The 2 Best GroundTruth Podcast Episodes
1) The Fix: Chapter 1 - The History You Never Heard
The South Bronx, New York's poorest neighborhood, has been dealing with a deadly heroin epidemic for generations. We look at the origins of the epidemic, residents' efforts to handle the crisis and th...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.2) The Whistleblower - Episode 1: The Lying Machine
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...Show More
3) Special Message to Listeners
After 10 seasons of the award-winning GroundTruth Podcast, we’re excited about what might come next. But to find the best way forward, we want to hear from listeners like you: What stories do you fe...Show More
4) The Whistleblower - Epilogue: Truth Is the First Casualty
In war, truth is the first casualty. It's a military maxim attributed to Aeschylus, the father of Greek tragedy. In the lead up to the 20th anniversary of 9/11 and ahead of the withdrawal from a war ...Show More
5) The Whistleblower - Extra: Into the Archive
A class of college students at UMass Amherst became the first group of researchers to take on Daniel Ellsberg's vast archive. For two students, it's more than a history project: It's a family story.
6) The Whistleblower - Episode 5: The Doomsday Machine
Before he was helping plan the Vietnam War, Ellsberg was working at Rand Corporation as a nuclear war planner. In the late 1950’s and early 60’s, he came across a classified policy document that calle...Show More
7) The Whistleblower - Episode 4: Most Dangerous Man
Now facing a possible 115 years in prison, Daniel Ellsberg awaits his federal espionage trial. Meanwhile, Nixon unleashes his Plumbers in an attempt to silence Ellsberg, and Barbra Streisand sings for...Show More
8) The Whistleblower - Episode 3: The Presses Roll
On September 30, 1969, Daniel Ellsberg opened his newspaper to a story out of Vietnam that would act as the trigger for copying the Pentagon Papers. We pick up on this wild ride when he offers the pap...Show More
9) The Whistleblower - Episode 2: The Force of Truth
Daniel Ellsberg leaked the Pentagon Papers to the press knowing he could face the rest of his life in prison. But what turned this Cold War hawk into an anti-war dove? What were the motivating events ...Show More
10) The Whistleblower: Truth, Dissent & the Legacy of Daniel Ellsberg TRAILER
Americans across the country opened their newspapers to the first reports based on classified documents leaked by a government insider, Daniel Ellsberg. Consisting of 7,000 pages of top secret documen...Show More