# 4/17/26 Michele McPhee on the Unanswered Questions about the Boston Marathon Bombing and Why They Still Matter

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Podcast: [Scott Horton Show - Just the Interviews](https://stenobird.com/podcast/scott-horton-show-just-the-interviews-970238)
Published: 2026-04-21T14:54:00+00:00
Episode link: https://scotthorton.org/interviews/4-17-26-michele-mcphee-on-the-unanswered-questions-about-the-boston-marathon-bombing-and-why-they-still-matter/
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## Resource

Scott interviews author and journalist Michele McPhee about the extensive research she’s done on the Boston Marathon Bombing that happened exactly thirteen years ago this week. Scott and McPhee dig into the background of the Tsarnaev brothers, the holes in the story that they carried out the bombing entirely on their own, how the Russians warned the FBI about the brothers before the attack, the broader political and geopolitical context that the Tsarnaevs and the US and Russian governments were navigating at the time and much more. Discussed on the show: Maximum Harm: The Tsarnaev Brothers, the FBI, and the Road to the Marathon Bombing by Michele R. McPhee Mayhem: Unanswered Questions about the Tsarnaev Brothers, the US Government and the Boston Marathon Bombing by Michele R. McPhee The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz (IMDb) The Terror Factory by Trevor Aaronson Michele R. McPhee is a screenwriter and best selling true crime author; five-time Emmy-nominated television investigative producer in Boston for ABC News; award-winning columnist; contributing editor to Newsweek and writer for Boston and LA Magazines. Audio cleaned up with the Podsworth app: https://podsworth.com Use code HORTON50 for 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com to clean up your voice recordings, sound like a pro, and also support the Scott Horton Show! For more on Scott's work: Check out The Libertarian Institute: https://www.libertarianinstitute.org Check out Scott's other show, Provoked, with Darryl Cooper https://youtube.com/@Provoked_Show Read Scott's books: Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine https://amzn.to/47jMtg7 (The audiobook of Provoked is being published in sections at https://scotthortonshow.com) Enough Already: T…

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