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Things Fell Apart

S1. Ep 7: A Secret Room Behind a Fake Wall

Things Fell Apart

BBC

Society & Culture, Personal Journals

4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

It’s 2017. Late one night after a party a Hollywood actor plays a prank on a friend. But the prank backfires terribly and the ripples are seismic - taking us inside Donald Trump’s White House and the Capitol insurrection of January 2021.

Written and presented by Jon Ronson Produced by Sam Peach Original music by Phil Channell

Archive with credit to:

Videos discussing Isaac Kappy: Lisa Crapella.– Youtube , The Truth Blog Part 2 – Youtube , Miss M – Youtube , Truth Crossing - Youtube Clip from the movie THOR (2011) – Produced by Marvel Studios, distributed by Paramount Pictures and Directed by Kenneth Branagh Coverage of 2016 Democratic National Convention from ABC News Coverage of Pizzagate and Isaac Kappy interview from Infowars Coverage of Edgar Welch's arrest from ANV News Coverage of Nicholas Sandmann incident from MSNBC, CNN and Fox News Interview with Lin Wood from Fox News Clip of Lin Wood’s speech from Ronnie N – Youtube Coverage of 2021 US Capitol Attack from CNN

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0:14.4

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0:18.4

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0:21.9

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0:24.8

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0:31.6

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0:35.0

From BBC Radio 4, this is Things Fell Apart.

0:39.0

Strange Tales from the Culture Wars.

0:42.0

I'm John Ronson, a writer living in America, the land where Culture Wars begin.

0:49.0

And by Culture Wars, I mean the battle for dominance between conflicting values.

0:54.7

These wars can obsess us, consume our lives.

0:58.9

I was curious to learn how things fell apart, and so I went back in history to find the origin stories,

1:06.0

the pebbles thrown in the pond, creating the ripples. This story takes place on the edges of Hollywood where ambitious people hustle around trying to make it.

1:21.0

It's about a man from that world, Isaac Capi, a man considered by many to be a true hero.

1:29.0

I want to say thank you to Isaac Capi.

1:33.2

You're putting yourself on the line big time for this.

1:36.2

Let's talk about the brother Isaac Capi behind the scenes with Hollywood.

1:40.4

Isaac is a hero.

1:42.0

But in fact the culture war that Isaac got himself embroiled in is an especially

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