Encore: Enron | The Black Box | 2
13 July 2021 - 41 minsEnron manipulates California's electricity market, and the state is plunged into an energy crisis. But Enron itself is threatened by the schemes of a corrupt CFO, a rocky transition of power, and an alarming discovery by Sherron Watkins.
This episode originally aired on September 3, 2019.
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