Rip Current

    California, September 1975. Within a span of 17 days and less than 90 miles, two women, working separately, tried to assassinate the president of the United States, Gerald R. Ford. These are the only two times we know of that a woman has tried to assassinate an American president.  The first, Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme, was already infamous as a prominent follower of cult leader Charles Manson. The second, Sara Jane Moore, was a 45 year-old housewife who infiltrated San Francisco's violent radical underground  working undercover for the FBI. The story of one strange and violent Summer, this season on RIP CURRENT.

  • Episode 12: Pavlov’s (almost) Drowning Dogs

  • Episode 11: There Comes a Point Where the Only Way You Can Make a Statement is to Pick Up a Gun

  • Bonus: Tribal Thumb

  • Episode 10: It Serves the Pigs’ Interests to Create Confusion

  • Episode 9: Contradictions

  • Episode 8: Popeye Jackson

  • Episode 7: A Confusion of Sanity and Reality

  • Episode 6: Death to the Fascist Insect that Preys Upon the Life of the People

  • Bonus: Watergate

  • Episode 5: Thirty Eight

  • Episode 4: Nice Girls

  • Episode 3: The Story of James and Reni Willett

  • Episode 2: Don’t Want Out and You’re Free

  • Episode 1: It Didn’t Go Off

  • Introducing: Rip Current

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