- Nixon is like, "I never knew
of this Watergate break in to discover information
about the Democrats." And after that, he says,
"I am not a crook." Nixon knows he (bleep). And he says; "There's nothing
I can do about it. Nobody's gonna trust
me at this point. I gotta step down him. Hand me some cookies." (dramatic music) - The constitutional convention. This is the room
where they're deciding what the shape of our
government should be. They're hashing it out, and
Hamilton speaks for six hours. But some of the
things he pitched would haunt him the
rest of his career. He pitched, maybe
president for life? Oh, he's secretly a monarchist. Maybe we inherit positions? Bullshit, that's terrible. This guy just wants to
bring back the British. Those whispers are
from the perspectives of people who don't like him. But anyway, we adopt
the system that we adopt and Hamilton becomes its
most ardent defender. (bright upbeat music) So, I'm trying to find
the straightest line through this story. So Hamilton has an affair. While he's a treasury secretary
he carries on this affair with a woman named
Maria Reynolds. Her husband shows up, he's
like, "Yo, that's my wife. I'm happy to like,
keep it on the low but you have to pay me." And is basically
extorted for about $1000. James Reynolds, the husband
who is extorting him, gets arrested on
some other bullshit. While he's trying to
weasel his way out of it he says, "I've got dirt
on Alexander Hamilton." Everyone goes, "Really?" Hamilton has been embezzling, and he sort of says all
this shit about Hamilton. And so three guys go to confront
Hamilton on these charges. One of the dudes was future
president, James Monroe. And they're like, "Yo,
Hamilton, we know what you did. You know what you did, check out these checks to
James Reynolds, what's up?" And they accuse him
of embezzling funds. And Hamilton goes, "No, no, no, I was just (bleep) this lady and her husband was
hitting me up for money. I didn't touch American money and I have all kinds of proof." And he like vomits
information all over them. Oh wow, that was more
than we needed to hear. And we are good, thanks. The info about the affair gets somehow miraculously
printed in the paper. Hamilton is not a great dude. I know you think he's great 'cause he's a war vet and
he's the treasury secretary but you're gonna learn
the truth real soon. And Hamilton gets this and
he goes to James Monroe. What the (bleep), like I
told you that in secret. And then James Monroe's
like, "It wasn't a secret. It wasn't me. It wasn't me who published it?" Mother(bleep), I told
three people about this and you were the one
who was taking notes. So I know it came from you,
like fess up you (bleep). So Hamilton, over-sharer,
writes the "Reynolds Pamphlet." The whole thing reads like
a "Dear Penthouse" letter. Like, "Dear America, I never thought this
would happen to me. But one day this
ripped bodus woman showed up at my door saying,
"Oh my husband's beating me. He left me alone and I need
money, and I need help. You are a man of honor. Can you help me?" Hamilton's like, "I
could give her money or I could (bleep) her and
either one would be acceptable. The "Reynolds Pamphlet"
is like dick 101. And by the way, he sent
this to his friends being like, "Hey I think
I'm gonna publish this." And everyone was like, "Hey bro, I don't think this is a
good idea to publish this. Like maybe your wife
and your seven children would not love it if
you published this." And Hamilton's like, "Well, like I got
accused of embezzling. Like I can't let that stand." Maybe the like marital
infidelity trumps that. I know it doesn't in your head but to everyone else
in the world, it does. And he is like, "No, I
can't let that shit stand." And Hamilton goes
back to James Monroe, and now Hamilton's like, "Well,
it's all out in the open. And if you still
wanna settle this because I know you're
the one who leaked it." Monroe's like, "Well,
I didn't leak it. But if you want to like
fight, like let's do this." (dramatic music) And so they meet face to face. And Monroe goes, "All right. You're mad at me because
of this, this and this." And Hamilton goes, "Let's
start at the beginning." And lists like the
first time they met, he lists the details
of the entire meeting. As Monroe gets more
and more impatient, Monroe's like, "I know
all this, I know all this. I know all this." Hamilton's like,
"You interrupted me, I have to start again." And Monroe is getting
angrier and angrier until they're
finally pulled apart, 'cause they're about to like
punch each other in the face. So Monroe goes to his
homey, Aaron Burr, and goes, "Yo, you know
Hamilton, will you tell him." This is so like
high school gossip. He goes, "Will you tell Hamilton that if he's challenging
me to a duel, I accept. But if he's not, I wasn't
challenging him to a duel." And Burr goes over to Hamilton, like, "James Monroe
told me to tell you that if you're challenging
him, he accepts. But if you weren't
challenging him he doesn't really want
to go into a duel." And Burr squashes the duel. Burr is like, "Duels are stupid, and you both should just
like shut up, and it's over. And Hamilton told everyone
everything anyway. So there's no point in you
shooting at each other." Sorry, I gotta put
my phone on vibrate. - [Derek] You're okay. - Oh Questlove is... - Questlove? - Texting me. "You did drunk history?" What? How did quest love find out? - Oh. - [Derek] Here we go. - [Questlove] Yo! - Questlove! - Yo! (Quest laughing) (all laughing) This is the best shit ever. I cannot wait for this episode. My girl and I got together based on our love
for "Drunk History." - You see the effect you have? - Well, I love you both. ♪ History has its eyes on you ♪ - Yes. - This is awesome! - [Derek] Cheers.
- [Lin-Manuel] Bye Qeusto. (dramatic music) - Hello, my name
is Matt Gourley. And tonight we're gonna
talk about Watergate. Let's begin. (dramatic music) Washington DC, 1972. Five Watergate
burglars are arrested in the Democratic National
Committee headquarters. What are they doing there? Why are they breaking in? The young upstart
reporter, Robert Woodward, goes to the hearing. And one of them, when the judge is asking
these five burglars, Who do you work for? The CIA. Excuse me? Could you say that
a little bit louder? The CIA. (dramatic music) Robert Woodward is
on to something. Oh, look at the
sweet little fat guy. Where do you gotta be right now? Okay, let's go back in time. The year is 1970, a
young Robert Woodward, a Lieutenant in the Navy. He's sitting next to this
older distinguished man saying, "I'm soon to
be out of the Navy. What am I gonna do with my life? Am I gonna become a lawyer
like my father wants?" And this older man presents
himself as a mentor saying, "So listen to me, you're working for truth. Stay with it." And young Robert Woodward
takes away from this thing, "I can depend on this man. I can call on this
man at some point to give me information." That man is Mark Felt,
Deputy Director of the FBI. Let's flash forward
a little bit. Robert Woodward and his
partner, Carl Bernstein, decide to call on his
old buddy, Mark Felt, for information about Watergate. Felt says, "I can't talk to
you on the phone about this. I'm Mark Felt, and I did spy times
in World War II, and I know how this works. You'll get the New York
Times every day at your door, at page 20, I will
draw a little clock that says what hour
I wanna meet you. And here's the thing; Anytime you wanna meet me," Mark Felt says,
"I need something that I could visually
acknowledge." Woodward says, "I do
have this potted plant that I keep out my balcony. I could move that." And Mark Felt is like,
"And here's the thing; I wanna meet you at this underground
parking garage in Virginia. But anytime you wanna meet
leave out the back stairs. Walk a couple of blocks, get
in the cab, take that cab, get out of the cab,
walk a couple blocks, get in another cab. Get in that cab,
get out of that cab, walk a couple blocks to
the Virginia parking garage that I previously talked about." Woodward meets Felt. And he says... Hold on. I think I'm gonna vomit. (Mart burps) (Matt vomiting) - [Derek] Sorry, pal. - Oh man. I'm ready to tell the story. Woodward meets with Mark Felt, and he says, "Could you
tell me a little bit about why these guys
might be connected?" And he says, "Put the pieces
together you dumb ass! It's all in front
of you, do the work. Just be careful. Watergate is the
tip of the iceberg." And when Robert Woodward
took his secret source to the Washington Post, he said, "My source
is deep background, that means he cannot
be identified." Their editor at
the Washington Post said, "Yeah, you keep
calling him deep background, but I'm gonna call
him deep throat, based on the pornography
film that was very popular which dealt with natural
ladies," you know? And so Woodward and
Bernstein figure out that this money connected
to these burglars goes all the way to the
Watergate administration, to the Nixon administration. Richard Nixon. Let's talk about Richard Nixon. Do you wanna talk
about Richard Nixon? - [Derek] I would
love, yes please. - Yeah, I thought you might. Mark Felt says to Nixon, "I'm the Deputy
Director of the FBI. I'm gonna look into
this rascal deep throat, and further I'm
gonna set myself up as head of the investigation." So Nixon's top aid, Haldeman, says, "I think Mark
Felt is deep throat." And Nixon says, "No,
why would he do that?" And when the Watergate hearings
gets to a boiling point, Nixon is like, "I never knew
of this Watergate break in to discover information
about the Democrats. And after that, he says,
"I am not a crook." Nixon knows he (bleep). And he says, "There's
nothing I can do about it. Nobody's gonna trust
me at this point. I gotta step down." Hand me some cookies. All I know is I'm eating cookies
and I don't know if you are Do you guys want some cookies? - [Derek] No, we like
watching you eat cookies. - You have no ambition. The interesting thing about
this tape we're taking on, is all the stories
we know of Watergate, is who is Deep Throat? But now we can tell this story
knowing who Deep Throat is. And in the end you can
toss aside Richard Nixon for all his cynicism, you can toss aside Deep
Throat for all his cynicism. But you can't toss
aside Robert Woodward, and to a lesser
extent, Carl Bernstein, for the truth that they
exposed for America. (dramatic music) Well, we told the
story of Watergate. There's no way I could
possibly misconstrue it as not the greatest
journalistic endeavor ever told. Robert Woodward would be proud. (dramatic music) - Hello, I'm Katie Nolan. And this is the story
of the black hawks. Black hawks? - You wanna do
"Black Hawk Down." - Maybe? - I feel like we should do... - Should we do the
baseball thing instead, and then maybe next (bleep)
