Introducing Flashpoint

This Day in History Class

iHeartPodcasts and HowStuffWorks

Society & Culture, History

4.3 • 913 Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2024

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Hi, TDIHC fans! iHeartPodcasts and TenderfootTV are excited to tell you about the Flashpoint podcast. Host Cole Locascio investigates to complex topics surrounding the 1996 Olympic bombings in Atlanta, Ga. We think you'll want to hear this, but you don't have to take our word for it. Check out the trailer and decide if this is your next listen!

Show Description: On July 27th, 1996, a domestic terrorist bombed the Summer Olympic Games held in Atlanta, GA. While the FBI and the media fixated on the wrong man, the bomber planned his next, more overtly political attacks on 2 abortion clinics and a gay nightclub. The bomber would later be identified as a dedicated soldier in the white-supremacist Christian Identity Movement. Through the lens of these 4 bombings, and the victims left to pick up the pieces, Flashpoint explores America's greatest threat, the political and religious radicalization of homegrown terrorists.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Atlanta's Olympic Stadium for the opening ceremony of the Centennial Olympic Games.
0:06.0	Back in 96, Atlanta was booming with excitement around hosting the Olympic Games.
0:12.0	For the first time,
0:14.0	our city was stepping into Center Sage.
0:16.0	What no one could have predicted
0:18.0	is that it would be remembered for something else.
0:21.0	There is a bomb in Centennial Park.
0:24.0	You have 30 minutes.
0:27.0	Two people died that night.
0:31.0	More than 100 injured, and the bombings, they were far from over.
0:37.0	The two bombs an hour apart that wrought an abortion clinic in Atlanta.
0:40.0	I sat down just for a second and noticed a bright flash and then a tremendous blast.
0:47.0	Two more bombs, this time at an Atlanta nightclub catering to lesbians.
0:52.0	I saw, as soon as I turned the corner, basically someone bleeding out.
0:55.0	There was really little doubt that we were dealing with the serial bomber.
1:00.0	The FBI would lead a five-year manhunt in search of a fugitive willing to kill for a cause.
1:05.0	But this story isn't his story.
1:08.0	It's a human story.
1:09.0	One that I've become entangled with.
1:11.0	And it turns out, I'm not the only one.
1:17.0	It kind of gave me a feeling of pending doom so many sleepless nights.
1:23.0	I don't think I felt anything at the time, or I didn't let myself think about it.
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