Rip Current
Rip Current
Playlist by Rip CurrentCalifornia, September 1975. Within a span of 17 days and less than 90 miles, two women, working separately, tried to assassinate the president of the United States, Gerald R. Ford. These are the only …Follow the podcast:
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Bonus: The Symbionese Liberation Army
A further examination of the brief, violent existence of the SLA.
27:15
Bonus: Prison Radicalism - Part 2 with Brittany Friedman
We chat with Author and Sociologist Brittany Friedman about prison activism movements from the 50s through the 70s.
41:30
Bonus: Prison Radicalism - Part 1 with Dan Berger
We talk with Historian Dan Berger about activism in California prisons in the 1960s and 70s.
33:12
Bonus: Life in Charles Manson's Cult
An interview with Dianne Lake and Deborah Herman about Dianne's life in the Manson Family, which she joined at age 14. Deborah and Dianne co-wrote the book, Member of the Family: My Story of Charles Manson, life inside his cult, and the darkness that ended the sixties, about Dianne's experiences.
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Bonus: Interviews with Mary Catherine
Interviews with co-host Mary Catherine Garrison conducted before and after her work on Rip Current.
17:50
Episode 12: Pavlov’s (almost) Drowning Dogs
The arrests of Lynette Fromme, Patty Hearst, and Sara Jane Moore in a 17-day period lead to unprecedented interest. How do people suddenly change from one set of beliefs to another? Patty Hearst’s trial hinges on the answer to this question. Fromme and Moore never have to answer that question.
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Episode 11: There Comes a Point Where the Only Way You Can Make a Statement is to Pick Up a Gun
In the early morning hours of September 22nd, the Secret Service questions Sara Jane Moore about whether she intends to kill President Ford. Later that day, she purchases a gun, drives to San Francisco and takes a shot at Gerald Ford.
33:25
Bonus: Tribal Thumb
A look at the small, violent revolutionary group called Tribal Thumb.
40:03
Episode 10: It Serves the Pigs’ Interests to Create Confusion
After Popeye Jackson’s execution, a debate is carried out among radical groups on whether or not he should have been killed. As the police investigation focuses on a group called Tribal Thumb, Sara Jane Moore perceives herself to be in increasing danger.
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Episode 9: Contradictions
Sara Jane Moore discloses to members of the radical underground that she has been an underground informant. She also accuses Popeye Jackson of being an informant, putting his life in peril.
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