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Many Americans watched the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001 unfold right before our eyes. What happened on 9/11 and how it changed our world is the most important story of the modern age. It’s the hinge on which so much changed. But in the years since the history we've come to tell of that day is incomplete—and sometimes wrong. Hosted by journalist Garrett Graff, author of the bestselling book THE ONLY PLANE IN THE SKY: AN ORAL HISTORY OF 9/11, "Long Shadow" examines the questions that linger two decades later and the enduring mysteries that still surround 9/11, the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil. This is a different history of September 11th than you likely remember. But it’s one that will help you make sense of the world the attacks left behind. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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    • May 22, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 36m AVG DURATION
    • 27 EPISODES
    • 3 SEASONS

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    The Long Shadow podcast is undoubtedly one of the best podcasts I've ever listened to regarding the tragic events of 9/11. This gripping series provides a chilling account of the day's events through multi-perspective views, offering insightful and incisive narratives that truly capture the lasting impact of this historic tragedy. The podcast is impeccably researched and produced, with high-quality sound effects and music that enhance the storytelling experience. The host, Garrett Graff, is an excellent narrator who brings depth and emotion to the stories being told. Overall, this podcast is an absolute must-listen for anyone interested in learning more about 9/11.

    One of the best aspects of The Long Shadow podcast is its ability to provide a comprehensive and informative view of 9/11. The episodes delve into not only what happened on that fateful day but also explore the events leading up to it and its aftermath. The podcast tackles difficult topics like government failures and torture at Guantanamo Bay with sensitivity and thoughtfulness, presenting them in a way that honors those directly affected by the attacks. It offers valuable insight into the planning and terrorist side of 9/11, giving listeners a deeper understanding of this pivotal moment in history.

    While it is challenging to find any negative aspects of this podcast, some listeners may find it emotionally overwhelming due to its raw and honest storytelling. The vivid descriptions and personal accounts may evoke strong emotions, particularly for those who were directly impacted by 9/11 or have a deep connection to the event. However, it can also serve as a cathartic experience for individuals who need to confront their feelings about this tragedy.

    In conclusion, The Long Shadow podcast stands out as an exceptional piece of audio storytelling that pays tribute to the victims while shedding light on the complex factors surrounding 9/11. It is incredibly well-written, truthful, gut-wrenching yet heartwarming at times. The meticulous research conducted by Garrett Graff ensures that this podcast re-introduces 9/11 and its aftermath without the influence of propaganda. It is a vital piece of history that deserves to be heard by every citizen, and it succeeds in delivering a compelling narrative that leaves a lasting impact on its listeners.



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    Generation Lockdown

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2024 68:10


    Raised on lockdown and active shooter drills, Gen Z has endured an onslaught of mass shootings — and emerged from them inspiring a wave of activism, a powerful gun safety movement, and hope.

    Under the Gun

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2024 0:12


    The season finale of Long Shadow: In Guns We Trust is coming soon. But first, a note from Garrett.

    A Good Guy with a Gun

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2024 48:46


    Easy to handle and easy to conceal, handguns went boom in the 2008s, the same moment when many Americans — falsely and tragically — began to equate guns with safety.

    The Right to Bear AR-15s

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2024 48:54


    After a devastating, now largely forgotten, mass-shooting prompted lawmakers to take aim at assault weapons in the 1990s, their ban backfired — and caused gun sales to explode.

    Scene on Radio S4E1: Rich Man's Revolt

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2024 47:01


    In the American Revolution, the men who revolted were among the wealthiest and most comfortable people in the colonies. What kind of revolution was it, anyway? Was it about a desire to establish democracy—or something else? Episode 1 of Scene on Radio's Season 4 series, The Land That Never Has Been Yet, explores American democracy and the lack thereof.

    The Hardliners

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2024 46:23


    In the 1980s, a pair of intimidating NRA leaders recast the organization in their own imposing images as the group went on an all-out offensive against gun regulations.

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    Shall Not Be Infringed

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2024 33:40


    The Second Amendment may have begun as a Constitutional afterthought, but a late 20th-century ideological shift caused some to view it as a sacred right in the name of self defense.

    A Uniquely American Problem

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2024 41:00


    Mass shootings have plagued the U.S. for generations. But in 1999, when shots rang out in a suburban Denver school, it was different. What changed? Everything.

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    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2024 0:06


    This is a placeholder trailer for Long Shadow s3, coming soon

    January 6: Day of the Rope

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2023 56:06


    Emboldened by COVID lockdown protests and fighting Black Lives Matter demonstrators, far-right extremists and white power groups prepare to overthrow the government on Jan. 6… or a later date. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    MAGA: American Carnage

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2023 51:17


    After Trump's election, far-right extremism explodes, and internet racism boils over into the real world. From Charleston to Charlottesville to Christchurch, experts warn of a race war. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    The Bundys: A Call to Arms

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2023 44:23


    When the government seizes Cliven Bundy's cattle over unpaid grazing fees, militias like the Three Percenters and the Oath Keepers—which are later at 1/6—aid a standoff on his ranch. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Info War: From the Fringe to Fox News

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2023 44:16


    Using conspiracy theories and anger to amass enormous audiences in the 1990s, Rush Limbaugh and Bill Cooper pave the way for Fox News to mainstream far-right outrage. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Oklahoma City: Sic Semper Tyrannis

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2023 40:49


    Experts claimed 1995's Oklahoma City bombing was a lone-wolf event, but Timothy McVeigh's act of retribution for the Waco siege, shows how domestic extremism has evolved. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ruby Ridge: The Revolution Begins

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2023 57:01


    The government lays siege to Ruby Ridge, Idaho, where Randy Weaver and his family are hiding out in the shadow of a growing white supremacist movement, a year before Waco. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Waco: The Spark

