'The Informant' | Ep. 1: There's No Place Like Home

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ABC News

True Crime

4.0 • 8.9K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Today we bring you Ep. 1 of "Truth and Lies: The Informant," a new five-part series from ABC Audio that tells the remarkable story of an ordinary man who risked his life as an FBI informant to stop what would've been one of the worst terrorist attacks in U.S. history. Follow along and listen to the next episode right now on Apple Podcasts (https://apple.co/3wgRdzb), Spotify (https://spoti.fi/3XFQm6X), Amazon Music (https://amzn.to/3ksWvFj), or your app of choice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey 2020 listeners, this is Dick Lair, host of ABC's new podcast, Truth and Lies, The
0:06.4	Informant.
0:07.4	And this week we're bringing you the first episode of our five-part series about an everyday
0:12.4	man from Kansas who's recruited by the FBI to help thwart a terror attack.
0:18.5	Follow along as he goes undercover and risks his own life to save others.
0:23.6	If you like this first episode, look for the rest of the series right here in the coming
0:27.9	weeks or get new episodes as soon as they post by following Truth and Lies, The Informant.
0:34.3	The link is in our episode description.
0:36.5	Truth and Lies, The Informant, is brought to you by Progressive, where drivers who saved
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1:01.1	Hi everyone, it's George Stephanopoulos.
1:07.3	I am so glad you chose Truth and Lies, The Informant as your next listen.
1:12.3	This podcast tells the harrowing true story of an ordinary man turned unlikely hero, a father
1:18.5	and husband who risked it all to save the lives of total strangers targeted by hateful,
1:23.9	homegrown extremists.
1:26.1	After you listen, check out my documentary The Informant, Fear and Faith in the Heartland,
1:30.3	it's now streaming on Hulu.
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