Grand Divisions: A Politics Podcast

Operation Rocky Top Part I - A historic look at one of Tennessee's biggest corruption scandals


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During the 1980s, an illegal charitable bingo scheme took hold in Tennessee that implicated powerful politicians, lobbyists and others. Over a multi-year period, a lawmaker wore a wire and an undercover agent infiltrated the Capitol, while newspaper reporters exposed the massive operation.

For this special two-part episode of Grand Divisions, we talk with many of those involved in bringing the scandal to light and reforms done in the aftermath.
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Grand Divisions: A Politics PodcastBy USA TODAY NETWORK - Tennessee

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