hULAw296CCgz?si=DAM62BKSRa61LWQL1OR9_g - Hotel California: https://www.discogs.com/es/Eagles-Hotel-California/release/464798 - La vida de un periodista (Ben Bradlee): https://www.casadellibro.com/libro-la-vida-de-un-periodista/9788403596146/704509 - Vikingos: https://www.filmaffinity.com/es/film801710.html - Juego de Tronos: https://www.filmaffinity.com/es/film874956.html - El señor de los anillos: https://www.filmaffinity.com/es/film750283.html - Ser Historia: https://cadenaser.com/programa/ser_historia/ - Restaurante Candamil: http://www.restaurantecandamil.com/

*All The President's Minutes* is a podcast where conversations about movies, journalism, politics and history meet. Each show we use the seminal and increasingly prescient 1976 film *All The President's Men* as a portal, to engage with the themes and the warnings of the film resonating since its release. For the 62nd minute, I join senior editor at Bright Wall Dark Room, writer/director of West of Her Film and writer of the upcoming Cinema of Paul Thomas Anderson, Ethan Warren. Ethan and I discuss his two degrees of separation from Ben Bradlee, being pretty sure that he saw this movie in full the first time for this show, and seeing Robards' most vibrant performance alongside his final performance in *Magnolia* differently. *Ethan Warren* -------------- Senior Editor @BWDR ( https://twitter.com/BWDR ) | Writer/director of @WestOfHerFilm ( https://twitter.com/WestOfHerFilm ) *Twitter:* *@EthanRAWarren* ( https://twitter.com/EthanRAWarren ) Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/one-heat-minute-productions/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

All the President's Minutes is a podcast where conversations about movies, journalism, politics and history meet. Each show we use the seminal and increasingly prescient 1976 film All The President's Men as a portal, to engage with the themes and the warnings of the film resonating since its release. For minute 46, I join a writer, critic and journalist whose work has appeared on The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, NBC News, NPR, The Wrap, RogerEbert.com and many more, Monica Castillo. Monica and I discuss seeing Ben Bradlee quotes on the walls of the Washington Post, the pleasure of talking to people who want to speak to you about their work and the reflexive recognition that this movie did not travel to Florida. *About* Monica Castillo ** -------------------------- Monica Castillo is a freelance film critic, writer and journalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, NBC News, NPR, The Wrap, RogerEbert.com, Remezcla, Hyperallergic and many, many other publications. *Twitter:* @mcastimovies ( https://twitter.com/mcastimovies ) *Outlets:* The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, NBC News, NPR, The Wrap, RogerEbert.com, Remezcla *Patreon:* https://www.patreon.com/mcastimovies Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/one-heat-minute-productions/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

“Follow the Podcast...” Carter and Omer team up to bring down President Nixon, spar verbally over copy at the offices of The Washington Post, inhale second-hand smoke from Deep Throat in a dark parking garage, and get permission from Ben Bradlee to “RUN THAT BABY!”

In this second episode of Ink in our Blood, Sarah talks to her dad, David Maraniss, about growing up as the son of a “Newspaper Man.” Long before David won the Pulitzer Prize, and wrote best-selling biographies on Vince Lombardi, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and Roberto Clemente, he watched his father, Elliott Maraniss, manage The Capital Times, the afternoon paper in Madison, Wisconsin. The son of a printer in Brooklyn’s Coney Island, Elliott knew every angle of a newspaper, from layout to headlines. David absorbed the sounds and sights of his father’s paper and the rhythm of life for a newspaper man in the 60’s. Those were the days of noisy typewriters, cigarette butts on the floor, teletype machines, and hot type. At the dinner table, he heard about the big stories of the day— a serial killer, JFK’s popularity with Midwest farmers, and a killer zoo elephant named Winkie.  When David arrived at The Washington Post in 1977, the technology had advanced to 6-ply carbon paper and then large computers built by Raytheon.  David tells Sarah about filing stories from earthquake ravaged Mexico, recognizing Bill Clinton’s rising political power, and learning the ropes from the Post’s Ben Bradlee. 

The award-winning and best-selling fashion journalist sits down with Danielle Radojcin to talk fashion, sustainability and her career. She shares her insights into the future of responsible fashion, from circularity to 3D printing, and takes a look back at her time at The Washington Post working under the legendary Ben Bradlee, and even modelling for Azzedine Alaïa.

This episode of the KCBS Radio interview series "In Depth" featured former Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee. The interviewers are KCBS Radio Anchor Mike Pulsipher and News Director Ed Cavagnaro.

AMC's newest drama is Lodge 49, the story of a dirtbag ex-surfer mysteriously drawn to a Long Beach fraternal order; does it deserve its Better Call Saul lead-in? Surf fiction fan Adam Sternbergh returns to talk about it! Around The Dial takes us through Insecure, Babylon Berlin, and HBO's Ben Bradlee doc Newspaperman. Adam makes the case for us to induct Killing Eve's series premiere into the Canon, and then it's up, up and away to a comic book-themed Game Time. Put on your signet ring and join us! GUESTS

