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The original true crime review podcast that looks at other podcasts, TV, and pop culture. True crime authors and real-life couple Rebecca Lavoie and Kevin Flynn hold a pop-culture round table with noir novelist Toby Ball and journalist-turned-investigator Lara Bricker. The panel chats about other podcasts (including 'Serial') as well as journalism, storytelling, TV shows and films, and the special segment, 'Crime of the Week.'Show website: crimewriterson.com. Follow the show on Twitter @crim ...
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...These Are Their Stories: The Law & Order Podcast
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...These Are Their Stories: The Law & Order Podcast
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True crime writers and pop culture podcasters Kevin Flynn and Rebecca Lavoie invite special guests to talk about ripped-from-the-headlines episodes of Law & Order, SVU, and Criminal Intent. Tweet to us @lawandorderpod or find us on Facebook at facebook.com/lawandorderpod and on the web at lawandorderpodcast.com.
Nighty Night is an anthology series where famed attorney, author, and podcaster Rabia Chaudry delivers bone-chilling bedtime stories that will be sure to keep you wide awake all night. These creepy tales will be a mix of both original content and lesser known classics delivered with a modern spin.
The Best Advice Show is your reminder that there are weird, delightful and effective ways to make life slightly and sometimes profoundly better. In every (very short) episode of the show, a different contributor offers their take on making life more joyful, healthful and livable and it's likely gonna be something you can try today, if you want. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Hosts Isaac Butler, Karen Han, and June Thomas interview creative people about how they write, compose, paint, and more.
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Best of the Best Advice: Loving Anything with Mike Mills
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Mike Mills is a filmmaker and the writer/director of C'mon C'mon. --- In this episode Mike references Patti Smith, Arthur Rimbaud, Charles Pierre Baudelaire, Eric Satie, Édouard Manet, The Clash, IDLES. --- The movie Zak talks about is Me and You and Everyone We Know by Miranda July. --- Leave Zak your advice by calling 844-935-BEST --- IG: @bestad…
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The National Forest Serial Killer with Sarah Cailean
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Good evening and welcome to Nighty Night with Rabia Chaudry: Bedtime Stories to Keep You Awake. Tonight's episode, Rabia sits down with true crime expert Sarah Cailean to discuss the National Forest Serial Killer: Gary Hilton. Special Thanks To Our Sponsors: TRIVIA STAR Trivia Star has thousands of 5-star reviews in the Apple store and is the #1 Tr…
The ubiquity of the Web means people can be whomever they want, wherever they want. That cloak of anonymity makes it easy to steal identities, spread hate speech, and make threats against the unsuspecting. But beyond the criminal acts, the nefarious use of the Internet opens the doors for more pernicious problems - like the erosion of truth or the …
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How Foley Artist Joanna Fang Creates Sound Effects for Movies and TV
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This week, host Karen Han talks to foley artist Joanna Fang, who uses everyday objects to create sound effects for movies, TV shows, and video games. In the interview, Joanna explains what a foley artist does and describes some of her tools and techniques. Then she demonstrates how pasta shells can sound like breaking bones and how a wet cloth can …
After a 24 hour standoff at a bank robbery, two armed men and their two hostages flee through West Germany. Later, they hold up a city bus and take more hostages. While the police stay back, the criminals instead open a dialogue with the press, calmly taking questions while brandishing weapons. With reporters following the bus through the country, …
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Best of the Best: Say the Nice Thing! with Shira and Evangeline
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Evangeline Garreau writes the Good Questions newsletter. Read it! Shira Heisler is a physician and complimenter. --- To offer your own advice, call Zak @ 844-935-BEST See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Web of Make Believe: Death, Lies and the Internet
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In this episode of You Can't Make This Up, we are talking about the Netflix documentary series "Web of Make Believe: Death Lies and the Internet" out now on Netflix. Host Rebecca Lavoie interviews director Brian Knappenberger. The Internet connects friends and strangers like never before. But that ease of communication, and the ability to mask your…
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Best of the Best Advice: Creation with Shirley Woodson
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Shirley Woodson is an artist and educator. She's the 2021 Kresge Eminent Artist. Her solo show, Why Do I Delight is up at the Detroit Artists Market through 10/23. You can download or purchase the new Shirley Woodson monograph, here. --- To offer your own advice, call Zak @ 844-935-BEST See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.…
An unexplained cancer is moving through New York’s gay community. Throughout the early 1980s, as more men die, its origins remain a mystery. Meanwhile battlelines form among activists, scientists, politicians, and the public at large. “Slow Burn” creator Leon Neyfakh is out with “Fiasco: The AIDS Crisis” on Audible. The podcast looks into the forgo…
