Interview Only w/ Brian Knappenberger - 25 Years After 9/11: How The Attack Reshaped America

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Documentarian Brian Knappenberger joins the Chuck Toddcast to discuss Turning Point: Generation 9/11 , out on Netflix September 2nd — a film built around a striking fact: more than half of Americans were either born after 2001 or were too young to remember it. Knappenberger's aim was to bring that generation into the moment, capturing not just the attack but the fear and uncertainty that followed, including the attacks everyone braced for that never came. He points to a news clip in the film where 63% of Americans said they'd trade freedom for security, and to the AUMF passed almost immediately with Barbara Lee as the lone no vote. He and Chuck revisit the genuine moment of global…