Podcast Corner: Jon Ronson among the three shows worth checking out this week

The Debutante has Ronson focusing on the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing

Tue, 02 May, 2023 - 02:00

Eoghan O’Sullivan

The Debutante

Jon Ronson follows up last year’s Things Fell Apart, a series about how America is the way it is, via abortion, racism, and conspiracy theories, with The Debutante, focused around the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing which killed 168 people. Rather than a close examination of Timothy McVeigh, who was executed in 2001 having been found guilty on all counts related to the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in US history, Ronson, as is his wont, finds a loose thread in the story. The title of this six-parter relates to Carol Howe, a charismatic, wealthy former debutante turned white supremacist spokeswoman turned undercover informant.