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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

The Leonard Peltier Story

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.211K Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2024

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

As you hear tonight's episode, Leonard Peltier has been imprisoned for the better part of half a century, convicted of murdering two FBI Special Agents -- crimes that he and countless supporters argue he did not commit. Join Ben, Matt, and Noel as they dive into the accusations surrounding Leonard's case, from the official case... to the ongoing allegations of corruption and conspiracy.

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0:00.0

From UFOs to psychic powers and government conspiracies history is riddled with unexplained events.

0:07.0

You can turn back now or learn the stuff they don't want you to know.

0:12.0

A production of I-Heart Radio. Welcome back to the show. My name is Matt. My name is Nolan. They call me Ben. We are

0:29.2

joined as always with our super producer Andrew Triforce Howard most importantly you are you you are here that makes this the stuff they don't want you to know in tonight's episode we are exploring a story of crime, politics, and possibly

0:45.7

conspiracy. Building off our earlier exploration into the American Indian

0:50.7

movement we are focusing on a single individual.

0:54.5

A man who, as we record, has spent nearly half a century, 48 years,

1:00.8

imprisoned for crimes that he maintains he did not commit. Now before we

1:06.5

roll through this guys what's the most important thing people need to remember

1:11.3

about our US versus the American Indian Movement episode.

1:16.7

Oh, jeez, how do you, how do you boil that down?

1:20.3

I don't know, as far as I'm concerned that reparations are due were too and they still haven't been paid in many cases

1:28.0

Yeah, maybe just the formation of this country is the direct result of taking land from peoples that lived here before

1:36.7

America was ever a thing and it continues the the country the company America continues to I would say disenfranchise and wrong

1:48.0

peoples that they stole the land from initially. Agreed the United States has always been an experiment, and it is the result of a conspiracy.

1:58.6

There is nothing inaccurate about that statement.

2:02.4

This is the story of Leonard Peltier.

2:06.0

Here are the facts. We mentioned this in our previous episode, our exploration of the American Indian

2:20.3

movement. Leonard held tier, you can hear it called that on 60. the I-E-R born on September 12, 1944 in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and whoa, he was part of a really big family.

2:43.4

Unbelievably pink indeed.

2:45.4

He was the 11th of 13 children.

2:50.2

This election season, the stakes are higher than ever.

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