Lindsay Graham
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first heard Sep 2026
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Lindsay Graham’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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But Buckingham and Huffman are not the architects of this operation.
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The mastermind is a charismatic college counselor named Rick Singer, a man who saw opportunity in a broken system and built a criminal empire to exploit it.
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Hi, I'm Lindsey Graham, the host of American History Tellers.
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In our latest series, a police raid on a New York City gay bar in 1969 ignites a series of demonstrations lasting six days and marks a turning point in the fight for LGBTQ rights.
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Listen to American History Tellers on Audible or wherever you get your podcasts.
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From Audible Originals, I'm Lindsey Graham, and this is American Scandal.
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During the first two decades of this century, America's college admissions process became brutally competitive.
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High school students and their families invested enormous amounts of time, effort, and emotional energy chasing acceptance letters from elite universities.
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But the wealthy had an extra advantage.
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By offering large donations or leveraging alumni networks, the rich could open doors that the less well-connected and less well-off never even knew existed.
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This had been a feature of the admissions process for generations.
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But in the mid-2000s, one man began offering the rich and famous another route into the most competitive schools.
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Rick Singer began his career as a legitimate college counselor, helping ambitious students and anxious parents navigate a confusing, high-stakes system.
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Over time, though, his business evolved into something else.
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The scale of his operation was staggering, and by the time federal investigators uncovered his fraudulent activities, Singer's network included dozens of privileged families, from high-flying corporate executives to top Hollywood celebrities.
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When prosecutors unsealed indictments in March 2019, high-profile arrests turned a story about academic admissions into a full-blown media spectacle.
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Television cameras captured images of famous parents in handcuffs, prominent figures facing charges once reserved for the kingpins of organized crime.
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But beneath the headlines was something more unsettling.
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This was not just about a few celebrities breaking the law.
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It exposed a system where privilege didn't just open doors.
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