In each episode of Scandalized, political scientists Charlie Hunt and Jaci Kettler unpack a political scandal from American history: the story, its scandalous details, the political meaning and motivations behind the act. What can political science teach us about what happened? How has the scandal and its aftermath changed American politics? And what on earth were these politicians thinking? Make a donation to support Scandalized today.
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Signup to Generate a PitchIn each episode of Scandalized, political scientists Charlie Hunt and Jaci Kettler unpack a political scandal from American history: the story, its scandalous details, the political meaning and motivations behind the act. What can political science teach us about what happened? How has the scandal and its aftermath changed American politics? And what on earth were these politicians thinking?
Recent episodes include "Give Me Five Dollars or I’ll Start Crying" (26 October 2026, 48 minutes), "The Election That Wasn’t Stolen" (19 October 2026, 55 minutes), and "The Election That Wasn’t Stolen" (19 October 2026, 55 minutes).
Scandalized publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 41 minutes across 19 episodes.
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If you’ve ever angrily deleted a fundraising email or text message, this episode is for you. Jaci and Charlie are both experts in campaign finance, and even they can barely believe the level of desperation, cringe and...
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The Scandalized time machine is back up and running. This week, we’re headed back to 1876 to correct the record on the wildest presidential election outcome in American history. The contest between Rutherford B. Hayes...
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<p>The Scandalized time machine is back up and running. This week, we’re headed back to 1876 to correct the record on the wildest presidential election outcome in American history. The contest between Rutherford B...
<p>In the late 2010s, things went south – deep south – very quickly in Mississippi with a scandal fit for a football legend. This week on Scandalized, a network of political figures gets caught in misusing funds, but...
In the late 2010s, things went south – deep south – very quickly in Mississippi with a scandal fit for a football legend. This week on Scandalized, a network of political figures gets caught in misusing funds, but...
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President Donald Trump’s second term is littered with corruption scandals. But to kick off season 2, Charlie and Jaci give listeners a brief break from the man at the top, and dive deep on Trump’s top lieutenants...
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<p>President Donald Trump’s second term is littered with corruption scandals. But to kick off season 2, Charlie and Jaci give listeners a brief break from the man at the top, and dive deep on Trump’s top lieutenants...
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Do you ever look at a politician explaining away some new scandal they got themselves into & think to yourself: how in the hell did we get here? Political scandals can be exasperating, confusing and downright weird. On...
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<p>Do you ever look at a politician explaining away some new scandal they got themselves into & think to yourself: how in the hell did we get here?</p><p>Political scandals can be exasperating, confusing and downright...
Ahead of our Season 2 debut, we're bringing you a special episode from our friends at Swing State of the Union , a podcast from WUWM, Milwaukee's NPR . Like Scandalized, Swing State of the Union takes you inside the...
<p>Ahead of our Season 2 debut, we're bringing you a special episode from our friends at Swing State of the Union, a podcast from WUWM, Milwaukee's NPR. Like Scandalized, Swing State of the Union takes you inside the...
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<p>As a topper for our mini-season, we’re bringing you a live show we did earlier in 2025 from Treefort Music Fest in Boise! Charlie reminds Jaci about Howard Dean’s “scream heard ‘round the world," and Jaci schools...
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<p>In season one, we purposely avoided doing an episode about Donald Trump; but the first year of Trump’s second term is too scandalous to ignore. In this episode, we break down the new, the old, and the truly...
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<p>Charlie and Jaci revisit a couple of their favorite stories from season one, including fan favorites like Gov. Rod Blagojevich. We also talk exclusively with Gov. Sanford’s former chief of staff for an insider’s...
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<p>The culinary journey continues with some more food fails in very public political spaces. A president gets sick in the lap of another head of state; Marco Rubio learns about the fine art of drinking from a water...
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<p>Scandalized is back for a five-episode mini-season while we work on Season 2! This week, part one of our deep dive into our favorite food-related scandals. Dr. Oz teaches us about the finer points of crafting a...
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<p>We're hard at work on season two! While we're in production, we're dropping five brand new bite-sized episodes to whet your appetite. We’ll investigate some of the scandalous ways our politicians have failed to eat...
<p>It’s part two of our season finale on the truth-stretching that politicians seem to do all too often. Last week, we examined the ways politicians inflate their resumes; this week, the lies get personal. Abortion...
<p>For the last two episodes of the season, Charlie and Jaci tell the truth — at least as far as they can tell — about the fine art of lying in politics. What lies get politicians in trouble the most? What will the...
<p>A man lies dead on the side of a dark road in South Dakota while the state’s Attorney General apparently flees the scene. A state’s chief law enforcement officer veers too far off the road, and finds himself on the...
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