''Two Minutes Past Nine'' is a podcast hosted by

Leah Sottile Leah Sottile is an American journalist, writer, and podcast host who lives in Portland, Oregon. Education Sottile graduated from Gonzaga University in 2003. Career Sottile is the author of the book " When the Moon Turns to Blood," about the ...

and produced by

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Background

The podcast tries to explain the ideology of

Timothy McVeigh Timothy James McVeigh (April 23, 1968 – June 11, 2001) was an American domestic terrorist responsible for the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed 168 people, 19 of whom were children, injured more than 680 others, and destroyed one-third o ...

, who was responsible for the 1995

Oklahoma City bombing The Oklahoma City bombing was a domestic terrorist truck bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, on April 19, 1995. Perpetrated by two anti-government extremists, Timothy McVeigh and Terry N ...

. Sottile argues that the bombing was deeply rooted in bigotry and anti-government convictions inspired by figures going as far back as

John Wilkes Booth John Wilkes Booth (May 10, 1838 – April 26, 1865) was an American stage actor who assassinated United States President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865. A member of the prominent 19th-century Booth th ...

and more recent figures such as

William Luther Pierce William Luther Pierce III (September 11, 1933 – July 23, 2002) was an American neo-Nazi, white supremacist, and far-right political activist. For more than 30 years, he was one of the highest-profile individuals of the white nationalist movem ...

. The podcast discusses various people who believe that there will be a

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and that the government is attempting to take their guns. Sottile draws a connection between McVeigh, the

Proud Boys The Proud Boys is an American far-right, neo-fascist, and exclusively male organization that promotes and engages in political violence in the United States.Far-right: * * Fascist: * * * * * Men only: * * * Political violence: * * * It has ...

, and the

January 6 United States Capitol attack On January 6, 2021, following the defeat of then-U.S. President Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election, a mob of his supporters attacked the United States Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. The mob was seeking to keep Trump in pow ...

Format

The podcast is a

program that was hosted by

and produced by Georgia Catt. The series included 12 episodes that were each roughly 15 minutes in length that were released in 2020.

Reception

Nicholas Quah Nicholas Quah is a journalist for Vulture and is the creator of the Nieman Lab newsletter Hot Pod News. Career Quah was the creator of the ''Hotpods'' newsletter. Quah worked for BuzzFeed in 2015 while writing the newsletter. Vox Media acquir ...

wrote in ''

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'' that the podcast was "refreshing for the sobriety of its presentation." Charlotte Runcie wrote in ''

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'' that the podcast is "powerfully told ... ndbeautifully made."

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*{{Official website, https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000mqp1 2020 podcast debuts 2021 podcast endings Audio podcasts BBC Radio 4 programmes Crime podcasts History podcasts Political podcasts

Background

Format

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