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Wills On Duty: The Story of Watergate Security Guard Frank Wills

Wills On Duty: The Story of Watergate Security Guard Frank Wills

FromMy History Can Beat Up Your Politics


Wills On Duty: The Story of Watergate Security Guard Frank Wills

FromMy History Can Beat Up Your Politics

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Length:
31 minutes
Released:
Jul 24, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

We are a month beyond of the 50th anniversary of the Watergate break-in, but it does seem appropriate to note an obscure player in the story. Frank Wills discovered a door had been deliberately held unlocked in the basement of The Watergate Office Complex. The rest became history. But for Wills it was bittersweet. His intersection with history also became a story of race and the choppy waters of a "proto-reality TV" 1970's America.
We also tell the story of an intern in the wrong place at the wrong time, though it was perhaps the right time who played a completely accidental role in thwarting a burglary.
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Released:
Jul 24, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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Since 2006, this podcast has been using history to elevate today's political debates. Bruce Carlson applies as much historical context as possible to politics and while he's at it, tells a few stories.