The Big Dig Season 4: Mitt & Ted, a healthcare story

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“This is a town where there are three pastimes: politics, sports and revenge.” The town is Boston. 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. Have a question for the Big Dig team? Submit it here by December 31, 2026, to be featured in an upcoming episode. Season 1: "The Big Dig" 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. Season 2: "Scratch & Win" 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. Season 3: "Catching The Codfather" A fishing tycoon is arrested in an elaborate sting operation, but claims he’s the real hero fighting back against the state. Season 4: "Mitt & Ted, a healthcare story" 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? -------------- CREDITS: Host & Creator: Ian Coss Executive Producer: Devin Maverick Robins Producer: Isabel Hibbard Story Editor: Lacy Roberts Contact us as thebigdig@wgbh.org

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Mitt & Ted | 8. The People's Seat

11.11.2026 · 56 Min. · Staffel 4, Folge 8

Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat becomes the final battle ground for healthcare reform – and the focus of Americans’ outrage on the issue. Meanwhile, Mitt Romney must reckon with his own record as he begins his run for…
Mitt & Ted | 7. Death Panels

04.11.2026 · 1 Std. 1 Min. · Staffel 4, Folge 7

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Mitt & Ted | 6. The Massachusetts Plan

28.10.2026 · 56 Min. · Staffel 4, Folge 6

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Mitt & Ted | 5. A Thousand Fathers

21.10.2026 · 1 Std. 0 Min. · Staffel 4, Folge 5

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Mitt & Ted | 4. Three-Legged Stool

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Mitt & Ted | 3. Save The Money

07.10.2026 · 52 Min. · Staffel 4, Folge 3

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Mitt & Ted | 1. My Greatest Regret

30.09.2026 · 26 Min. · Staffel 4, Folge 1

In the midst of the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon reaches out to his rival Ted Kennedy and offers him a deal – a one time chance to reshape American healthcare, which might also save Nixon’s doomed presidency. Will…
Mitt & Ted | 2. There's Got To Be A Better Way

30.09.2026 · 53 Min. · Staffel 4, Folge 2

Mitt Romney’s first political campaign was not for president or governor; it was for the U.S. Senate, and it was against Ted Kennedy. Early on the challenger looks unstoppable – handsome, eloquent, moderate – then the…
Introducing Season Four: Mitt & Ted, a healthcare story

23.09.2026 · 5 Min.

Healthcare is the problem American politics cannot solve. It’s the subject of screaming matches at town halls, the cause of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, the justification for political assassination…
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