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When ‘Good Kids’ Go Radical: A Breaking History Special
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When ‘Good Kids’ Go Radical: A Breaking History Special
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Jay Solomon joins Eli Lake to break down his investigation into extremist Calla Walsh, and we revisit a story from the Breaking History archives that helps us understand her radical conversion.
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I was captivated this week by my old friend Jay Solomon’s piece investigating the story of Calla Walsh, a privileged young woman from Massachusetts who went down the rabbit hole of radical activism and is now a mouthpiece for the Islamic regime of Iran.

I couldn’t help but be reminded of our Breaking History episode from last year about Ulrike Meinhof—th…

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