By Kevin Lavery, KWMU
It started as a foiled burglary that mushroomed into the largest political scandal in U.S. history. In 1972, most Americans had never heard of the hotel that headquartered the Democratic National Committee.
But two years later, Watergate had become a synonym for corruption, deceit and a failed presidency.
On Thursday (2/26) one of the two men who broke the Watergate story will speak in St. Louis.
The Washington Post's Bob Woodward spoke with KWMU's Kevin Lavery about how he and reporter Carl Bernstein followed the story.
Click here for an extended version of the interview.