This Radiolab episode explores the story of Muntadhar Al-Zaidi, the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at George W. Bush in 2008, unpacking the deep personal, political, and cultural motivations behind the act and its lasting global resonance as a symbol of resistance. It reveals how a
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