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2023 39:10


    Out of the flames of a tragic government mishap—the 1993 siege at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas—the modern far-right movement is born. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Trailer: Long Shadow: Rise of the Far Right

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2023 2:58


    The Ruby Ridge raid, the Waco siege at the Branch Davidian compound, the Oklahoma City bombing, the Jan. 6 insurrection… they are all explosive moments in recent U.S. history. But connect the dots between these—and other—seemingly disparate, violent events, and you'll answer some of the most existential questions facing the U.S. today: How did America get the far right so wrong? What will it take now to get it right? In LONG SHADOW's first season, host Garrett Graff examined the lingering questions of 9/11, the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil. Season two, LONG SHADOW: RISE OF THE FAR RIGHT, explores how the modern domestic extremist movement grew from a fatal shootout on a mountain top in Idaho, was fanned by a fiery fiasco on the plains of Texas, and ultimately led to a riot on the steps of the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C.Crackling with rich archival tape and riveting eyewitness and expert interviews, this seven-episode narrative podcast examines a thread of history that's vitally relevant to our current political climate. It will help listeners understand why the fringe is overrunning the mainstream, conspiracy theorists have captured offices in Congress, and peaceful protests are turning into riots. How did we get here? Find out by following and listening to LONG SHADOW: RISE OF THE FAR RIGHT. Co-produced by Long Lead and Campside Media Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Long Lead Presents: The Depths She'll Reach

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2021 1:58


    Out now from Long Lead, The Depths She'll Reach, the story of how Alenka Artnik emerged from mental health struggles to become one of the world's most elite athletes. A multimedia feature by Xan Rice and Daan Verhoeven, produced by Long Lead. https://onjustonebreath.com/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    How do we move on from 9/11?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2021 52:59


    When we think about 9/11, we often only think of the tremendous loss of life on that day. But what we sometimes forget about are those who made it; the thousands of people who survived the attacks, but have had to carry it with them every day since. Firefighter Jay Jonas and Port Authority Police Officer Will Jimeno were in the Twin Towers on September 11 — 100 stories of the World Trade Center fell on top each of them. But they got back up and survived.How did they move on from this attack? And how should we? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    What was the Saudi connection to 9/11?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2021 30:22


    Fifteen of the 19 hijackers on 9/11 were from Saudi Arabia, which was also the home of al-Qaeda's leader, Osama Bin Laden. In the days after September 11, dozens of his friends, family members and business associates left the U.S. on secret flights bound for The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. That has led to questions that four presidents have avoided answering:What role did the Saudi government play in the attacks? What did it know?Even worse, did it help? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Who was the 20th hijacker?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2021 39:28


    Immediately after 9/11, investigators began piecing together the plot. In the flight manifests, they discovered a pattern: A team of five terrorists hijacked every plane that day, except for one. United Airlines Flight 93 had only four hijackers. Investigators believed one person was missing from that group.Who was the 20th hijacker — if there even was one? And is there a 9/11 hijacker still on the loose? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Could 9/11 have been stopped before it happened?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2021 46:26


    Before 9/11, FBI Special Agent John O'Neill kept setting off alarms about the emerging terrorist organization al-Qaeda and their mysterious leader Osama Bin Laden. As a result of his warnings the FBI knew terrorists were planning a big attack and the CIA even had eyes on two of the eventual hijackers prior to the attacks.So what went wrong? Why didn't they capture the hijackers? What more could law enforcement have done to stop the attacks? And could they have been prevented? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Was there a “fifth plane” on 9/11?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2021 34:24


    After the first two hijackings, the nation's air traffic controllers quickly and efficiently grounded thousands of planes flying to and over the continental United States. Their quick thinking is said to have potentially saved countless lives.But what if another plane was meant to be hijacked that day, and never made it off the ground? What if there was a fifth plane on 9/11? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Who issued the order to shoot down Flight 93?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2021 39:38


    With the Capitol under attack, the President on Air Force One, and the Defense Secretary missing, Vice President Dick Cheney was the most powerful man in the country on the morning of 9/11. From a bunker beneath the White House, he gave fighter pilots flying above the Capitol permission to shoot down hijacked commercial planes.But did Cheney actually have the authority to issue this order? Did he and President Bush connect before or after Cheney ordered the fighters into battle? And was the U.S. even ready to shoot down any hijacked flights? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    What was the target of United Airlines Flight 93?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2021 27:58


    Every defense mechanism the U.S. government had on 9/11 failed except for one: the passengers and crew aboard United Airlines Flight 93. They were on the final plane to be hijacked that day and heard reports of the attacks from loved ones on the ground. Then they rallied to stop the terrorist plot.But where was the plane headed before it crashed? What was the intended target of the Flight 93 hijackers? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Why weren't more people rescued from the Twin Towers?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2021 45:41


    After both towers of the World Trade Center were hit on September 11, 2001, first responders coordinated the largest emergency response in New York City's history. But their heroism at Ground Zero was hampered by institutional bureaucracy and ultimately undone by decisions made decades earlier, when the Twin Towers were built.So why did these iconic structures and architectural marvels fall so fast? Could more people have been rescued from the towers? And could some of those deaths have been avoided? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Trailer: Long Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2021 2:28


    Many of us watched the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001 unfold right before our eyes. In the years since, law enforcement, congressional inquiries and the press have successfully uncovered more about what happened that day. But now on the 20th Anniversary of the attacks, many mysteries remain. Hosted by bestselling author and reporter Garrett Graff, Long Shadow answers those lingering questions and explores other enduring mysteries that still surround 9/11, the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil. Premiering this August, produced by Long Lead and Goat Rodeo. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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