Ruby Ridge and George H.W. Bush's Dog | Aryeh Cohen-Wade & Ruth Graham [Culturally Determined]

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Channel: Nonzero · 2018 · News & Politics

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0:53 Ruth’s podcast about Ruby Ridge, Standoff  
7:33 The key mistakes the Weavers and the government made  
11:24 Vicki Weaver, the driving force behind the family’s radical beliefs  
16:34 How the crisis on Ruby Ridge escalated and was resolved  
26:08 Comparing the ’90s militia movement and today’s far right  
34:27 What lessons did the government learn about standoffs?  
38:41 The nation fell in love with Sully, George H.W. Bush’s devoted dog… 
48:00 …and then the nation got mad at Ruth for popping the Sully bubble 

Aryeh Cohen-Wade (Joking on the Square, @AryehCW) and Ruth Graham (Slate)

Recorded on December 11, 2018

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