The Revolution

They called it the Permanent Democratic Majority. For 40 straight years, Democrats controlled the House of Representatives. And it wasn’t even close. Their majorities were massive, Republicans were an afterthought, and just about no one from either side thought it could change.

One man who did, though, was Newt Gingrich, who entered Congress as a gadfly with grandiose notions but ended up transforming his party, toppling the Democrats, and altering the nature of American politics.

The Revolution, a seven-part podcast series, utilizes a rich archive of news coverage and candid interviews with key players to take listeners on a journey through the 1980s and ‘90s as Gingrich and his allies methodically and dramatically laid the foundation for one of the most momentous elections in modern history.