The forgotten JFK assassination plot
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🗓️ 10 February 2025
⏱️ 39 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Ah, Benny's parents, thanks for coming. |
| 0:02.3 | Hiya. |
| 0:02.9 | So, Benny has really blossomed this term. You're telling me, he outgrew his bike. We sold it, on eBay. Oh, that's not quite what I meant. It's free to sell on there. Free to sell? Easy too. Sold Benny's bike, your guitar, my jacket. You sold my guitar? Shall we talk about Benny? |
| 0:22.1 | When it's this easy to sell for free, |
| 0:24.3 | you can't help but say when it's eBay. |
| 0:26.7 | Things people love. |
| 0:28.0 | Teas and Cs apply, |
| 0:29.1 | Exclused vehicles. |
| 0:30.2 | This October, a remarkable true story comes to the big screen. |
| 0:34.0 | I have direct syndrome, and it makes me tick. |
| 0:36.3 | In the film, critics are calling powerful and life affirming. The problem is that people don't know enough about Tourette's. I can sit here but I can help this lad. Laugh out loud funny and uplifting. That young man would not harm a fly and he makes a damn fine cup of tea. With a brilliant lead performance, it's unmissable. Starring Robert Arameo, Maxine P, Peter Mullen and Shirley Henderson, I swear, in Cinemas |
| 0:59.2 | October 10. |
| 1:04.1 | Welcome to the History Extra podcast, fascinating historical conversations from the makers of BBC History Magazine. |
| 1:13.4 | In December 1960, as President-elect John F. Kennedy made his way to church in Florida, |
| 1:20.8 | a would-be assassin waited nearby, preparing to detonate a bomb that would end the Democrats' presidency before it even began. |
| 1:30.6 | Brad Meltzer and Josh Munch discussed this little known plot in their new book, The JFK Conspiracy. |
| 1:37.1 | In today's podcast, they tell Eleanor Evans more about the episode and dive deeper into the reasons why Kennedy's election victory |
| 1:45.6 | was fraught with tension. I'm really pleased to welcome Josh mentioned Brad Meltzer back to the |
| 1:51.3 | podcast. They have been previous guests on our podcast before talking about presidents and political |
| 1:56.1 | assassination attempts. And we are talking about another one today. It's a little-known attempt to assassinate |
| 2:01.9 | President John F. Kennedy. Brad, I hope we can start with you first, and you can situate us in the |
| 2:06.9 | story. Where do we meet Kennedy in this account? Well, we really meet him in World War II. |
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