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This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast: It's the end of the world as we explore the Sixth Gun Vol. 8. We also talk Marvel cancellations, review The Post, Giants #2, and Atomic Robo and the Spectre of Tomorrow #3. NEWS Marvel cancels a bunch of titles? https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/marvel-seemingly-cancels-6-comic-book-series-1069475 REVIEWS STEPHEN ATOMIC ROBO AND THE SPECTRE OF TOMORROW #3 Writer: Brian Clevinger Artist: Scott Wegener Publisher: IDW Publishing Cover Price: $3.99 So there's a secret army of cyborg doppelgangers out there and that's not even the wildest part of this story! Old enemies, new faces, and a little Grand Theft Super Science with a side order of existential dread. Strap yourselves in, we're gettin' weird. [rating:5/5] RODRIGO GIANTS #2 Writer: Carlos Valderrama Artist: Miguel Valderrama Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Cover Price: $3.99 SOLICITATION: Zedo and Gogi, two young men who have depended on one another for survival in the hellish, monster-infested future, find themselves separated. Zedo is forced to prove himself as part of a ruthless gang, while Gogi finds himself in the frozen White World ruled by the giant monster Sheik! [rating: 4.5/5] ASHLEY THE POST directed by: Stephen Speilberg starring: Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks Katharine Graham is the first female publisher of a major American newspaper -- The Washington Post. With help from editor Ben Bradlee, Graham races to catch up with The New York Times to expose a massive cover-up of government secrets that spans three decades and four U.S. presidents. Together, they must overcome their differences as they risk their careers -- and very freedom -- to help bring long-buried truths to light. [rating: 2/5] MAJOR SPOILERS POLL OF THE WEEK http://majorspoilers.com/2017/12/31/major-spoilers-poll-week-favorite-cover-edition-six-series/ DISCUSSION THE SIXTH GUN: HELL AND HIGH WATER The Six — the cursed pistols that can destroy the world — have fallen into the wrong hands. Griselda the Grey Witch and her henchman Jesup Sutter now control the weapons. As they prepare to use the guns to throw open the gates of Perdition and condemn the world to darkness, they are opposed only by a ragtag group of desperate heroes. But Drake Sinclair, Becky Montcrief, and Screaming Crow have a few surprises in store for the ageless witch. As the apocalypse dawns, a vicious gunfight rages in the streets of a nameless city! CLOSE Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Call the Major Spoilers Hotline at (785) 727-1939. A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends! Closing music comes from Ookla the Mok.

In “The Post,” Tom Hanks plays legendary Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee. He's desperately trying to convince the paper's publisher – played by Meryl Streep – to print The Pentagon Papers, which detail how the government lied about the Vietnam War. This week, we talk with the editor of The Dallas Morning News about the many journalistic questions explored in the film.

The Total Tutor Neil Haley will interview Sally Quinn of HBO's THE LIFE OF BEN BRADLEE.   The film is an intimate journey through the remarkable life of Washington Post executive editor Ben Bradlee, one of the country's most “dangerous editors,” and the man largely credited with taking down President Richard Nixon in 1974 after the Post broke the Watergate story, the largest political scandal in American history. During a time when the first amendment and the press are under almost constant attack, Bradlee's story, his fortitude and courage in the face of withering criticism, has never been more essential. The cocky, tough-talking, chain-smoking Bradlee came to epitomize the modern newspaper editor ushering in a new era of investigative journalism, unafraid to take on the political establishment and champion the first amendment.  Bradlee's career spanned the most critical moments of the second half of the 20th century.  As a foreign correspondent for Newsweek in the 50's Bradlee cut his teeth reporting from the frontlines of wars in the Middle East.  In Washington, he befriended a young Senator from Massachusetts, John F. Kennedy and gained unprecedented access to the White House.  And, by the 70's, he had transformed the Washington Post from a third-rate local paper into a national powerhouse, publishing the Pentagon Papers, breaking Watergate and challenging the New York Times for supremacy.  Below/attached, please find all details on the film for your review.   

No news is good news. That doesn't necessarily mean all news is bad news, but today it is. Drug-related murders, drug-related accidental deaths, politicians and media figures doing things we pretend to be surprised about. Watergate could be considered good and bad. Ben Bradlee broke that story and it turned out pretty well for him, so that's something.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Total Tutor Neil Haley will interview Sally Quinn, Author of FINDING MAGIC. FINDING MAGIC is an illuminating memoir by Sally Quinn, widow of former Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee. A journalist, television commentator, and longtime Washington insider, Quinn writes candidly about her life in the nation's capital and reflects on the spiritual journey that ultimately brought deeper meaning to her life.  Along Sally's path, you will meet up with folks like Lyndon Johnson and Bill Clinton, Timothy Leary and the Dalai Lama, Bob Woodward and Seymour Hersh, Desmond Tutu and Richard Gere.  Quinn, daughter of a 3-star General, had an unusual childhood.  Her Scots Presbyterian family dabbled in the occult and the domestic staff practiced voodoo as the family moved around the world. They lived in various places around the world and young Sally attended 22 schools. We learn about her adventures as a journalist, including being shot at during the Vietnam war and covering the Shah of Iran during the last days of his reign. She takes us through her career at the Washington Post, her short tenure as the first female anchor on the CBS Morning News, and falling in love with the Post's executive editor, Ben Bradlee. Quinn reflects on her long marriage, caring for her learning disabled son, and keeping vigil during her beloved husband's illness and death. Through it all, she reports on the lifelong fascination with religion that led her to creating the popular website On Faith, an online community for faith and spirituality.  

  Ralph interviews slip and fall expert, Russell Kendzior; we discuss more abuses of the First Amendment; we talk about the pharmaceutical industry's responsibility in the Ebola outbreak; Ralph pays tribute to former Washington Post executive editor, the late Ben Bradlee; and more listener questions.