Malcolm Gladwell here. This season on Revisionous History, we're going back to the spring of 1988 to a town in northwest Alabama,

where a man committed a crime that would spiral out of control.

There was this joke that said that it was easier to get forgiveness in the Church of Christ for murdering somebody than it was to be divorced.

From Revisionist History, this is The Alabama Murders.

Listen to Revisionous History, the Alabama murders, wherever you get your podcast.

Hi, I'm Ravi Agrawal, Foreign Policy's editor-in-chief.

This is FP Live.

Is America's Gen Z swinging right?

Numerous polls show that the youngest American voters are more conservative than previous

generations were at the same age.

43% of people under 30 voted for Trump in 2024.

In his previous two bids for the presidency, only 36% did.

Young people are usually more progressive.

So what's going on here?

In a moment, I'm going to speak with a journalist

and commentator who's built real expertise understanding the American right. But first, here's

one thing on my mind this week. As I tape this on Thursday, October 9th, the big headline is

that Israel and Hamas have reached a breakthrough. They've agreed

to the release of all the remaining Israeli hostages in exchange for a much larger number of

Palestinian prisoners. To say the least, it's encouraging news. If the exchange goes ahead as planned,

if the deal holds, it could mark the end of a war that has devastated

Gaza over the last two years, roped in several other countries, and polarized the world.

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