April 19th, 1995. The explosion in downtown Oklahoma City can be felt 55 miles away. 168 people, including 19 children, are killed. Immediately, a heroic rescue effort begins in the ruins of the Alfred P Murrah Federal Building. Meanwhile, Timothy McVeigh is speeding up a highway, getting away. Investigators work around the clock to find him. A lot of hard work (and a fair amount of luck) pays off.




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Episode 5: The Oklahoma Standard

Dive into a case of domestic terrorism from the past that’s really a warning about the future.&nbsp; 
 Back in 1995, there was a disaster that should have prepared us for January 6th and the political violence that we’re seeing today: the Oklahoma City Bombing.&nbsp; 
 Journalist Jeffrey Toobin reveals the story behind Timothy McVeigh, the Oklahoma City Bombing, and right-wing extremism in America - how a decorated army veteran became consumed with rage, how he somehow went underground and built a bomb that damaged fifty blocks in a modern city, and how everything that led to the horror of April 19th, 1995 is still very present in America.&nbsp; 
 Homegrown: OKC is a USG Audio podcast produced by Western Sound and Esmail Corp. Based on the book “Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Rightwing Extremism” by Jeffrey Toobin.

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Timothy McVeigh is executed. Three months later, to the day, was September 11th, 2001. Government concerns about the threat of homegrown terrorism evaporate into the air. Still, the right wing spreads conspiracy theories that the Oklahoma City Bombing was committed by foreign terrorists. McVeigh’s desire for a civil war and his belief in the legitimacy of violence lives on in mainstream American politics.




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Episode 8: The Ashes

It was the largest number of murders prosecuted in a single case. The stakes for the trial of Timothy McVeigh were high and the media scrutiny was intense. Enter McVeigh’s smooth-talking defense attorney. McVeigh was an impossible client, and his attorney suspects others are involved in the bombing. But the defense falls apart before the trial begins.




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Episode 7: United States Vs Timothy McVeigh

Inside the White House, President Clinton immediately suspects that the bombing was a domestic attack on the federal government. That hunch proves to be correct, and the President tries to warn the American public about the threat from the far right. But the investigation is soon handed to a then-obscure lawyer inside the Justice Department named Merrick Garland. Garland narrows his focus down to a single case to try and to win.




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Episode 6: Clutter

McVeigh and Nichols go underground, devoting themselves to an attack on a federal building. The plot takes months of secret, detailed preparation. There were so many moments where it could have all fallen apart. But finally, McVeigh drives towards Oklahoma City in a truck loaded with twelve barrels filled with fertilizer and fuel. But despite all the careful planning, McVeigh left behind a trail of clues.




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Episode 5: The Oklahoma Standard

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