Strange Country Episode 23: Patricia Hearst

Nothing…not too much wine or Hermione the cat laying on the computer keyboard and pausing the show mid word can stop co-hosts Beth and Kelly from diving into the deep, dark depths of the Patricia Hearst kidnapping. On Feb. 4, 1974, three members to the Symbionese Liberation Army, crashed into Hearst's apartment, threw the newspaper heiress into the trunk and continued their failed revolution. Beth and Kelly also learn much about themselves—mainly that Beth refuses to be defined by driving a minivan. Theme music: Resting Place by A Cast of Thousands Sources used: The Lost Tapes: Patty Hearst. Smithsonian Channel, www.smithsonianchannel.com/shows/the-lost-tapes/patty-hearst/1004513/3437440. Toobin, Jeffrey. American heiress: the kidnapping, crimes and trial of Patty Hearst. Profile Books, 2017.