The Assault on America

By iHeartPodcasts, Cool Zone Media, and Novel

What's The Assault on America about?

A documentary series from host Robert Evans investigating the Capitol insurrection. Stories of instigators and extremists hellbent on subverting democracy.

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The Assault on America episodes:

12.08.2021
Episode 1: The Digital Fever Swamp
Investigative journalist Robert Evans explores the murky online spaces where the Capitol insurrection was conceived and planned. He discovers how a single lie snowballed online into one of the biggest gaslights in American political history. The Assault on America...
12.08.2021
Episode 2: Stop The Steal
Robert Evans delves into the deep history of Donald Trump’s ‘Stop the Steal’ campaign, getting on the trail of a wily right wing activist at the heart of the operation. The Assault on America is produced by Cool Zone...
12.08.2021
Episode 3: No Ordinary Rioters
There were those at the Capitol insurrection who got carried away in the moment and acted rashly. There were others who planned for violence from the start. Robert Evans looks under the hood of the most extensively prosecuted paramilitary organization...
12.08.2021
Episode 4: The Canary in the Coal Mine
The Capitol insurrection was a content creation exercise on an epic scale. Robert Evans tells the story of a far right influencer addicted to online engagement, who surfed the social media algorithms, cruising through music and politics before finally breaching...
12.08.2021
Episode 5: The Inside Man
The virus enters the mainframe. Donald Trump’s Big Lie is ushered into the Senate Chamber by a ruthlessly ambitious young Senator who will do anything to get ahead, even at the cost of democracy itself. The Assault on America...
12.08.2021
Episode 6: Hugs and Kisses
In the wake of the Capitol insurrection, Donald Trump claimed that his supporters had posed “zero threat” to police and had offered them “hugs and kisses”. Robert Evans hears from Capitol Police officers who tell a different story, having battled...
12.08.2021
Episode 7: The Lost Cause
Not every police officer at the Capitol insurrection acquitted themselves with the courage of the heroes we heard about in Episode 6. Robert Evans addresses one of the scariest questions about the siege: how come so many cops were part...
12.08.2021
Episode 8: The Digital Dragnet
You can’t solve a mass crime without a mass investigation, but the wheels of justice turn slowly. Robert Evans meets the citizen sleuths taking the investigation into their own hands. From their bedrooms and home offices across the world, ordinary...
11.30.2021
Introducing: The Assault on America
Introducing a documentary series from host Robert Evans investigating the events of the Capitol insurrection. Stories of instigators and extremists who deployed mob violence to subvert American democracy. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...

What's The Assault on America about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

The Assault on America episodes:

Episode 1: The Digital Fever Swamp

Episode 2: Stop The Steal

Episode 3: No Ordinary Rioters

Episode 4: The Canary in the Coal Mine

Episode 5: The Inside Man

Episode 6: Hugs and Kisses

Episode 7: The Lost Cause

Episode 8: The Digital Dragnet

Introducing: The Assault on America