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History Extra podcast

Preview: Was Pearl Harbor an inside job?

History Extra podcast

Immediate Media

History

4.34.5K Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

In the first episode of season 2 of History’s Greatest Conspiracy Theories, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Steve Twomey joins Rob Attar to tackle the "back door to war" conspiracy theory, explaining why many Americans have been willing to believe in a president's treachery. Find the full episode and listen to the whole series by heading to History's Greatest Conspiracy Theories or following this link: https://link.chtbl.com/HGCTHEX Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Today we want to give you a little taste of a new series that we're launching, the second season

0:35.0

of history's greatest conspiracy theories. In it, Rob Atar is

0:39.9

joined by expert historians to explore some of the most pervasive historical conspiracy theories,

0:45.7

from NASA faking the moon landing to the Knight's Templar discovering America. They'll explore

0:51.2

how these theories came about and whether any of them might actually be true.

0:56.0

So here's a taster of the first episode in which Steve Toomey considers where the President Roosevelt might have known about the attack on Pearl Harbor in advance of it happening.

1:07.5

If you enjoy this clip, you can find the whole episode and subscribe to get the

1:11.9

whole series by searching for history's greatest conspiracy theories wherever you listen to podcasts.

1:19.0

On the 7th of December 1941, a day that would live in infamy, Japan attacked the US naval

1:25.9

base at Pearl Harbor, killing more than 2,400 people,

1:29.9

sinking a number of ships and destroying dozens of aircraft. It's one of the most notorious

1:34.7

surprise attacks in history, but how much of a surprise was it? Did US President Franklin Roosevelt

1:41.1

know the attack was coming, and even encourage it as a means of propelling

1:45.6

the US into World War II.

1:50.7

Welcome to episode one of season two of history's greatest conspiracy theories from History

1:55.9

Extra. I'm Rob Atar, and to explore this backdoor-to- war conspiracy theory, I was joined by Steve Toomey,

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