e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1 e6332207-0c1b-4f4b-9893-ae3e015a2399 2bf1d753-40f6-48e2-b6f6-b28b010da204 c92e63d4-54ed-4c3f-a213-b28b010da228 en https://www.omnycontent.com/d/playlist/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/2bf1d753-40f6-48e2-b6f6-b28b010da204/c92e63d4-54ed-4c3f-a213-b28b010da228/podcast.rss Divine Intervention https://divineinterventionpodcast.podbean.com/ Divine Intervention is the untold story of a ragtag band of radical nuns in combat boots, wild-haired priests and their madcap friends who swiftly became accomplished cat-burglars in a hellbent effort to sabotage the Vietnam war. Many went to jail, some betrayed their friends, others fell in love.

Across 10 episodes, host Brendan Patrick Hughes uncovers their audacious illegal acts – scaling walls, picking locks, destroying draft cards, harboring a draft fugitive in a church sanctuary, and trading blows with J. Edgar Hoover. 

]]> serial Divine Intervention is the untold story of a ragtag band of radical nuns in combat boots, wild-haired priests and their madcap friends who swiftly became accomplished cat-burglars in a hellbent effort to sabotage the Vietnam war. Many went to jail, some betrayed their friends, others fell in love. Across 10 episodes, host Brendan Patrick Hughes uncovers their audacious illegal acts – scaling walls, picking locks, destroying draft cards, harboring a draft fugitive in a church sanctuary, and trading blows with J. Edgar Hoover.  iHeartPodcasts applepodcast@howstuffworks.com iHeartPodcasts 2026 iHeartMedia, Inc. © Any use of this intellectual property for text and data mining or computational analysis including as training material for artificial intelligence systems is strictly prohibited without express written consent from iHeartMedia yes https://www.omnycontent.com/d/playlist/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/2bf1d753-40f6-48e2-b6f6-b28b010da204/c92e63d4-54ed-4c3f-a213-b28b010da228/image.jpg?t=1741100958&size=Large Divine Intervention https://divineinterventionpodcast.podbean.com/ Introducing: Divine Intervention Introducing: Divine Intervention Divine intervention is a 10-part audio documentary about radical nuns in combat boots and wild-haired priests on a hellbent mission to sabotage a war. Tune in weekly starting March 11.

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]]> It's 1971 and Paul Couming is a member of the underground Catholic resistance to the Vietnam war. Two years ago, he sent his draft card back to the government, refusing to take part in the bloodshed. Now, as he faces trial, a harebrained scheme emerges to give him political sanctuary in a downtown Boston Catholic Church, the first of its kind in 400 years.

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]]> Father Patrick is the wild-haired radical priest who plans to harbor Paul Couming, but how did he get this way? A very unusual pope, attending seminary during the tumult of the 1960’s, and being a born party animal may have something to do with it.

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]]> Anne Walsh is the combat booted nun who masterminds the Paul Couming sanctuary. Like Father Patrick, she started out as a good Catholic conformist. But when her convent's father confessor begins breaking the law to sabotage the draft, a whole new life of crime opens up for her.

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]]> full 1 3 iHeartPodcasts 068bb2a4-9267-41ba-ae77-b2980007abfa 068bb2a4-9267-41ba-ae77-b2980007abfa Tue, 25 Mar 2025 07:00:00 +0000 3211 https://omny.fm/shows/divine-intervention/the-nun-in-combat-boots Chapter 4: The East Coast Conspiracy to Save Lives Chapter 4: The East Coast Conspiracy to Save Lives Anne Walsh commits her first illegal act in the Bronx, stealing draft files and claiming responsibility. Patrick is stationed after ordination at the Paulist Center in downtown Boston, and immediately sets about turning it upside down. An ambitious raid in Philadelphia draws in a young Cookie Ridolfi.

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]]> Anne Walsh commits her first illegal act in the Bronx, stealing draft files and claiming responsibility. Patrick is stationed after ordination at the Paulist Center in downtown Boston, and immediately sets about turning it upside down. An ambitious raid in Philadelphia draws in a young Cookie Ridolfi.

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]]> full 1 4 iHeartPodcasts e77cbe16-9b7a-4fdc-b71a-b2980007b907 e77cbe16-9b7a-4fdc-b71a-b2980007b907 Tue, 01 Apr 2025 07:00:00 +0000 2916 https://omny.fm/shows/divine-intervention/the-east-coast-conspiracy-to-save-lives Chapter 5: The Red Double Doors on Park Street Chapter 5: The Red Double Doors on Park Street Anne and Paul face terrifying legal consequences. Father Patrick quickly ascends to a daunting new role and suddenly meets Marianne Woodward, a divorcée with two kids living on welfare in Dorchester. She has just escaped a difficult first marriage in Texas, and neither of them are prepared for what they feel when they meet.

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]]> Anne and Paul face terrifying legal consequences. Father Patrick quickly ascends to a daunting new role and suddenly meets Marianne Woodward, a divorcée with two kids living on welfare in Dorchester. She has just escaped a difficult first marriage in Texas, and neither of them are prepared for what they feel when they meet.

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]]> full 1 5 iHeartPodcasts 30b41d16-bbfa-480e-b42c-b2980007bfd1 30b41d16-bbfa-480e-b42c-b2980007bfd1 Tue, 08 Apr 2025 07:00:00 +0000 3487 https://omny.fm/shows/divine-intervention/the-red-double-doors-on-park-street Chapter 6: The Sanctuary of Paul Couming Chapter 6: The Sanctuary of Paul Couming Things start to go wrong for the movement as informers penetrate their ranks. The political sanctuary of Paul Couming turns into a wild three-day arts festival. The Paulist Center environment becomes very tense for Patrick, and he and Marianne get in way over their heads.

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]]> Things start to go wrong for the movement as informers penetrate their ranks. The political sanctuary of Paul Couming turns into a wild three-day arts festival. The Paulist Center environment becomes very tense for Patrick, and he and Marianne get in way over their heads.

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]]> J. Edgar Hoover declares war on the Catholic Left. Paul, Marianne and Sarah pull another heist. The Catholic Left strikes a major blow to Hoover, but then Hoover unleashes the full might of the DOJ onto the Catholic Resistance.

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]]> full 1 7 iHeartPodcasts 3fab2b25-73b6-4fd0-b048-b29a000473d3 3fab2b25-73b6-4fd0-b048-b29a000473d3 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 07:00:00 +0000 3099 https://omny.fm/shows/divine-intervention/the-fight-of-the-century Chapter 8: What Do We Eat? Eagle Meat. Chapter 8: What Do We Eat? Eagle Meat. One last giant heist is planned in Camden, New Jersey to prove that Hoover will never crush dissent. It's the biggest, boldest plan any raiders have yet dreamed up. It'll require guts, equipment, know-how, and 28 raiders.

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]]> One last giant heist is planned in Camden, New Jersey to prove that Hoover will never crush dissent. It's the biggest, boldest plan any raiders have yet dreamed up. It'll require guts, equipment, know-how, and 28 raiders.

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]]> On the penultimate episode of Divine Intervention, a trial to end all trials goes on for three months. Finally, despite their legal peril, the resistance is able to put the Vietnam War itself on the stand.

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]]> Patrick and Marianne arrive at the only possible solution. Anne and her father confessor do too. Cookie, Sarah, Paul, Anne, Patrick and Marianne find meaning after the war.

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