Divine intervention is a 10-part audio documentary about radical nuns in combat boots and wild-haired priests on a hellbent mission to sabotage a war. Tune in weekly starting March 11.
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Episode Transcript
What if I told you that fifty years ago, radical
nuns and combat boots and wild haired priests became cat
burglars in order to sabotage the draft. What if I
told you they got so good at it they started
trading blows with Jay Edgar Hoover. Some went to jail.
I always say to people in jail as a nice
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place to have been from. Some betrayed their friends. They
had guns drawn on us. Guns. I mean, we were
known for being non violent, and two of them have
the goddamned this love story you've ever heard in your life.
It was this incredible moment of love ash first sight,
just with both and then of course, I mean, my god,
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he's a priest. My name is Brendan Patrick Hughes. And
this is divine intervention. This is the story of a
small but mighty Catholic resistance to the war in Vietnam.
Many of the things that we were about to do
were not considered legal or patriotic. They weren't criminals. They
will committed the acts of civil disobediu. It took a
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lot of guts Gonzo American patriots that faced down j
at Garhoover's FBI I started to be followed very heavily
by the FBI. At Gahova was furious. He was out
of his mind. Somebody violated the FBI, and he wanted
to bring the Catholic left to its knees and attempted
to smash one institution after another. The Catholic Church was
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going through a revolution and the Pall Center was the
main place of revolutionary firment while navigating the unbridled chaos
of being young and in love. For those movements come
out of love, They come out of people's love for
their fellow men and women. I picked up the phone
and my thought was, this is the most important phone
call I'll ever make. My mind. He wanted so much
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in his life that somehow the priesthood refused to alle.
I couldn't believe it, Brendan, it was Divine Intervention. Divine
Intervention is a production of Eye I Heeart Podcasts. The
show is produced by Wonder Media Network. Listen to Divine
Interventions starting on March eleven on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts,
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