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The Power Grab (award submission)

The Power Grab - red with handshake and the Ohio Statehouse - WOSU Public Media and the NPR Network

The audio provided is an overview of the Power Grab podcast. Here is a rundown of each section in the edit:

00:00 - 00:40: Opening montage, news breaks of shocking indictments (ep.1)
00:41 - 03:00: Introduction, going behind the scenes of Ohio politics (ep.1)
03:01 - 05:00: Phone taps of the Team Householder plot to fund their endeavor (ep.1)
05:01 - 06:18: Undercover FBI agents dine with lobbyist Neil Clark (ep.1)
06:19 - 08:16: Clark and Housholder boast about their political prowess (ep.1)
08:17 - 10:37: First Energy dark money funds negative campaign ads (ep.1)
10:38 - 11:10: Montage, DOJ prosecutor lays out the elements of the conspiracy (ep.2)
11:11 - 12:40: Repeal effort gathers steam, Tyler Fehrman gets an offer (ep.2)
12:41 - 16:22: A bribe is on the table, Fehrman goes to the FBI (ep.2)
16:23 - 17:06: Neil Clark, from humble beginnings to powerful lobbyist (ep.3)
17:07 - 20:38: His family's mafia ties, conman father, FBI visits him at college (ep.3)
20:39 - 23:02: Clark gets cozy with undercover FBI agents (ep.3)
23:03 - 25:07: Clark questioned by DOJ, refuses plea deal, suicide (ep.3)
25:08 - 26:54: In posthumous memoir, Clark ponders Machiavelli's legacy (ep.3)
26:55 - 27:35: Federal jury convicts Householder and Borges (ep.6)
27:56 - 28:35: Householder acted more like a mob boss, maximum sentence (ep.6)
28:36 - 29:53: Aftermath, justice is served but political change is stagnant (ep.6)

The full podcast series can be found here: wosu.org/powergrab