Political Thriller
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Podcast Review : Ultra Season 2
In the podcast series Ultra, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow detailed a little known chapter in our History that posed a grave danger to the very existence of our nation as a Democracy. In this installment, she returns with another chapter of History where the bedrock of our nation was shaken by dark forces within. The dark Read more
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Movie Review: The Day of the Jackal (1973)
In this post, we look at one of the best political thrillers of all time, a classic that came out in the early ’70s. Having read the book, written by Frederick Forsyth, a year earlier, I was eagerly awaiting the release of the movie. The movie did not disappoint then and does not disappoint even Read more
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Movie Review: All the King’s Men(1949)
‘All the King’s men’ is a movie, adapted from a Pulitzer prize winning book of the same name by Robert Penn Warren. It tells the story of the rise and fall of a fictitious politician Willie Stark, and is based on former Louisiana governor, Huey Long. While another movie adaptation of the book, made in Read more
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Podcast Review: Bag man
Bagman, according to Dictionary.com, is While not as intense and intriguing as Maddow’s recent podcast Ultra, Bagman builds its plot episode by episode, and leads the listener to a riveting finale. Bagman is another political story that could have slipped through the cracks as it happened in the shadows of another lager crime, Watergate. It Read more
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Podcast Review: Dead End
Presented by Nancy Solomon of NJ Public radio Available on NPR Apple Podcasts Spotify Audacy Podbay Dead End is one of the most popular podcasts of 2022, lucidly narrated by Nancy Solomon. Solomon, a reporter for NJ Public radio transforms herself from investigative reporter to investigator on grisly deaths of a New Jersey power couple Read more
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Podcast Review: Ultra
Ultra is an 8 episode breathtaking podcast from MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, that tells a long forgotten dark chapter in US History. The epic story, while true and based in its entirety on fact, paradoxically feels like a dystopian Science fiction yarn, Ultra is tale of intrigue, espionage, violence, betrayal, and of heroism that saved a Read more
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