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Did you know it was, technically, a suicide bombing?
Its also well worth your time.
What inspired your decision to make a second season?
Leah Sottile:We didnt actually have plans to do more after the first season ended last year.
There were loose ends, though.
I also felt that the story of who LaVoy was before he was killed hasnt really been told.
Ryan Haas:Yeah, Leah and I started seriously considering a follow-up around the end of 2018.
And then we heard there was this rally being held for LaVoy in Salem, Oregon, in January.
The evocation of martyrs, the use of suicide bombing, even the whole element of separatist religious communities.
To what extent did that parallel drive your approach to the season?
It was really important for us to explore: What does extremismactuallylook like in America?
And when you look at the numbers, it looks like people who are in the patriot movement.
Its their problem to solve, not someone elses or some political partys.
Sottile:Oh, man, I could surmise lots of reasons.
(At least, thats how I hear it.)
Hass:Its also about whos perpetrating the violence, you know?
I do believe that if Glenn Jones was black or brown, the story would have been all over.
Why do you think the American West is so overlooked?
Sottile:Thats kind of a media question, right?
Like, how do you allocate resources to places where there arent that many people?
I mean, the West has always had an allure for a lot of writers.
They want to go places where nobodys looking.
Maybe its too early to ask this, but what comes next for you guys?
Sottile:I dont know.
We dont really have a hanging thread the way we did the last time, with LaVoy.
That may be worth covering.
Hass:2020 could have some potential, because of, you know, Donald Trump being the anti-government government official.
If a story arrives, then yes, well continue with this.
