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Divine Intervention

Divine Intervention

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Divine Intervention is the untold story of a ragtag band of radical nuns in combat boots, wild-haired priests and their madcap friends who swiftly became accomplished cat-burglars in a hellbent effort to sabotage the Vietnam war. Many went to jail, some betrayed their friends, others fell in love.

Across 10 episodes, host Brendan Patrick Hughes uncovers their audacious illegal acts – scaling walls, picking locks, destroying draft cards, harboring a draft fugitive in a church sanctuary, and trading blows with J. Edgar Hoover.

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Episodes
  • Chapter 10: The Winds, The Tides and Gravity

    Chapter 10: The Winds, The Tides and Gravity
    May 13 2025

    Patrick and Marianne arrive at the only possible solution. Anne and her father confessor do too. Cookie, Sarah, Paul, Anne, Patrick and Marianne find meaning after the war.

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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • Chapter 9: The Last Two Words

    Chapter 9: The Last Two Words
    May 6 2025

    A trial to end all trials goes on for three months. Finally, despite their legal peril, the resistance is able to put the Vietnam War itself on the stand.

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    1 hr
  • Chapter 8: What Do We Eat? Eagle Meat.

    Chapter 8: What Do We Eat? Eagle Meat.
    Apr 29 2025

    One last giant heist is planned in Camden, New Jersey to prove that Hoover will never crush dissent. It's the biggest, boldest plan any raiders have yet dreamed up. It'll require guts, equipment, know-how, and 28 raiders.

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    45 mins
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