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How Clinton, Trump, and Epstein Rewired America’s Moral Compass

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We revisit the scandal-soaked 1990s—Packwood, Thomas, Clinton—and explore how failing to enforce norms around abuse of power helped create the world in which the Epstein scandal could flourish. This episode traces the unraveling of political accountability from the Clinton impeachment to the Trump Access Hollywood moment, and finally the global Epstein reckoning. We show how feminists in the ’90s and evangelicals in the 2010s made parallel bargains—each excusing their champion’s abuses for political gain. The result is a culture that normalized impunity for the powerful, and primed America for a populist revolt against a ruling class that protects its own.

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CREDITS

Executive Producer: Poppy Damon

Associate Producer: Adam Feldman

Sound Designer and Composer: Tony Peer

Original theme songs by Eli Lake

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Manage episode 521289209 series 3638264
Content provided by The Free Press. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by The Free Press or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.

We revisit the scandal-soaked 1990s—Packwood, Thomas, Clinton—and explore how failing to enforce norms around abuse of power helped create the world in which the Epstein scandal could flourish. This episode traces the unraveling of political accountability from the Clinton impeachment to the Trump Access Hollywood moment, and finally the global Epstein reckoning. We show how feminists in the ’90s and evangelicals in the 2010s made parallel bargains—each excusing their champion’s abuses for political gain. The result is a culture that normalized impunity for the powerful, and primed America for a populist revolt against a ruling class that protects its own.

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CREDITS

Executive Producer: Poppy Damon

Associate Producer: Adam Feldman

Sound Designer and Composer: Tony Peer

Original theme songs by Eli Lake

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  continue reading

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