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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Pelosi launches impeachment inquiry into Trump

    For months, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi resisted the mounting calls from her caucus to start impeachment proceedings.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Sep 25, 2019 • 48m Listen

    For months, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi resisted the mounting calls from her caucus to start impeachment proceedings. But she said her tipping point was the recent revelation that President Trump pressured the Ukranian president to investigate Joe Biden and his son.

    In this episode

    4 stories
    1. 0:00

      Pelosi announces impeachment proceedings against Trump

      House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced a formal impeachment inquiry today. For months, she resisted the mounting calls from her caucus to start the proceedings.

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      12 min
    2. 11:44

      CEO of WeWork to step down amid tales of financial impropriety and wild partying

      WeWork founder Adam Neumann is expected to step down as CEO of the company. He’ll still be chairman of the co-working startup. Neumann’s ouster comes after a cascade of bad press for WeWork. The company postponed its IPO.

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      9 min
    3. 21:02

      The real story behind Netflix's ‘Unbelievable’

      The new Netflix series "Unbelievable" is based on the real-life case of 18-year old Marie Adler who reported a rape, and then recanted her story after the police accused her of making it up.

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      14 min
    4. 34:46

      Documentary profiles infamous lawyer Roy Cohn, who worked for McCarthy and Trump

      Roy Cohn was a ruthless lawyer who helped convict Ethel and Julius Rosenberg for treason and sent them to the electric chair.  He was Senator Joseph McCarthy’s chief counsel during investigations into communism in America.

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      14 min
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Sarah Sweeney

      Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW

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      Michell Eloy

      Former Producer/Line Editor, Press Play

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      Alexandra Sif Tryggvadottir

      Associate producer

      NewsNationalPolitics

    In this episode

    4 stories
    1. 0:0012 min

      Pelosi announces impeachment proceedings against Trump

    2. 11:449 min

      CEO of WeWork to step down amid tales of financial impropriety and wild partying

    3. 21:0214 min

      The real story behind Netflix's ‘Unbelievable’

    4. 34:4614 min

      Documentary profiles infamous lawyer Roy Cohn, who worked for McCarthy and Trump

    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand