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A Maverick Picks an Insurgent

McCain’s decision to pick Sarah Palin as his running mate would help usher in an anti-establishment and anti-elite politics of grievance that continues to reverberate in American politics today.
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Season 2018 Episodes

Documenting Hate: New American Nazis
S2018 E21 Length 54:18 Premiere Date 11/20/18

The Facebook Dilemma (Part Two)
S2018 E20 Length 54:47 Premiere Date 10/30/18

The Facebook Dilemma (Part One)
S2018 E19 Length 55:17 Premiere Date 10/29/18

The Pension Gamble
S2018 E18 Length 54:47 Premiere Date 10/23/18

Trump's Showdown
S2018 E17 Length 1:54:47 Premiere Date 10/02/18

Left Behind America
S2018 E16 Length 54:47 Premiere Date 09/11/18

Our Man in Tehran (Part Two)
S2018 E15 Length 1:54:46 Premiere Date 08/14/18

Our Man in Tehran (Part One)
S2018 E14 Length 1:54:47 Premiere Date 08/13/18

Documenting Hate: Charlottesville
S2018 E13 Length 54:18 Premiere Date 08/07/18

Separated: Children at the Border
S2018 E12 Length 54:53 Premiere Date 07/31/18

UN Sex Abuse Scandal
S2018 E11 Length 54:47 Premiere Date 04/27/18

Myanmar's Killing Fields
S2018 E10 Length 54:47 Premiere Date 04/26/18

Blackout in Puerto Rico
S2018 E9 Length 54:47 Premiere Date 04/18/18

Trafficked in America
S2018 E8 Length 54:47 Premiere Date 04/24/18

McCain
S2018 E7 Length 54:47 Premiere Date 03/27/18

Trump's Takeover
S2018 E6 Length 54:47 Premiere Date 04/10/18

Weinstein
S2018 E5 Length 54:37 Premiere Date 03/02/18

Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabia (Part Two)
S2018 E4 Length 54:47 Premiere Date 02/26/18

Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabia (Part One)
S2018 E3 Length 1:56:41 Premiere Date 02/02/18

The Gang Crackdown
S2018 E2 Length 54:48 Premiere Date 02/12/18

Exodus: The Journey Continues
S2018 E1 Length 1:54:47 Premiere Date 01/23/18

"McCain" - Preview
Preview Length 00:31 Premiere Date 03/27/18

McCain's Dramatic "Thumbs Down" on Health Care Bill
Clip Length 03:58 Premiere Date 03/27/18

A Prisoner of War
Clip Length 08:28 Premiere Date 03/27/18

The Keating Five Scandal
Clip Length 06:49 Premiere Date 03/27/18

John McCain’s First Run for the White House
Clip Length 08:31 Premiere Date 03/27/18

A Second Run for the Presidency
Clip Length 06:28 Premiere Date 03/27/18

A Maverick Picks an Insurgent
Clip Length 11:55 Premiere Date 03/27/18

Taking A Stand
Clip Length 03:58 Premiere Date 03/27/18

Brain Wars: David Nash
Clip Length 01:12 Premiere Date 09/09/10

Law & Disorder: Robert Williams
Clip Length 01:38 Premiere Date 08/08/10

Haiti: The Aid Dilemma
Clip Length 14:49 Premiere Date 06/25/10

"Gangs of Iraq" - Preview
Preview Length 00:32 Premiere Date 04/17/07

Obama Speaks at Harvard Law in '90
Clip Length 11:39 Premiere Date 04/24/90

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