American Manhunt: Osama Bin Laden

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🗓️ 2 June 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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The Netflix series American Manhunt: Osama Bin Laden takes us inside the search for the wanted terrorist. We hear from the analysts who culled through the intelligence, the warriors on the ground, and the leaders who called the shots. It guides us through the near misses of Bin Laden’s capture, right up to the zero dark thirty raid that ended his reign of terror at the point of a rifle. In this episode of You Can't Make This Up, host Rebecca Lavoie interviews filmmakers Mor Loushy and Daniel Silvan. SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't watched American Manhunt: Osama Bin Laden yet, make sure to add it to your watch-list before listening on. Dig deeper into all of your favorite Netflix documentaries and films at Tudum.com. This week, read more about the gripping American Manhunt series.If you liked American Manhunt: Osama Bin Laden, check out Air Force Elite: Thunderbirds. For the first time ever, go inside the cockpit with the U.S. Air Force’s legendary flight squadron and witness the unprecedented training, peril, and personal sacrifice it takes to push the limits of aviation as a member of one America’s most revered demonstration teams. You can stream this film right now. Listen to more from Netflix Podcasts.

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0:00.0	I'm Rebecca Lavoie, and this is You Can't Make This Up.
0:15.0	You Can't Make This Up is the podcast where we uncover the true stories behind your favorite Netflix documentaries and films.
0:26.6	On today's episode, we take a closer look at the Netflix documentary American Manhunt,
0:33.5	Osama bin Laden. Bin Laden saw the United States as supporting everything that they believed was wrong,
0:38.8	liberal democracy, that you don't have to be religious, that women should have an equal role in society. These are all things that were anathema. Today we're talking to directors,
0:44.0	Moralesushi, and Daniel Silvan. In the wake of the 9-11 attacks, U.S. intelligence and military
0:49.8	officials homed in on al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. They quickly had him pinned down in the
0:55.8	Torabora Mountains, but instead of capturing the terrorist leader, he slipped away. For the next
1:01.9	decade, the CIA, FBI, and the American military slowly put the pieces together of where bin Laden was
1:08.4	hiding. Through patience, perseverance, and plain luck,
1:12.3	U.S. forces located the mastermind, ending the world's greatest manhunt. The Netflix series
1:17.4	American Manhunt Osama bin Laden takes us inside the search for the wanted terrorist. We hear from
1:23.5	the analyst who called through the intelligence, the warriors on the ground, and the leaders
1:27.8	who called the shots.
1:29.5	It guides us through the near misses of Bin Laden's capture right up to the Zero Dark 30 raid
1:34.3	that ended his reign of terror at the end of a rifle.
1:37.2	That's when it's like, all right, I'm on this mission.
1:40.9	This is the team, and we're going to kill him.
1:53.7	Yeah. This is the team, and we're going to kill them. And I'm joined now by Moore Lushi and Daniel Savan.
1:57.0	Welcome to You Can't Make This Up.
1:58.3	Thank you so much for having us.
2:00.0	Thank you for having us.
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