Revisiting the January 6 insurrection, one year later

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🗓️ 7 January 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

It's been a full year since the January 6, 2021 insurrection on the U.S. Capitol, perhaps the most shocking political event of the past year — or even this generation. But has our understanding of the insurrection changed with time? Sam chats with Hannah Allam, national security reporter at The Washington Post, and Tom Dreisbach, NPR investigative correspondent, about how the U.S. government has responded to the insurrection — and how we've moved from political polarization into political radicalization.

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0:00.0	Hey y'all, this is Sam Zat Betty.
0:03.2	This week, the insurrection at the Capitol, one year later.
0:08.6	All right, let's start the show.
0:11.8	Hey y'all, you're listening to It's Been a Minute from NPR.
0:15.0	I'm Sam Sanders.
0:16.4	In this episode, we're going to talk about January 6, 2021.
0:20.7	My panelists on today's show, they can recall that day vividly.
0:25.4	We would get flashes of a few images from the Senate floor
0:28.7	where people had the mob had taken over.
0:31.6	That is NPR investigative correspondent Tom Driesbach.
0:35.1	People breaking into windows, looking for any way in.
0:38.1	And that's Washington Post National Security reporter, Hannah Alam.
0:42.0	Hannah's a former NPR reporter, and she was at the Capitol that day for NPR.
0:46.7	People threatening to haul out and string up lawmakers.
0:51.3	Tom and Hannah have been covering the insurrection
0:53.6	and its aftermath for the last year.
0:56.4	And one big thing has stood out for both of them.
0:59.5	It was just so much more violent than we were able to see
1:03.7	from our little corners of observation that day.
1:12.7	For the first time in our history,
1:15.3	President had not just lost an election.
1:19.6	He tried to prevent the peaceful transfer of power
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