Deep Background with Noah Feldman

How George H.W. Bush ended Iran-Contra. For a list of books, documentaries and resources we used to research this episode visit: bit.ly/fiascopolitics [http://bit.ly/fiascopolitics] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

How Hollywood tried to capitalize on Iran-Contra -- and why the story didn’t take. For a list of books, documentaries and resources we used to research this episode visit: bit.ly/fiascopolitics [http://bit.ly/fiascopolitics] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

How the Iran-Contra hearings made Oliver North an icon, and got Ronald Reagan off the hook. For a list of books, documentaries and resources we used to research this episode visit: bit.ly/fiascopolitics [http://bit.ly/fiascopolitics] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

How the Reagan administration tried to prevent the Iran scandal from becoming a second Watergate. For a list of books, documentaries and resources we used to research this episode visit: bit.ly/fiascopolitics [http://bit.ly/fiascopolitics] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

A bonus interview with journalists Martha Honey and Tony Avirgan. Honey and Avirgan tell Leon about their time reporting on the Contra war from the southern front in Costa Rica. For a list of books, documentaries and resources we used to research this season visit: bit.ly/fiascopolitics [http://bit.ly/fiascopolitics] ---------------------------------------- Subscribe to Pushkin+ to hear the entire season of Fiasco: Iran Contra, ad-free, right now. Find Pushkin+ on the Fiasco show page in Apple Podcasts or at Pushkin.fm. Subscribe on Apple: apple.co/pushkin [http://apple.co/pushkin] Subscribe on Pushkin: pushkin.fm/plus [https://www.pushkin.fm/join-pushkin] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.