Lawfare Daily: The Explosive Mystery That Rocked Rural Georgia

About this episode

The episode discusses the mysterious origins and destruction of the Georgia Guidestones with key figures from a related podcast series.

In 1979, a man using a pseudonym built a strange monument in Elberton, Georgia. Called “America’s Stonehenge" by some, the massive granite monolith known as the Georgia Guidestones attracted conspiracy theories and controversy until July 2022, when someone blew them up. Those two mysteries—who built the Guidestones and who destroyed them—are at the heart of  a new narrative podcast series from Goat Rodeo and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution called “Who Blew Up the Guidestones?” Lawfare  Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes sits down with some of the team behind the show, including its host,  Lawfare  Managing Editor Tyler McBrien; series lead producer Megan Nadolski of Goat Rodeo; and Charles Minshew, senior editor of data journalism at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. They talk about the origins of the Guidestones and their creator, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, over-the-counter explosives, QAnon, and much, much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Benjamin Wittes

Guests: Tyler McBrien, Megan Nadolski, Charles Minshew

Topics covered

• Georgia Guidestones
• conspiracy theories
• explosives
• narrative podcast
• investigation
• QAnon

Keywords

• Georgia Guidestones
• Benjamin Wittes
• Tyler McBrien
• Megan Nadolski
• Charles Minshew
• conspiracy theories
• explosives
• QAnon

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Goat Rodeo, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Books & works: Who Blew Up the Guidestones?

Places: Elberton, Georgia

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