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Waco: The Spark

Imagine sweeping through green fields, floating five feet above ground, sun on your face as you slide by on track to your destination, not a car in the world, as you simply lean back.

This is how travel should feel, and on our trains, it does.

This episode contains audio and descriptions depicting violence, as well as some harsh language.

It's the evening of January 5th, 2021, at Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C.

The night before Congress is due to certify the results of the 2020 election.

A crowd of thousands is here in support of President Trump.

Far in the background, the Capitol building glows.

At first glance, the crowd is mostly what you'd expect.

Average-looking white folks draped in flags and sporting red maga caps.

But here and there are guys and camo fatis, guys with tactical gear, and vests emblazoned with the logos of far-right extremist groups like the proud boys and the oath keepers.

They're here to see the man who put their movement on the map.

A movement is starting with one man on public access television.

Well, tomorrow, turn into millions of Americans in the streets from Washington, D.C. to take our Republican back.

After almost 30 years on the airwaves, Alex Jones has become the king of conspiracy.

He's convinced his viewers that the government is a shadowy cabal that pedals children for sex and perpetrates atrocities in order to take people's guns.

He's brought far-right extremist groups and regular people together with one goal to subvert a democratic election.

How did we get here to this moment when our democracy is in peril?

A moment when anti-government conspiracy theorists inhabit the halls of Congress.

The April 1999 massacre at Columbine High School hurtled the United States into an era of mass shootings. Now, a quarter century later, the horrors of that day have become an almost regular facet of American life, and gun violence a record-smashing epidemic. Clad in both camouflage and Kevlar, 21st-century America is a bastion of freedom where workplaces require active shooter protocols, schools run lockdown drills, and the Second Amendment has become a religion unto itself.Guns are a uniquely American problem, but the U.S. wasn’t always like this. LONG SHADOW: IN GUNS WE TRUST explores the story of the people — some names you'll know, some you won't — who changed the way America relates to guns, for better or worse. This season, host Garrett Graff, in collaboration with The Trace, chronicles how firearms moved from being an ordinary part of the background of rural life to a menacing element of modern American life.Crackling with rich archival tape and riveting eyewitness and expert interviews, this narrative podcast examines threads of history that are vitally relevant to our current political climate. In LONG SHADOW’s first season, Graff, a Pulitzer-finalist and a best-selling author and historian, examined the lingering questions of 9/11, the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil. Season two chronicled how bloody tragedies at the hands of federal agents led to the rise of American far-right extremism and ultimately the January 6 insurrection. Season three will help listeners understand how simply carrying firearms has become its own act of defiance, and how a very specific, carefully manufactured fear has driven explosive demand for guns across America. How did we get here? Subscribe and listen to LONG SHADOW to find out.LONG SHADOW: IN GUNS WE TRUST is produced by <a href="https://www.longlead.com">Long Lead</a> and <a href="https://www.campsidemedia.com">Campside Media</a> in collaboration with <a href="https://www.thetrace.org">The Trace</a>, and is distributed by <a href="https://www.prx.org">PRX</a>.

0:00.0	Imagine sweeping through green fields, floating five feet above ground, sun on your face as you slide by on track to your destination, not a car in the world, as you simply lean back.
0:17.0	And before you know it, you're there.
0:20.0	This is how travel should feel, and on our trains, it does.
0:25.0	Avanti West Coast, feel good travel.
0:32.0	This episode contains audio and descriptions depicting violence, as well as some harsh language.
0:38.0	Please take care when listening.
0:42.0	It's the evening of January 5th, 2021, at Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C.
0:56.0	The night before Congress is due to certify the results of the 2020 election.
1:02.0	A crowd of thousands is here in support of President Trump.
1:07.0	Far in the background, the Capitol building glows.
1:26.0	At first glance, the crowd is mostly what you'd expect.
1:30.0	Average-looking white folks draped in flags and sporting red maga caps.
1:35.0	But here and there are guys and camo fatis, guys with tactical gear, and vests emblazoned with the logos of far-right extremist groups like the proud boys and the oath keepers.
1:47.0	They're here to see the man who put their movement on the map.
1:51.0	A movement is starting with one man on public access television.
1:57.0	Well, tomorrow, turn into millions of Americans in the streets from Washington, D.C. to take our Republican back.
2:14.0	After almost 30 years on the airwaves, Alex Jones has become the king of conspiracy.
2:20.0	He's convinced his viewers that the government is a shadowy cabal that pedals children for sex and perpetrates atrocities in order to take people's guns.
2:29.0	But this rally might be his magnum opus.
2:32.0	He's brought far-right extremist groups and regular people together with one goal to subvert a democratic election.
2:50.0	How did we get here to this moment when our democracy is in peril?
3:14.0	A moment when anti-government conspiracy theorists inhabit the halls of Congress.
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Waco: The Spark

Long Shadow

Long Lead & PRX & The Trace & Campside Media

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