Bonus: Prison Radicalism - Part 2 with Brittany Friedman

A further examination of the brief, violent existence of the SLA.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We chat with Author and Sociologist Brittany Friedman about prison activism movements from the 50s through the 70s.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We talk with Historian Dan Berger about activism in California prisons in the 1960s and 70s.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An interview with Dianne Lake and Deborah Herman about Dianne's life in the Manson Family, which she joined at age 14. Deborah and Dianne co-wrote the book, Member of the Family: My Story of Charles Manson, life inside his cult, and the darkness that ended the sixties, about Dianne's experiences.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interviews with co-host Mary Catherine Garrison conducted before and after her work on Rip Current.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The arrests of Lynette Fromme, Patty Hearst, and Sara Jane Moore in a 17-day period lead to unprecedented interest. How do people suddenly change from one set of beliefs to another? Patty Hearst’s trial hinges on the answer to this question. Fromme and Moore never have to answer that question.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the early morning hours of September 22nd, the Secret Service questions Sara Jane Moore about whether she intends to kill President Ford. Later that day, she purchases a gun, drives to San Francisco and takes a shot at Gerald Ford.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A look at the small, violent revolutionary group called Tribal Thumb.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After Popeye Jackson’s execution, a debate is carried out among radical groups on whether or not he should have been killed. As the police investigation focuses on a group called Tribal Thumb, Sara Jane Moore perceives herself to be in increasing danger.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sara Jane Moore discloses to members of the radical underground that she has been an underground informant. She also accuses Popeye Jackson of being an informant, putting his life in peril.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.