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“Untangling the Tragedy” podcast examines Philadelphia’s decision to bomb the MOVE rowhouse in 1985

On the morning of May 13, 1985, the city dropped a satchel bomb on the roof of the MOVE rowhouse in West Philadelphia. This decision led to the deaths of 11 people — five of them children — and the destruction of a neighborhood. Last August, Yvonne Latty, director of Temple University’s Logan Center for Urban Investigative Reporting, began working on a project to dig into the causes and effects of the city’s disastrous decision. The six-part podcast “MOVE: Untangling the Tragedy” is based on interviews with MOVE members, neighbors, and journalists who covered the bombing and fire that city officials let burn until they could not control it. Linn Washington Jr., a Temple professor and former reporter at The Philadelphia Tribune and the Daily News, serves as a guide through the podcast, airing April 22.
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