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Slow Burn

Slow Burn

★ 8.0/10•2020•TV-14•Documentary•War & Politics
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Meet the insiders — and outsiders — who set the White House on fire.

In this adaptation of the award-winning podcast, Slow Burn’s Leon Neyfakh excavates the strange subplots and forgotten characters of recent political history—and finds surprising parallels to the present.

StatusReturning Series
LanguageEN
First Air DateFeb 16, 2020

Episodes

Episode 1 - MarthaE1

Martha

Martha Mitchell, wife of Nixon's attorney general John Mitchell, makes a discovery that changes her life and threatens to take down a sitting president. She will be the first of many to take on a White House determined to hide its secrets.

Feb 16, 2020

Episode 2 - Losing GroundE2

Losing Ground

In the wake of the Watergate break-in, Texas Congressman Wright Patman follows a money trail that seems to lead to the White House. What follows is an extraordinary game of political cat and mouse.

Feb 23, 2020

Episode 3 - Suspicious MindsE3

Suspicious Minds

A plane goes down in Chicago, intensifying suspicions of conspiracy in the Watergate case. Mainstream journalists and intrepid outsiders pursue the truth through Nixon’s bid for reelection.

Mar 1, 2020

Episode 4 - The HearingsE4

The Hearings

The first televised soap-opera debuts, but it’s Congressional hearings. As the public is on the edge of their seats, new evidence in the Watergate case emerges, and conservative North Carolina Senator Sam Ervin the unlikely star.

Mar 8, 2020

Episode 5 - Smoking GunE5

Smoking Gun

Republicans and Democrats struggle to work together under growing public pressure while an obscure White House bureaucrat named Alexander Butterfield drops a bombshell.

Mar 15, 2020

Episode 6 - MassacreE6

Massacre

Nixon and the office of the special prosecutor face a showdown. The country is watching.

Mar 22, 2020

Actors

Leon Neyfakh

Leon Neyfakh

Self - Host

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