# The Death of Paul Wellstone Part One: Life and Death

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Published: 2026-07-02T14:04:30+00:00
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## Resource

In this first episode of a multi-part series about the death of Minnesota Senator Paul Wellstone, Adam goes it alone to discuss Wellstone's career, his final Senate race, and the strange NTSB and FBI response in the immediate aftermath of the plane crash that took his life. Reference Links https://minnesota.publicradio.org/projects/2010/wellstone-files/feature/ https://yello.substack.com/p/this-is-the-reason-amy-klobuchar http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/200207/16_zdechlikm_softmoney/ https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/article/Sen-Wellstone-Ahead-in-Lates-Poll-10533123.php https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_United_States_Senate_elections#Minnesota https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/03/us/wellstone-campaigns-in-race-he-pledged-not-to-run.html https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/aviation-international-news/2008-01-08/fatigue-factor-wellstone-crash https://www.cnn.com/2002/US/Midwest/10/27/wellstone.crash/index.html https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=91102&page=1 https://apnews.com/article/b6750817beceaeefe39d814f28dc0c4b https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/process/Pages/default.aspx https://www.cbsnews.com/news/crash-of-wellstones-plane-probed/ https://www.twincities.com/2002/10/26/paul-wellstone-killed-in-plane-crash/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/conspiracy-the-show--7047649/support . Follow the You Don't Even Like Podcasts Network on social media! Instagram: http://instagram.com/youdontpod Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/youdontpod.bsky.social Threads: https://www.threads.com/@youdontpod Facebook: http://facebook.com/youdontpod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@youdontpods

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