Scandalized

The COVID pandemic could have been an opportunity for politicians to reflect on their scandalous choices. Instead, it was yet another opportunity to live by a different set of rules. This week on Scandalized, Charlie and Jaci take a dip across the pond to tell the story of Britain’s COVID lockdowns, and the political leaders who decided they didn’t apply to them; and break down the consequences of breached political trust in an unprecedented health crisis.
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It’s an election year, and candidates are constantly misleading voters about their opponents in advertisements many of us wish we’d never seen. What are candidates allowed to say? How much are they allowed to lie? And is artificial intelligence making it easier than ever to distort reality? We’re Charlie and Jaci, and we definitely don’t approve this message.
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If you’ve ever angrily deleted a fundraising email or text message, this episode is for you. Jaci and Charlie are both experts in campaign finance, and even they can barely believe the level of desperation, cringe and downright dishonesty they’ve seen in recent campaign fundraising asks. This week on Scandalized, we tackle the campaign finance system that got us here, and the increasingly embarrassing lengths politicians will go to separate you from your money.
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The Scandalized time machine is back up and running. This week, we’re headed back to 1876 to correct the record on the wildest presidential election outcome in American history. The contest between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel Tilden was undoubtedly close; but was it actually corrupt? Charlie and Jaci talk to the experts and get to the bottom of the “corrupt bargain” that wasn’t.
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In the late 2010s, things went south – deep south – very quickly in Mississippi with a scandal fit for a football legend. This week on Scandalized, a network of political figures gets caught in misusing funds, but former NFL quarterback Brett Favre offers up the star power to turn it into a national scandal. 
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