Long Shadow
By Long Lead & PRX
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Subscribers: 429
Reviews: 4
Episodes: 35
May 25, 2023
A very thorough investigation of low points in our history.
GB
Sep 14, 2021
Outstanding! However, it should do more on its webpage: most of the information is of general public knowledge still it would be helpful if it provided a bibliography or a list of sources available in the public domain.
cat
Sep 12, 2021
thank you
Aug 24, 2021
Description
Through a series of riveting, complex narratives, LONG SHADOW makes sense of what people know — and what they thought they knew — about the most pivotal moments in U.S. history, including Waco, Columbine, Y2K, 9/11, COVID-19, January 6, and beyond.
Hosted by Pulitzer-finalist historian, author, and journalist Garrett Graff, this Peabody-nominated podcast has been called “rigorous, authoritative, and an electrifying listen” by the Financial Times and honored as one of the year's best podcasts by The Atlantic, Audible, Mashable, Rolling Stone, and The Week. A winner of the Edward R. Murrow Award and the RFK Human Rights Journalism Award, it has also been honored with eight Signal Awards, including for Best History, Best Documentary, Best Technology, and Best Activism, Public Service, & Social Impact Podcast.
The second season of LONG SHADOW has been added to the history program at the University of Houston and the third season has been integrated into Harvard Law School's curriculum on the Second Amendment.
OUT September 2026: “'Never again' / What is the legacy of 9/11?" a new episode of LONG SHADOW: 9/11's LINGERING QUESTIONS, commemorating the 25th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks.
EPISODE DESCRIPTION: In the wake of the September 11 attacks, a promise echoed through the halls of the U.S. government: "Never again." Fueled by post-9/11 fear, the country’s leadership embarked on the largest bureaucratic overhaul in half a century, consolidating 22 federal agencies under the banner of the Department of Homeland Security.
The new bureau’s mission was simple: Keep the nation safe and stop the next attack at all costs. But over the years, the obligation to safeguard the homeland slowly laid the groundwork for a different kind of terror — one we’re seeing on America’s streets today.
In this special episode of LONG SHADOW, released 5 years after 9/11's LINGERING QUESTIONS premiered and became the #1 history podcast on Apple Podcasts, Garrett Graff traces how the government’s response to the events of September 11 led to the buildup of a massive federal police force, an apparatus that was overtaken by a wave of corruption and criminality amounting to one of the most destructive scandals U.S. law enforcement has ever faced.
"In the wake of 9/11," Graff says in the episode, "we couldn't see what was being created." What was constructed, he says, is a “national secret police force stronger and larger than our country could have imagined in August of 2001.”
Listen today, and find out how we got here.
LONG SHADOW is produced by the award-winning journalism studio Long Lead and distributed by PRX.
For more visit www.longlead.com and www.longshadowpodcast.com.
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“Never again” / What is the legacy of 9/11?
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Sep 01, 2026 |
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Trailer: Long Shadow: “Never again” / What is the legacy of 9/11?
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Aug 26, 2026 |
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The Red Pill
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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Going Viral
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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Weapons of Mass Distraction
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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Enragement Equals Engagement
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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The Facebook Revolution
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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Establishing Connection
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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The End of the World as We Know It
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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Trailer: Long Shadow: Breaking the Internet
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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Generation Lockdown
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May 22, 2024 |
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A Good Guy with a Gun
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May 14, 2024 |
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The Right to Bear AR-15s
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May 07, 2024 |
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The Hardliners
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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Shall Not Be Infringed
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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A Uniquely American Problem
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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Trailer: Long Shadow: In Guns We Trust
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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January 6: Day of the Rope
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May 24, 2023 |
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MAGA: American Carnage
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May 17, 2023 |
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The Bundys: A Call to Arms
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May 10, 2023 |
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Info War: From the Fringe to Fox News
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May 03, 2023 |
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Oklahoma City: Sic Semper Tyrannis
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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Ruby Ridge: The Revolution Begins
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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Waco: The Spark
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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Trailer: Long Shadow: Rise of the American Far Right
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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Long Lead Presents: The Depths She'll Reach
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Nov 18, 2021 |
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How do we move on from 9/11?
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Sep 11, 2021 |
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What was the Saudi connection to 9/11?
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Sep 10, 2021 |
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Who was the 20th hijacker?
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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Could 9/11 have been stopped before it happened?
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Sep 03, 2021 |
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Was there a “fifth plane” on 9/11?
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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Who issued the order to shoot down Flight 93?
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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What was the target of United Airlines Flight 93?
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Aug 20, 2021 |
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Why weren’t more people rescued from the Twin Towers?
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Aug 18, 2021 |
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Trailer: Long Shadow: 9/11's Lingering Questions
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Jul 21, 2021 |