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The Conspiracy Tapes

The Pill Plot | 1. Light a Fuse

The Conspiracy Tapes

Sony Music

True Crime, History, Society & Culture, Documentary

41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

It’s 1991. All over America, clinics face aggressive attacks from a militant anti-abortion movement. A solution is on the horizon — the abortion pill, also known as mifepristone — but it’s banned in the United States. And by the end of the year, it’s clear that abortion supporters cannot wait any longer for RU486. So, they hatch a plan. Unlock all episodes of Cover Up: The Pill Plot, ad-free, right now by subscribing to The Binge. Plus, get binge access to brand new stories dropping on the first of every month — that’s all episodes, all at once, all ad-free. Just click ‘Subscribe’ on the top of the Cover Up: The Pill Plot show page on Apple Podcasts or visit GetTheBinge.com to get access wherever you get your podcasts. A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find out more about The Binge and other podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts. You can follow the show’s host on Twitter @TJRaphael Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

The Bench.

0:06.0

I live in New York and outside of Times Square, John F. Kennedy International Airport is the most chaotic place in the city.

0:17.0

Every time I go there, it's a zoo.

0:21.0

Tens of millions of passengers go through that airport every year.

0:26.0

And every person, bag, and dog carrier on any flight has to go through some kind of screening.

0:33.0

And for the most part, it is pretty routine.

0:37.0

But every now and then, there's that one person,

0:41.0

that one bag that breaks up the monotony, and makes headlines.

0:47.0

About 28 pounds of cocaine were seized at JFK

0:52.0

after being found in the way.

0:54.0

Like the woman who tried to smuggle cocaine in the wheels of her wheelchair,

0:59.4

or the guy who was caught with 35 songbirds hidden inside hair curlers or this one.

1:07.0

Let's take a look at this, a sticky situation at Kennedy Airport.

1:10.0

A guy had packed two jars of peanut butter in his suitcase and they were filled with parts from a disassembled semi-automatic handgun.

1:19.0

But last summer, I heard this story that I think beats them all, because what these folks brought

1:26.2

into JFK three decades ago is still making headlines today, like actually today.

1:34.4

And that story starts here.

1:37.8

On British Airways Flight 173 on July 1st, 1992.

1:47.0

There's these two people traveling together. There's a woman, Leona.

1:50.0

She's in her late 20s.

1:52.0

She's a punk, a little scruffy.

1:54.3

And then there's this much older man, Larry.

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