Skullduggery

Michael Isikoff, Daniel Klaidman, Victoria Bassetti
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Skullduggery

Underhandedness. Trickery. Unscrupulous behavior. Skullduggery breaks down the conduct of Washington's political class, tracks the latest in conspiracy theories and disinformation campaigns coursing through social media — and who is pushing them — and keeps you up to date on the latest investigations into misbehavior by members of Congress as well as current and former government officials. Yahoo News’ veteran investigative journalists Michael Isikoff, Editor in Chief Daniel Klaidman, and Senior Council at States United Victoria Bassetti, break news, offer authoritative analysis on sensitive national security and law enforcement issues and draw intriguing historical parallels from decades of covering D.C. scandals. Come prepared to learn something every week.

  1. 12/24/2022

    Skullduggery's Jan. 6 Farewell (w/ Rep. Jamie Raskin and Judge J. Michael Luttig)

    How do we assess the report from the Jan 6 Committee and where do the investigations go from here? We talk to Rep. Raskin and one of the Committee's star witnesses, retired Federal Appelette Court Judge J. Michael Luttig.

    1h 52m

  2. 12/16/2022

    JFK: The Mother of all Conspiracy Theories (w/ Phil Shenon & Jeff Morley)

    We talk to two leading experts on the subject of the JFK assassination about the newly released material on the matter, former New York Times reporter Phil Shenon and former Washington Post Reporter Jeff Morley.

    1h 5m

  3. 12/16/2022

    The Autocrat in your Phone (w/ Ron Deibert)

    On this episode of the podcast, we sit down with Ron Deibert, who runs the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab, to discuss the “mercenary spyware” industry.

    41 min

  4. 12/08/2022

    The Wild World of Marjorie Taylor Greene (w/ Robert Draper & Marquise Francis)

    On this episode of the podcast, we sit down with Robert Draper to talk about just how the GOP has, as he says, “lost its mind.”

    1h 2m

  5. 12/02/2022

    Buried Treasure: Democracy’s Forgotten Crisis (w/ Adam Hochschild)

    On this episode of “Buried Treasure,” we sit down with Hochschild to look back on this all too often unremembered period that gave birth to the Espionage Act - some of the “darkest years of the republic” in which the government and political establishment weren’t at all opposed to blatantly illiberal approaches to achieving their desired outcomes.

    54 min

  6. 11/30/2022

    World Cup Iran Moment (w/ Jason Rezaian)

    We talk to Jason Rezaian about the World Cup, the future of the Iranian protests, and his experiences as a journalist being imprisoned by the Iranian regime.

    45 min

  7. 11/19/2022

    Garland's Special Council Bombshell (w/ Michael Zeldin & Sarah Leah Whitson)

    We discuss Merrick Garland's appointment of Special Council Jack Smith overseeing the ongoing probes in whether or not Trump tried to overturn the 2020 Election.

    1h 3m

  8. 11/17/2022

    Molly Jong-Fast Unplugged

    We check in with Molly Jong-Fast, a popular liberal podcaster and social media influencer, about what she makes of Trump’s candidacy and the unexpected midterm results.

    58 min
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Underhandedness. Trickery. Unscrupulous behavior. Skullduggery breaks down the conduct of Washington's political class, tracks the latest in conspiracy theories and disinformation campaigns coursing through social media — and who is pushing them — and keeps you up to date on the latest investigations into misbehavior by members of Congress as well as current and former government officials. Yahoo News’ veteran investigative journalists Michael Isikoff, Editor in Chief Daniel Klaidman, and Senior Council at States United Victoria Bassetti, break news, offer authoritative analysis on sensitive national security and law enforcement issues and draw intriguing historical parallels from decades of covering D.C. scandals. Come prepared to learn something every week.

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  • Creator
    Michael Isikoff, Daniel Klaidman, Victoria Bassetti
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2022
  • Episodes
    491
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Show Website
    Skullduggery

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