DeepSummary
The transcript begins with an advertisement for a new season of the Cover Up podcast called 'The Pill Plot,' which promises to take listeners on a wild ride to get the abortion pill into American hands, battling various obstacles along the way. The host, TJ Rafael, sets the scene at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, where two travelers named Leona and Larry are smuggling the abortion pill mifepristone (RU-486) into the United States in an envelope.
Despite being caught by customs agents with the illegal pills, Leona and Larry are allowed to go after handing over the envelope. However, they are greeted by a mob of reporters as part of a planned publicity stunt orchestrated by Larry to draw attention to the fight to legalize the abortion pill in America. The episode introduces the complex history behind bringing mifepristone to the US, promising a saga filled with unlikely collaborators and battles against various opponents.
In the wake of the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the abortion pill has taken center stage, and this season of Cover Up aims to shed light on the forgotten history of how it made its way to America through covert operations, heists, and even murder plots. The host sets up the season as an action-packed tale of the struggles faced by activists to provide access to this controversial medication.
Key Episodes Takeaways
- The new season of the Cover Up podcast, titled 'The Pill Plot,' will dramatize the untold story of how the abortion pill mifepristone was brought to the United States through covert operations and against powerful opposition.
- In 1992, two travelers named Leona and Larry smuggled the then-illegal abortion pill into the US through JFK airport as part of a publicity stunt to draw attention to the fight for legalizing the medication.
- The abortion pill was seen as a way to provide access to abortion away from the chaos of protests at clinics during the heated 'abortion wars' in America.
- After the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the history behind legalizing the abortion pill in the US has taken on renewed significance.
- The season promises to explore the extreme lengths taken by various factions, including battling presidents, the Supreme Court, and even former Nazis, to either legalize or block mifepristone in America.
- The story involves an 'unlikely cast of collaborators' who worked together towards the goal of bringing the abortion pill to the US over the course of a decade-long saga.
- The dramatized account positions the legalization of the abortion pill as part of the broader 'abortion wars' in America that are still ongoing despite the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
- The podcast aims to shed light on a largely forgotten history that has become increasingly relevant in the wake of the Supreme Court's ruling on abortion rights.
Top Episodes Quotes
- “RU 486 was the medication that was supposed to provide an escape from the chaos of the american abortion wars. It's a drug that offers a simpler, easier, and more private way for people to end their pregnancies. Far away from the shouting protesters that haunted clinics.“ by TJ Rafael
- “On this season, I'll take you on the wild ride to get the pill into american hands. Whatever it took, battling presidents, the Supreme Court, former Nazis, anarchist punks, would be assassins, and murderers, you are not going to get away with this.“ by TJ Rafael
- “Overturning Roe was a huge victory, but it's not the end of the war.“ by TJ Rafael
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Smoke Screen: My Friend, the Serial Killer
Sony Music Entertainment
7/10/23