When does the Blindspot podcast come out?
The first episode drops Friday, May 28. Subscribe now. An original 8-part podcast hosted by WNYC's Jim O'Grady and co-produced by HISTORY in partnership with WNYC Studios. "Blindspot: The Road to 9/11" will bring to light the decade-long shadow struggle that preceded the attacks.
Who is the host of Blindspot?
An original 8-part podcast hosted by WNYC's Jim O'Grady and co-produced by HISTORY in partnership with WNYC Studios. "Blindspot: The Road to 9/11" will bring to light the decade-long shadow struggle that preceded the attacks.
How many episodes are there in Blindspot?
Over eight episodes, Blindspot: The Road to 9/11, brings to light the decade-long "shadow struggle" that preceded the attacks.
Who is the blind sheikh?
September 9, 2020 •. In 1981, the radical cleric Omar Abdel-Rahman — known as The Blind Sheikh — inspires the assassination of Egyptian president Anwar el-Sadat at a military ceremony. One of the soldiers present is Emad Salem. He swears revenge against the Sheikh.
Who is the ghost in the 2020 movie?
October 21, 2020 •#N#"The Ghost" is the nickname that Port Authority Detective Matthew Besheer and FBI Special Agent Frank Pellegrino give to the man they've been hunting for years but can't quite catch: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed — also known as KSM. He's the uncle of Ramzi Yousef, and he picks up his plot to hijack planes and fly them into buildings. Without knowing his specific plans, Pellegrino and Besheer are acutely aware of the scope of KSM's ambition, and the danger he presents to both military and civilian targets. But once again, a carefully considered plan to diffuse the threat goes awry and he melts into the ether. Soon he'll take a meeting with Osama bin Laden and lay out the framework for what will become known as the attacks on 9/11/2001. In this final episode of the series, we trace the final steps to that fateful day.
What are Pellegrino and Besheer aware of?
Without knowing his specific plans, Pellegrino and Besheer are acutely aware of the scope of KSM's ambition, and the danger he presents to both military and civilian targets. But once again, a carefully considered plan to diffuse the threat goes awry and he melts into the ether.
What happened on September 9, 2020?
September 9, 2020 •#N#The 9/11 attacks were so much more than a bolt from the blue on a crisp September morning. They were more than a decade in the making. Our story starts in a Midtown Manhattan hotel ballroom in 1990. Shots ring out and the extremist rabbi, Meir Kahane, lies mortally wounded. His assassin, El-Sayyid Nosair, is connected to members of a Brooklyn mosque who are training to fight with Islamic freedom fighters in Afghanistan. NYPD Detective Louis Napoli and FBI Special Agent John Anticev catch the case, and start unraveling a conspiracy that is taking place in plain sight by blending into the tumult of the city. It is animated by an emerging ideology: violent jihad.
Who is the NYPD detective in 2020?
September 16, 2020 •. NYPD Detective Louis Napoli and FBI Special Agent John Anticev fear an attack is coming, but without their mole, Emad Salem, they're blind to the machinations of the Brooklyn terror cell.
Who is Bin Laden's mentor?
His longtime mentor, Abdullah Azzam, advises caution. But a new advisor named Ayman al-Zawahiri pushes bin Laden to pursue a more far-reaching strategy. Bin Laden's choice between the two men will determine the path of the newly formed Al Qaeda, and of worldwide militant jihad. Episode 6: The Choice.
Who hosted Blindspot: The Road to 9/11?
An original 8-part podcast hosted by WNYC's Jim O'Grady and co-produced by HISTORY in partnership with WNYC Studios. "Blindspot: The Road to 9/11" will bring to light the decade-long shadow struggle that preceded the attacks. The podcast series will discuss the existential threat at stake in every turn, the human drama of political motives and personal ambitions, and the glaring mistakes and unfortunate blind spots that led to the modern world’s single most devastating act of political terrorism.
What is Blindspot Tulsa Burning?
Blindspot: Tulsa Burning is a co-production of The HISTORY® Channel and WNYC Studios, in collaboration with KOSU and Focus Black Oklahoma.
What was the world beyond Greenwood?
The world beyond Greenwood’s borders had been carefully constructed to make sure a place like it could never prosper for long. To understand how and why, we travel back to the Trail of Tears and the settling of present day Oklahoma, when racism and land ownership shaped the area that would become Greenwood. And we meet the journalist A.J. Smitherman, legendary publisher of the Tulsa Star (the first Black daily newspaper) and a fierce advocate for the community
Did 9/11 come out of the blue sky?
Time has flattened our understanding of the 9/11 terror attacks. There’s a sense that they came out of the clear blue sky of the day itself. They didn’t. We need to revisit the evidence and question the people at the center of the story.