we'll do "Black Hawk Down?" - God bless Josh
Hartnett though. - Hello, I'm Katie Nolan. And this is the
"Black Sox Scandal." (calm music) Our story begins in 1919,
exactly 100 years ago. The Chicago White Sox are in
the middle of a winning season. Their owner, Charles
Comiskey, was a piece of shit. He's making a bunch of money, he doesn't even pay for their
laundering of their uniforms. The players are like,
"This is bullshit." We're playing good baseball, and we should be paid more money because we're people
and we have families." So the players are being
(bleep) by ownership. They were pissed, So Chick Gandil, first baseman. He's like, "Look, I'm
towards the end of my career. I wanna make a bunch of money and I can't make
a bunch of money because I'm not
getting paid it." So Arnold Rothstein,
who was a mob dude, Arnold Rothstein approaches him. And he says, "Hey kid. I wanna make money,
you wanna make money. You play games for a living, I will pay you monies and you
will throw the World Series." And he's like, "That's it? That's so easy, I can lose." And so Rothstein said, "Look,
I'm glad you're on the team. But one person is not enough
to throw baseball game. We're gonna need a
lot of other people." "Maybe like eight people?" So he called a meeting with a
bunch of players on the team. Now that included Eddie
Cicotte, Lefty Williams and then Shoeless Joe Jackson. And so Chick Gandil, he's like, "Look everybody,
I met this dude. He will give us $100,000 if
we lose the World Series. And a lot of them
were like, "Uh, what? I love baseball, all I've ever done is
devoted my life to baseball." And Chick's like,
"Yeah, no, I get it. But we can make
more money losing than we will earn
notoriety winning." So the guy is like, "I
will compromise everything for some cash." So the players
leave that meeting and they recruited a bunch
of dudes within the team. So they have eight people. I wanna bring the
mic down to my face. We get to the point where
they get to the World Series the Chicago White Sox
versus Cincinnati Reds. Game one, best of nine. The White Sox heavily favored, and Eddie Cicotte
takes the mound. So the signal between the
players and the gambling guy was that Eddie would hit
the very first batter. He winds up, he
throws his first pitch and it's a perfect strike. He throws it right
down the middle. And everyone's like,
"Wait, what the (bleep)? I thought we were
gonna throw the game." Second pitch, winds
up, throws it, dunk, hits the batter. And so everybody
knows, oh, it's on. So the game goes
on and on and on, Eddie throws terrible pitches. They lose nine to one. - [Derek] Holy shit. - The papers come out
the next day, Derek. And they're like, what? But we gotta go on to game two. Throughout the series
they keep losing. Whoopsies, I should have
probably caught that. And then they were like, "Oh, I wish I could
throw that to the plate, but I can only throw
it to the pitcher." "Oh, a line drive,
ah, whoopsies." And Chick Gandil was like, "Oh, I'm gonna get this. I got it. I got it. I got it." And he waved everybody off, and then he just didn't got it. I'm getting too drunk to
be able to maintain... - You're okay, we're just gonna
have to finish that story. - So the series is four to one, Lefty Williams says, "Hey, we have not
received any payments. We're not going to keep
throwing our legacy for nothing. Let's go up it on
the baseball field. Let's come from behind and
win this World Series, yeah!" So for the next few games
they're like trying, they're winning. Then the night before the
eighth game of the series, Arnold Rothstein
and his associates visited Lefty Williams
in his hotel room. Rothstein says, "If
by the first inning it isn't obvious
we're gonna lose. I will murder your wife." And Lefty Williams
was like, "I'm shook." So game eight, Lefty goes out. He's the starting
pitcher, and he sucks. Roll bad, like on purpose bad. And they end up losing 10
to five, and that's it. The World Series is over
and Cincinnati has won. People were shocked. And then there started
to be these rumors. People are like,
"Ah, it felt fixed." And the press labels the
White Sox, the Black Sox. - [Derek] Why? - This black mark. It's bad forever. (Derek chuckles) So there's a grand
jury investigation, and Eddie Cicotte
and Shoeless Joe both break down in
front of the grand jury. And he said, "Yep, I did it. I have a family. I didn't make enough money." - Is your hand okay
when you do that? Ow, don't do that. Hey, hey, hey. - Shoeless Joe was like,
"I am Shoeless Joe Jackson. And I'm not wearing any shoes." (Derek laughs) This is what led to the very
first commissioner of baseball. He had the most first name
ever, Kenesaw Mountain Landis. He comes out and he's like, "We won't stand for no cheaters, and so all those
eight men involved in the Black Sox Scandal,
banned from baseball for life." And so now there's
no more cheaters left in major league baseball, except all the cheaters
that existed after that. I have no shoes on. Boop! Do you get it? It's black socks. (dramatic music)
