The Life and Death of OJ Simpson
Americast
BBC
4.3 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 11 April 2024
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Orenthal James Simpson, known to the world as OJ, lived many lives. First as one of the greatest ever running backs in the history of the NFL, then as a Hollywood movie star.
His fame skyrocketed, however, when he was arrested as a suspect in the murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman. The ensuing ‘trial of the century’ gripped and divided the nation.
As the news broke, the team interrupted their normal recording to relive the shocking events of his life, trial, and acquittal. Anthony, who was then living in LA, recalls the backdrop of racial tension that underpinned the murder case that gripped the US.
HOSTS: * Marianna Spring, disinformation and social media correspondent * Justin Webb, Radio 4 presenter * Anthony Zurcher, North America correspondent
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This episode was made by George Dabby with Rufus Gray, Catherine Fusillo, and Claire Betzer. The technical producer was Emma Crowe. The series producer is George Dabby. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:04.7 | This is going to be a special brief edition, but heartfelt edition of the podcast |
| 0:09.9 | because we've heard the news that O.J Simpson has died. |
| 0:14.0 | There is plenty to talk about when it comes to O.J. Simpson and also, |
| 0:18.0 | not just about him as a man, but as a kind of cultural feature of American life in recent decades. |
| 0:24.4 | Plus the fact, Anthony, you were there |
| 0:26.9 | when all of the trial and the stuff that happened around him |
| 0:30.9 | was going on. |
| 0:32.0 | Yeah, I was in Los Angeles as just out of college |
| 0:34.5 | kid and was there to witness the spectacle of it all. It was truly a remarkable |
| 0:39.8 | time to be an American and a remarkable time to be someone living in Los Angeles. |
| 0:44.1 | Yeah and that famous line if it doesn't fit you must acquit so much to talk about |
| 0:48.8 | welcome to this special edition of AmeriCast. AmeriCast. Ameri-Cast from BBC News. |
| 0:57.0 | Let me start off with two words. |
| 0:59.0 | Made in America. |
| 1:00.0 | I'm not running for saithithith here, I'm running for president. |
| 1:02.0 | I did everything right and they indicted me I can chew and walk on at the same time |
| 1:07.2 | There is no indication of aliens or extraterrestrial activity we will fight the woke in education We will fight the woke in education. We will |
| 1:14.3 | fight the woke in the businesses. We will never ever surrender to the woke mob. |
| 1:19.1 | Nobody should have to go to jail for smoking weed. |
| 1:21.4 | Brian? Why don't you guys tired of covering this? have to go to jail for smoking weed. Brian. |
| 1:23.0 | Why aren't you guys tired of covering this? It's Justin in the Worldwide Headquarters of America, |
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