Full episode
125: Apocalypse
Act Two

The Cost Of Misunderstanding

The story of how an understanding of Bible prophecy by the FBI could have prevented the tragedy at Waco at the Branch Davidians compound. Host Ira Glass with James Tabor, religion professor at the University of North Carolina in Charlotte, who has written a book about the tragic misunderstandings between Koresh and the FBI called Why Waco? Cults and the Battle for Religious Freedom in America. (5 minutes)