In the series premiere, we pick up on Ellsberg’s first day at the Pentagon, the day he became acquainted with what he came to call the “lying machine.” It was August 4, 1964. Contradicting accounts of an attack in The Gulf of Tonkin would give President Johnson the green light to lead the country into war in Vietnam based on a lie. We follow this thread, and the deception, through his time in the field in Vietnam, where he saw how the lies on the ground made their way back to Washington. Back home, Ellsberg observes the power of leaking government lies: His very first leak to The New York Times reporter Neil Sheehan helped to end a presidency.
This podcast series is part of a wider collaboration with UMass Amherst and GBH, including a two-day conference presented by GroundTruth and UMass Amherst on “Truth, Dissent and the Legacy of Daniel Ellsberg” featuring a conversation between the Pentagon Papers whistleblower himself and NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. RSVP here: https://www.ellsbergpapers.org/conference/
Hope (and Contraband) in a Bottle
Refugees Lost in Translation
Unheard in Appalachia
Season 5 Trailer
The New American Songbook: Nuevo Mariachi
The New American Songbook: Rhythms From Cyprus
The New American Songbook: Making It In The HMI
The New American Songbook: For My Ayeeyo
The New American Songbook: Cambodia Reincarnate
Making Music In The Syrian Diaspora
The Fix: Chapter 5 – We Need to Talk
The Fix: Chapter 4 – A Better Way to Treat Addiction
The Fix: Chapter 3 – Detox, Rehab, Relapse, Repeat
The Fix: Chapter 2 – Not My Kid
The Fix: Chapter 1 – The History You Never Heard
Dispatch: Trump And The Next Chapter On Climate
Living Proof: Anguish In Arctic Scandinavia
Living Proof: Storms, Sex And Survival In The Philippines
Living Proof: Zika In The Americas
Living Proof: Jakarta's Fight Against Flooding
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