It was this week last year when a mob of angry, mostly white men attacked the united states capital in an attempt to overturn a free and fair election. It's quite possible to ask 20 americans what happened that day and get 20 different answers. We're going to hear from a bunch of Americans who can't seem to agree on what happened there. And after you hear all that, we're going to try and understand where all the disagreement leaves us.
One year later, the United States is still trying to wrap its head around what happened on January 6, 2021. (It was an insurrection.) This year, our democracy once again will be tested.
Today’s show was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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