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Squiz Shortcuts: Who was the Unabomber?
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A new film about Ted Kaczynski, an American man who went from a teenage maths genius to a serial bomber, is about to be released on Netflix. He came to be known as ‘the Unabomber’ and his 17-year campaign against the advancement of modern technology killed 3 people and injured dozens more. So with the case back in the news, we thought it might be helpful in this Squiz Shortcut to get you across who the Unabomber was, how he was unmasked, and why there’s been some criticism of the new movie… Presented by Andrew W...
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- 99 harder words (B2 and up) in the whole episode.
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This is a Squeeze Podcast, where your shortcut to being informed. A new film about Ted Kaczynski, an American man who went from a teenage maths genius to a serial bomber, is about to be released on Netflix. Now, he came to be known as the Unabomber and his 17-year campaign against the advancement
of modern technology killed three people and injured dozens more. So with this case back in the news, we thought it'd be helpful in this squish shortcut to get you across who the Unabomber was, how he was eventually unmasked and why there's been some criticism of this new movie.
Squish shortcuts is the backstory to the big news stories. I'm Andrew Williams. And I'm Larissa Huntington. Larissa you and I had heard about the Unabomber but this is the second week in a row that
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