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Selects: Iran-Contra Affair: Shady in the 80s, Part 2

As the operation expands it also begins to unravel. Word starts to leak out of the illegal stuff the Reagan administration was up to, Congress and the press investigate and people start to point fingers. Spoiler alert – they all got off scot free. Find out how it all wraps up in part 2 of this classic story. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Selects: How Narcolepsy Works

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  Rope, yeah ROPE!

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  Short Stuff: Did a shipwreck double the size of the United States?

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  Isn't It Ironic, Dontcha Think?

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  Selects: The Manhattan Grid

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  Who was Robert Maxwell?

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  Short Stuff: Nero and His Fiddle

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  Bonnie and Clyde

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  Selects: Iran-Contra Affair: Shady in the 80s, Part 1

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  Reggae: Kingston’s Gift to the World

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  Short Stuff: Phone Books

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  Beans and Rice Feeds the World

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  Selects: How Peanut Butter Works

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  How Russia Shapes What the World Thinks

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  Short Stuff: Shark Arm Murders