Limited Hangout
A podcast about the other side of Watergate. Listen along as we explore the lingering, unresolved mysteries of the most infamous burglary in American history. Episodes released periodically. Original music by Austin Miller.
- Update frequency
- every 60 days
- Average duration
- 58 minutes
- Episodes
- 5
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
E04: "We're up against an enemy, a conspiracy!" –– Nixon Goes on Offense
Nixon really flipped his lid in the summer of 1971. In response to the leak of the Pentagon Papers by Daniel Ellsberg, the increasingly paranoid president ranted about conspiracies and pushed for the…
E03: Division and Dysfunction –– Nixon Confronts the Intelligence Community
Refusal by the FBI and CIA to accommodate Nixon’s many demands for intel –– on both domestic terrorists and his political enemies –– prompted the initial development of White House intelligence capab…
E02: Leaks and Limitations –– Nixon's Early Frustrations
In response to foreign policy leaks and other concerns early in his presidency, Nixon pushed his intelligence agencies, much like his predecessor once did, to produce intel through warrantless survei…
E01: All the President's Spies –– A Prehistory of Watergate
Richard Nixon was not the first president to make questionable demands for political intelligence. Rather than a bug of his administration, espionage was a feature of the postwar presidency. In this …
E00: Series Overview –– The Mystery of Watergate
Watergate is the most infamous scandal in American history; yet in spite of its high name recognition, there is still an awful lot that we don't know about the bungled burglary that started it all ––…