Oversight: Jonestown

By: CQ Roll Call
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  • Summary

  • On Nov. 18, 1978, more than 900 Americans died in Jonestown, Guyana. Some committed suicide. More were murdered. And until 9/11, it was the largest single mass killing of American citizens. U.S. Rep. Leo Ryan was assassinated as he tried to rescue Jonestown residents desperate for freedom. In CQ Roll Call's new podcast, we investigate Jonestown through the prism of congressional oversight, telling a story of corruption, international intrigue, race and betrayal. Oversight. How can the lessons of the past inform decisions of today?
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  • Introducing Oversight: Jonestown

    Introducing Oversight: Jonestown
    Oct 24 2019
    More than 900 Americans died in Jonestown, Guyana, on Nov. 18, 1978. Some committed suicide. More were murdered. In Oversight, CQ Roll Call’s new podcast, we ask new questions about Jonestown, shining a new light on the corruption, international intrigue, racial tensions and betrayal.
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    3 mins
  • 24 Hours

    24 Hours
    Nov 18 2019
    In this first episode of Oversight: Jonestown, we take you deep into the Guyanese jungle, behind the harrowing scenes of the last 24 hours of the Peoples Temple Agricultural Collective. We have new information and a new understanding of how one man — the Rev. Jim Jones — orchestrated the deaths of 917 people, including Congressman Leo Ryan. For more: http://www.rollcall.com/Jonestown and http://www.rollcall.com/podcasts
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    32 mins
  • Descent Into Madness

    Descent Into Madness
    Nov 25 2019
    Oversight: Jonestown takes a step back to the mid-1970s, a time of tumult, to explain how the Rev. Jim Jones went from Midwest preacher to messiah to maniac. It's the story of how he became a master of exploitation. He used the Black Power movement against the African-American community, politicians' own votes against them — and abuse and coercion against his own flock. 
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    31 mins

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