Journalist Carl Stern stumbles upon a single, curious codeword in the burglarized documents: COINTELPRO. As shocking revelations about the FBI come to fruition, Congress forms the Church Committee to investigate.

Journalist Carl Stern stumbles upon a single, curious codeword in the burglarized documents: COINTELPRO. As shocking revelations about the FBI come to fruition, Congress forms the Church Committee to investigate.

Hosted by Ed Helms, SNAFU is a podcast about history's greatest screw-ups. This is Season 3: Formula 6 - how prohibition's war on alcohol went so far off the rails the government poisoned its own people.

Hosted by Ed Helms, SNAFU is a podcast about history's greatest screw-ups. This is Season 3: Formula 6 - how prohibition's war on alcohol went so far off the rails the government poisoned its own people.

SNAFU with Ed Helms

Hosted by Ed Helms, SNAFU is a podcast about history's greatest screw-ups. This is Season 3: Formula 6 - how prohibition's war on alcohol went so far off the rails the government poisoned its own people.

Preorder the SNAFU book and join me on book tour at www.snafu-book.com.

Hosted by Ed Helms, SNAFU is a podcast about history's greatest screw-ups. This is Season 3: Formula 6 - how prohibition's war on alcohol went so far off the rails the government poisoned its own people.
Preorder the SNAFU book and join me on book tour at <a href="https://www.snafu-book.com">www.snafu-book.com.</a>

S2E7: The 'Do Not File' File

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The bootleggers' perspective comes into sharp focus as we meet a survivor of the Great War, George Cassiday. Meanwhile, why were speakeasies across the nation transforming into veritable chemistry labs?

Preorder the SNAFU book and join me on book tour at www.snafu-book.com.

The bootleggers' perspective comes into sharp focus as we meet a survivor of the Great War, George Cassiday. Meanwhile, why were speakeasies across the nation transforming into veritable chemistry labs?
Preorder the SNAFU book and join me on book tour at <a href="https://www.snafu-book.com">www.snafu-book.com.</a>

S3E3: Battle Lines

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How did alcohol come to be illegal and why, of all the agencies, was the IRS tapped to enforce it? One rising legal superstar from California becomes the highest ranking woman in government, but she finds her efforts impeded by the IRS's newly established—and rather corrupt—Prohibition Unit.

Preorder the SNAFU book and join me on book tour at www.snafu-book.com.

How did alcohol come to be illegal and why, of all the agencies, was the IRS tapped to enforce it? One rising legal superstar from California becomes the highest ranking woman in government, but she finds her efforts impeded by the IRS's newly established&mdash;and rather corrupt&mdash;Prohibition Unit.
Preorder the SNAFU book and join me on book tour at <a href="https://www.snafu-book.com">www.snafu-book.com.</a>

S3E2: Ready, Willing, and Mabel

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Organized crime, speakeasy gin, and jazz impresarios stole headlines in the 1920s, but behind the scenes boiled a bizarre government plot rooted in the first American culture war. In New York City, a pair of scientists sees the devastation written on the wall, and they try to put a halt to the mayhem before it's too late.

Preorder the SNAFU book and join me on book tour at www.snafu-book.com.

Organized crime, speakeasy gin, and jazz impresarios stole headlines in the 1920s, but behind the scenes boiled a bizarre government plot rooted in the first American culture war. In New York City, a pair of scientists sees the devastation written on the wall, and they try to put a halt to the mayhem before it's too late.
Preorder the SNAFU book and join me on book tour at <a href="https://www.snafu-book.com">www.snafu-book.com.</a>

S3E1: Satan's Last Stronghold

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S2E7: The 'Do Not File' File

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