In the run up to the 2020 Presidential election, journalist Leah Sottile explored the motivations and agendas of America’s far right for the Radio 4 series Two Minutes Past Nine. Recordings were made against a backdrop of a country that felt tense, divided and dangerous.
In the past month, a...
Published 01/25/21
25 years after Timothy McVeigh bombed the Murrah Building in Oklahoma City, journalist Leah Sottile investigates the far-right today in a divided and turbulent America.
Presenter: Leah Sottile
Producer: Georgia Catt
Editor: Philip Sellars
Narration recorded by Joe Preston
Additional...
Published 10/02/20
When Timothy McVeigh bombed the Murrah Building in Oklahoma City he believed he was firing the first shot in a revolution that would bring down the American Government. He expected that others would flock to his cause.
That didn’t happen. In the immediate aftermath many left the...
Published 10/01/20