# Mayhem: The 1970s You Never Knew, Episode 2

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Podcast: [The Preamble](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-preamble-4093629)
Published: 2026-04-13T07:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://sharonmcmahon.com/Mayhem-the-1970s-you-never-knew-episode-2
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## Resource

Secret Police, CIA operatives, The Pentagon Papers, and The Most Dangerous Man in America. There was a time in the not-so-distant past, when the nightly news changed the game in how Americans felt about the war in Vietnam, the first “television war.” What was more of a shock to some though, was the realization that the American public had been lied to for decades by the U.S. government, spanning four presidential administrations. How did this influence the Watergate scandal? And how did the lavish “gathering of the Century” in Iran, attended by Vice President Agnew, tie into future allegations of broad political corruption To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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