Les meilleurs podcasts Foreign American (2024)

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Foreign Agent Episode 6: One Last Job 56:10

2y ago56:10

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By the 1990s, a faction of Irish republicans were turning away from militancy and setting their sights on peace. A political future for the campaign would require more money, more lobbying, and even deeper engagement with the United States – though not with Irish Northern Aid, now tainted by its long association with the IRA. Instead, Noraid was wo…

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Foreign Agent Bonus Episode 2: Hollywood and the IRA’s American Connection 22:01

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*Corrected file* Noraid has been portrayed on screen many times, usually in the background of stories about terrorism and gunrunning. While TV shows and movies like Columbo, Patriot Games and The Devil’s Own aren’t exactly high art, they do reveal how the class politics of Irish America were understood (and misrepresented) by Hollywood. In this bon…

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Foreign Agent Episode 5: Our Day Will Come 53:25

2y ago53:25

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As the Troubles dragged on, IRA volunteers at the Maze Prison decided to go on hunger strike in 1980 and 1981. Their decision would change everything for the IRA — and for Noraid. The protest garnered sympathy from around the world and sparked outrage in the Irish American community. Noraid rallied outside the British embassy, burned Margaret Thatc…

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Foreign Agent Episode 4: Lawyers, Guns and Money 50:22

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For decades, a quiet armored truck driver living in Brooklyn ran thousands of guns to the IRA. He was born in Ireland and dedicated to the Republican cause. He was also a committed socialist, who believed the anti-imperial struggle in Ireland was connected to the struggle of African-Americans, Cubans and Vietnamese. When he wasn’t handing out flyer…

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Foreign Agent Bonus Episode: The IRA’s Technical Support 17:32

2y ago17:32

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For over 100 years, Irish revolutionaries hoping to drive the British out of Ireland looked to the United States for money and support. They also looked across the Atlantic for new technology that might give them an advantage, including homemade surface-to-air missiles and even the world’s first modern submarine. In this bonus episode, we explore t…

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Foreign Agent Episode 3: Agents of the State 41:38

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After Bloody Sunday in 1972, Irish Northern Aid saw its power, influence and donations increase dramatically — but a higher profile brought new enemies. Secretly, the Federal Bureau of Investigation turned its sights on Noraid: auditing their books, cultivating informers and staking out meetings. On the public stage, Irish American politicians like…

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Foreign Agent Episode 2: The New World and the Old Country 53:21

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In 1927, the Irish republican Michael Flannery emigrated from the quiet backroads of Tipperary to the crowded streets of New York City, swapping a life of rebellion for a humdrum career in life insurance. But the Irish American community hadn’t forgotten about the old country, and as the Troubles began in Northern Ireland, Flannery found himself at…

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Foreign Agent Episode 1: The American Front 50:53

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When six suitcases full of guns are discovered on an Irish dock in 1971, suspicion falls on a newly founded organisation of Irish Americans known as Noraid. For nearly 30 years, the US, British and Irish governments accused the group of being a front for the Provisional IRA and of funnelling weapons and cash from the pockets of Irish America to the…

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Foreign Agent: The IRA’s American connection

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Foreign Agent Episode 6: One Last Job 56:10

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Foreign Agent Bonus Episode 2: Hollywood and the IRA’s American Connection 22:01

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Foreign Agent Episode 5: Our Day Will Come 53:25

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Foreign Agent Episode 4: Lawyers, Guns and Money 50:22

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Foreign Agent Bonus Episode: The IRA’s Technical Support 17:32

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Foreign Agent Episode 3: Agents of the State 41:38

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Foreign Agent Episode 2: The New World and the Old Country 53:21

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Foreign Agent Episode 1: The American Front 50:53

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