{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcapitol-weekly-podcast.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fcwpodcast53-with-joe-rodota-09VfAO63","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"CWPODCAST53 - with Joe Rodota","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/88b9bd/88b9bdb8-501e-48e4-bfa1-adafa53a2e93/f9b6492a-0bf9-4124-8185-223f5d848a14/artworks-000318917028-j8gg5y-t3000x3000.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/f9b6492a-0bf9-4124-8185-223f5d848a14\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"CWPODCAST53 - with Joe Rodota\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"Political consultant turned author Joe Rodota sits down with Capitol Weekly to talk about his new book: The Watergate - Inside America's Most Infamous Address. The story of the Watergate break-in has been well-told, but in this \"biography of a building,\" Rodota weaves a fascinating history that includes more than just the events of June 17, 1972. The Watergate was home to myriad players on the national stage, including Senator Bob Dole - and his next-door neighbor, Monica Lewinsky. Rodota also introduces odd figures on the fringes of history like Aline Griffith, the \"Dowager Countess\" of Romanones who fancied herself a spy, and real CIA operative Walter Pforzheimer, who kept the agency's library in his apartment."}