#053: August 27th, 2018
A Farmer Takes on the American Government… and Wins?
Bands of gun-toting revolutionaries succeed in an armed standoff against the American government. Science fiction? Prediction for what will happen when Trump gets impeached?
No.
Just the true story of the Bundy family’s rise to notoriety only five years ago.
NPR’s Bundyville podcast shares an in-depth look into that rise, the lasting consequences of which we’re still only finding out.
It’s insane what one American family dead set on dismantling the federal government of the United-States can accomplish. But the Bundy’s are no regular family. Journalist Leah Sottile dives into a lengthy family history, odd connections to nuclear testing in Nevada, their mormon fundamentalism, and other pieces of the Bundy story you may not have heard on the news.
Bundyville is an NPR podcast through and through: understated vocals; great production; no over dramatization. Plus, the great research and intensely detailed storytelling allow you to grasp just how important this story is in the wider context of the American political climate in 2018.
Hope you enjoy it.
Stephen and EvanYour Podcast Delivery crew
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