Part Two: Lee Atwater: The Political Dirty Tricks Artist Who Gave us President(s) George Bush

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It Could Happen Here Weekly 236

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. - Bovino’s Visit to Europe - Idealogical Totalism with Andrew - The Globalization of Resistance with Andrew - The Arab Gulf States in the Line of Fire - Executive Disorder: Pogrom in Belfast, Tran ...  Show more

Part Two: The Rise of the "Activist" Investor

Robert concludes the story of the rise and fall of an activist investor we can now admit was just Bill Ackman all along.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

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