#039: May 21st, 2018
What Drives a Young Canadian Man to Join ISIS? He Tells Us.
How does someone raised in a good Canadian family end up an ISIS fighter? Perhaps more importantly, what happens when he changes his mind?
NYT Podcast Caliphate provides a first hand account that answers both of those questions, and is an absolutely enthralling listen.
Correspondent Rukmini Callimachi knows exactly what to ask in order to pry out the details you just won’t hear on the evening news. Listening to a former ISIS member talk describing killing two people in great detail is shocking and brutal. But his story also helps us understand why and how North Americans are heading to the Middle East to join the Caliphate.
This is not some casual background podcast; it’ll hook you until the end.
Hope you enjoy it,
Stephen and EvanYour Podcast Delivery crew
“The blood, it was warm, and it sprayed everywhere.”- Chapter Five - The Heart
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