The Big Dig Season 4: Mitt & Ted, a healthcare story
<p>“This is a town where there are three pastimes: politics, sports and revenge.” The town is Boston.</p><p>Seemingly dry topics become gripping political dramas in this Peabody Award winning show from creator Ian Coss and GBH News. Each season of “The Big Dig” uncovers a different facet of society – infrastructure, gambling, food, healthcare – together the pieces connect to tell the story of modern America. </p><p><br></p><p><strong>Season 1: "The Big Dig" </strong></p><p>The highway project known as “The Big Dig” is infamous – a shorthand for government failure – but it all started as one engineer’s dream to correct the wrongs of the past, and its legacy is far from simple.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Season 2: "Scratch & Win" </strong></p><p>America’s most successful state lottery – and its greatest innovation, the scratch ticket – all starts with mafia bookmakers and state bureaucrats going toe to toe in a battle to own the future of gambling. </p><p><br></p><p><strong>Season 3: "Catching The Codfather"</strong></p><p>A fishing tycoon is arrested in an elaborate sting operation, but claims he’s the real hero fighting back against the state.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Season 4: "Mitt & Ted, a healthcare story" </strong></p><p>Mitt Romney and Ted Kennedy began their political journeys on opposite sides of the healthcare issue, and they ended once again on opposite sides, but for a brief period in the middle they worked together to pass a groundbreaking law – one that promised to finally transform the politics of American healthcare – the law known as Romneycare. So what brought this odd couple together, and what ultimately pulled Mitt and Ted apart?</p><p>--------------</p><p>CREDITS:</p><p>Host & Creator: Ian Coss</p><p>Executive Producer: Devin Maverick Robins</p><p>Producer: Isabel Hibbard</p><p>Story Editor: Lacy Roberts </p><p>Contact us as <a href="mailto:thebigdig@wgbh.org"><strong>thebigdig@wgbh.org</strong></a></p>