Hijacked

Sources: The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright, The Hunt for KSM by Terry McDermott. Music by Conrad Kira

The Agent | A Brief Prehistory of 9/11 (part 5)

Sources: The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright, The Hunt for KSM by Terry McDermott, Music by Conrad Kira.

The Martyr | A Brief Prehistory of 9/11 (part 4)

Sources: The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright, The Hunt for KSM by Terry McDermott.

The Uncle | A Brief Prehistory of 9/11 (part 3)

Sources: The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright, The Hunt for KSM by Terry McDermott, A Life in Architecture by Minoru Yamasaki. Music by Conrad Kira.

The Builder | A Brief Prehistory of 9/11 (part 2)

Sources: The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright, The Hunt for KSM by Terry McDermott, A Life in Architecture by Minoru Yamasaki.

The Architect | A Brief Prehistory of 9/11 (part 1)

In 1925, Frantz Fanon regrets joining the fight against fascism. Music by Timbah.

Frantz Fanon wants to dance

In 1945, Margaret Thatcher watches her hero go down in flames. Music by Timbah

Margaret Thatcher tastes defeat

In 1943, James Baldwin buries is father and meets his hero. Music by Timbah Bibliography: Native Son by Richard Wright Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin Talking at the Gates a Life of James Baldwin by James Campbell

James Baldwin buries his father

Did Lyndon Johnson really care about civil rights or was he motivated by party unity and cold political calculation? Music by Timbah Bibliography: The Years of Lyndon Johnson by Robert Caro

Lyndon Johnson and the janitor 

'To understand a man, we must look at the world when they were 20'

To understand a person you have to know what was happening in the world when they were twenty.

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