&lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;span&gt;One morning, Oliver Sipple went out for a walk. A couple hours later, to his own surprise, he saved the life of the President of the United States. But in the days that followed, Sipple’s split-second act of heroism turned into a rationale for making his personal life into political opportunity. What happens next makes us wonder what a moment, or a movement, or a whole society can demand of one person. And how much is too much? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="p1"&gt;Through newly unearthed archival tape, we hear Sipple himself grapple with some of the most vexing topics of his day and ours - privacy, identity, the freedom of the press - not to mention the bonds of family and friendship. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Reported by Latif Nasser and Tracie Hunte. Produced by Matt Kielty, Annie McEwen, Latif Nasser and Tracie Hunte.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Special thanks to Jerry Pritikin, Michael Yamashita, Stan Smith, Duffy Jennings; Ann Dolan, Megan Filly and Ginale Harris at the Superior Court of San Francisco; Leah Gracik, Karyn Hunt, Jesse Hamlin, The San Francisco Bay Area Television Archive, Mike Amico, Jennifer Vanasco and Joey Plaster.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Support Radiolab today at &lt;a href="https://pledge3.wnyc.org/donate/radiolab-it/onestep/"&gt;Radiolab.org/donate&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/oliver-sipple"&gt;Episode originally published 09/21/2017&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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