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  • Ep. 50 - Baghdad Billions!

    Ep. 50 - Baghdad Billions!
    Apr 21 2026

    In this episode: stealing Saddam's gold! With a series of executive orders, lax organization, and a network of eager participants, the United States liberates another nation of its resources and dares the world to take notice — a familiar story, at this point, no?

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    Music by Rrrrrose Azerty.

    Recorded April 19, 2026 in Astoria, Queens.
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    48 min
  • Ep. 49 - Tell God to Blow the Wind from the West

    Ep. 49 - Tell God to Blow the Wind from the West
    Apr 14 2026

    Sensitive content warning: Harrowing audio throughout.

    On September 11, 2001, at 9:54 am, Kevin Cosgrove laid in the northwest corner of the 105th floor of the South Tower of the World Trade Center, and he called 911. Five minutes later, he died, killed with almost a thousand other people as the tower succumbed to damage and collapsed. This, annotated with detail by TTR, is the audio of his final call.

    Credit and thanks to RamtroStudios for the denoised, EQ'd, and footage-synced call audio. Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@RamtroStudios

    Even enhanced, the audio is at times hard to follow by ear. To follow along while listening, we recommend using a transcript, such as this one posted by George Spencer on his Substack here: https://georgespencer.substack.com/p/man-in-the-tower

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    Music by Rrrrrose Azerty.

    Recorded April 5, 2026 in South Slope, Brooklyn.
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    58 min
  • Ep. 48 - The Callery Pear

    Ep. 48 - The Callery Pear
    Apr 7 2026

    The Callery pear tree (or Bradford pear tree) saved from the wreckage of Ground Zero has been called "the last living thing pulled from the rubble of the World Trade Center." In this episode, TTR presents its complete history, bookended by an elaborate examination of the appeals and pitfalls of easy metaphors, pop science, and other claptrap.

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    Music by Rrrrrose Azerty.

    Recorded April 5, 2026 in South Slope, Brooklyn.
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    1 h et 7 min
  • Ep. 47 Supplemental - The Arnold Lists

    Ep. 47 Supplemental - The Arnold Lists
    Apr 2 2026

    TTR doesn't have a subscribers-only bonus feed yet, so when S&K talk for ten minutes about their top 5 Arnolds in the middle of a discussion on an otherwise on-topic, post-9/11 Arnold Schwarzenegger movie, everybody gets to hear it, if they want.

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    Follow Arnold Schwarzenegger here: https://www.instagram.com/schwarzenegger/

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    Recorded March 21, 2026 in Astoria, Queens.
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    11 min
  • Ep. 47 - Collateral Damage

    Ep. 47 - Collateral Damage
    Mar 31 2026

    A firefighter suffers immense tragedy when terrorists strike on American soil one dark day. It's not real life — it's Collateral Damage, the 2002 (née 2001) action-thriller movie starring TTR fave Arnold Schwarzenegger, delayed and edited in response to the events of 9/11! They shoulda blown this movie up with a bomb.

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    Music by Rrrrrose Azerty.

    Recorded March 21, 2026 in Astoria, Queens.
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    1 h et 51 min
  • Ep. 46 - The Pet Goat

    Ep. 46 - The Pet Goat
    Mar 24 2026

    On 9/11, terrorists struck, and President Bush just sat there, reading a children's story to a classroom in the nation's hour of need. Or did he? TTR digs into the truth about the oft-repeated meme, laying out the reality of a widely-misunderstood story.

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    Music by Rrrrrose Azerty.

    Recorded March 21, 2026 in Astoria, Queens.
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    53 min
  • Ep. 45 - In the Days of Our Youth We Were Told What It Means to Be Patriots (w/Tom Junod)

    Ep. 45 - In the Days of Our Youth We Were Told What It Means to Be Patriots (w/Tom Junod)
    Mar 17 2026

    Award-winning writer Tom Junod joins TTR to discuss his memories of working as a journalist in post-9/11 New York, researching and writing "The Falling Man" for Esquire with Andrew Chaikivsky in 2003, and his masterful new memoir, "In the Days of My Youth I Was Told What It Means to Be a Man."

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    Read "The Abortionist" by Tom Junod here: https://www.maryellenmark.com/bibliography/magazines/article/gq/the-abortionist/G

    Read "The Greatest, At Rest" by Tom Junod here: https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/19409912/the-planning-muhammad-ali-funeral

    Music by Rrrrrose Azerty.

    New episodes every Tuesday morning.

    Recorded March 15, 2026.
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    53 min
  • Ep. 44 - Memorabilia Mori

    Ep. 44 - Memorabilia Mori
    Mar 10 2026
    In which The Tower Record and TTR's mutual friend come back from the bar and go shopping on eBay for the never forgettiest items the nation ever forgot about. Play along: Kevin's list: September 11th 15th Anniversary Never Forget Tribute Sculpture Lights Up Thomas Kinkade commemorative lighthouse Diecast Tony Stewart 9/11 Nascar livery 9/11 Crystal flag sculpture September 11th Remembrance Limited Ed Print Hand Signed By The Artist No Frame plus stickers, T-shirts, a bar stool, desk statues, National Collector's Mint "coins," comic prints, and more. Sarah's list: New York Twin Towers 9/11 1.5" Lapel Pin Tack World Trade Center Modernist Style Patriotic World Trade Center 9/11 * Original * 23K Gold Card Graded GEM-MINT 10. WORLD TRADE CENTER 9/11 Skyline COLORIZED Legal Tender $2 U.S. Bill NEVER FORGET 2001 Dodgers Padres September 11 World Trade Center Tragedy 9/11/01 Ticket Stub Photograph United Airlines Flight 93 9/11 Crash Memorial Plaque Marker Photo Vintage WARRIOR HELMET by SDS Style 2415 Size MEDIUM AFGANISTAN WAR on TERROR Fugitive Hunter: War on Terror Sony PlayStation 2, 2003 PS2 Complete Cib TestedOpens in a new window or tab (Manual Only) Conflict Global Terror - Sony Playstation 2 Pristine Authentic Pre-9/11 Marriott World Trade Center Hotel Chocolates–Unopened–Rare Memorabilia World Trade Centers 9-11 NYC Anti Deep State Fake News Illuminati Alex Jones 911 USS New York PHOTO Ship Made With World Trade Center Towers Steel, 9/11 Attacks Collectors Stainless Steel Pocket Knife 9/11 World Trade Center Disaster Site Life Magazine One Nation Hardcover Book September 11 American History 9-11 T-Shirt Rap Tee Osama Bin Laden, Cotton Shirt For Unisex 2001 TOP OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER OBSERVATORIES 8/1/01 TICKET TOWERS 9/11 PSA 8Opens in a new window or tab USA Car Flag Double Sided American Car Flag Car Window Flag 100D The Advocate Magazine September 2001 - Ben Stiller, KD Lang Follow The Tower Record everywhere: https://linktr.ee/thetowerrecord New episodes every Tuesday morning. Recorded February 28, 2026 in South Slope, Brooklyn.
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    1 h et 2 min