Something True 7: Charlie Joyride

Elias Mortimer, a construction lobbyist, needed to land his firm a fat government contract to build veterans' hospitals. Luckily for him, the chief of the Veterans' Bureau had three great loves: getting bribed, misappropriating government funds, and intense 24/7 partying. They thought there was no way anything could go wrong. But what happened nearly destroyed them both. Read a full transcript of this episode on the Something True website. Follow Something true on Twitter @atruepodcast . (Or just follow Duncan and Alex .) Music on this week’s episode: Jahzzar – Take Me Higher * Latché Swing – Swing 39 * Alialujah Choir – Kings and Queens * Latché Swing – Menilmontant * Costa and Nero – Rast’e Tou Teke * Podington Bear – Starling * Nick Jaina – High Beams * *modified for the podcast.

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Something True 7: Charlie Joyride is an episode from Something True by Idle Thumbs.

This episode is 00:14:47 long.

This episode was published on May 9, 2017.

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