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Episode 2: The First April 19th

Episode 2 of 12

April 19th 1775 was the day the American Revolution began. Leah Sottile explores how that date continues to inspire America's far-right patriot movement.

25 years on from the largest domestic terror incident in American history, journalist Leah Sottile works to understand what made Timothy McVeigh the home-grown terrorist he was – and how that informs what’s unfolding today.

In episode 2, April 19th 1775 was the day the American Revolution began. And, in some ways, the story of the Oklahoma City Bombing started that day too, 220 years before Timothy Mcveigh steered the yellow Ryder truck into Oklahoma City.

Recorded over some of the most divisive, turbulent, and quite frankly dangerous feeling months in recent American political history, Two Minutes Past Nine aims to understand the changing face of far right extremism in all its chaos and conspiracism.

Presenter: Leah Sottile
Producer: Georgia Catt
Editor: Philip Sellars

Narration recorded by Joe Preston
Additional Research by Robbie Wojciechowski

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14 minutes

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Tue 29 Jun 2021 19:45

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  • Tue 22 Sep 2020 13:45
  • Tue 29 Jun 2021 19:45

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