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Writer Barbara Wilson on the Origins of Feminist Publisher Seal Press
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Authorities were stumped by the untimely deaths of people who had been taking a little-known diet drug. Known as DNP, the chemical helped users shed pounds, all while cooking them alive from the inside. But the compound which was developed as a World War One explosive had long been banned for human consumption. How was it turning up on the Internet…
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Best of the Best Advice: Starting and Finishing with Erica Heilman
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Erica Heilman (@rumblestripvt) is the host of the podcast, Rumble Strip. --- To offer your own advice, call Zak @ 844-935-BEST See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Working Overtime: Writing 500 Words Per Day
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On this week’s addition of Working Overtime, hosts June Thomas and Isaac Butler evaluate some writing advice that June received from Slate book critic Laura Miller, who got the idea from the writer Graham Greene. The advice is to write 500 words per day, and once you’re done with that quota, you can do whatever you want. But what happens when your …
In this episode of You Can't Make This Up, we are talking about the Netflix documentary series "Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey" out now on Netflix. Host Rebecca Lavoie interviews director Rachel Dretzin. Through personal accounts, "Keep Sweet" reveals the incredible events leading to the 2011 life sentence of Warren Jeffs, the self-professed prophet of …
Briscoe and Green investigate a fatal dog attack in Central Park. They trace the killer canine to a dog fighting ring controlled by a prison inmate. McCoy and Southerlyn bring manslaughter charges against the convict's lawyer, who owned the dog. McCoy tries to convince the jury by showing them the murder weapon: the snarling, barking pit bull. We'r…
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Best of the Best Advice: Peeling Grapes with Noa
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Noa eats fruit from her home in Detroit, MI. --- Morning Zesting with Drew Philp --- Leave Zak your advice by calling 844-935-BEST --- IG: @bestadviceshowhome: bestadvice.show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Serial Killing Duo of Orange County with Patrick Hinds
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Good evening and welcome to Nighty Night with Rabia Chaudry: Bedtime Stories To Keep You Awake. This evening Rabia sits down with true crime expert Patrick Hinds to discuss the real life serial killer duo that inspired the story Schrodinger's Beast. Special Thanks To Our Sponsors: Wondery: Against The Odds Listen to AGAINST THE ODDS on Apple Podcas…
As the self-proclaimed Prophet of the FLDS, a fundamentalist offshoot of the Mormon church, Warren Jeffs used the lure of eternal salvation to manipulate his followers. He arranged polygamous marriages and coerced families to offer their girls as child brides within the secretive sect, while authorities did little to stop him. The Netflix series “K…
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How Music Supervisors for Film and TV Source the Perfect Songs
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This week, host Isaac Butler talks to music supervisors Bruce Gilbert and Lauren Mikus, whose most recent projects include the Hulu series Only Murders in the Building and the the multidimensional action movie Everything Everywhere All at Once. After the interview, Isaac and co-host June Thomas talk about music choices in film and TV and discuss wh…
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Essential Advice from Recent Middle-School Graduates
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Naja, Sebastian, Asia, Jessica, Lenzia and Zora are recent graduates of the James and Grace Lee Boggs School in Detroit. Hear their advice on today's graduation special! --- Leave Zak your advice by calling 844-935-BEST --- IG: @bestadviceshow home: bestadvice.show See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.…
The gang of friends in Hawkins is slowly growing apart. Mike, Dustin, Max and Lucas are in different high school cliques. Having moved to California with Joyce's family, Eleven is finding it hard navigating a new school without her supernatural powers. Though wanted by the KGB, Joyce and Murray pursue a tip that Hopper is alive and in a Soviet pris…
Next up on You Can't Make This Up, we are talking about the Netflix documentary series "Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey." From forced underage marriage and pregnancy - to a complete unraveling of the oppressive criminal cult of Fundamentalist Mormons under Warren Jeffs’ rule - the story uncovers extraordinary bravery battling tyrannical control in modern…
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How to achieve easy umami flavors with Dr. Michael Strausz
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Michael Strausz is a dad, cook and professor living in Texas. He's the author of Help (Not) Wanted: Immigration Politics in Japan. You can hear his past food-centric advice here and here. --- Leave Zak your cooking advice for Zak by calling 844-935-BEST --- IG: @bestadviceshow home: bestadvice.show See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out info…
Michael Peterson said he found his wife at the bottom of the staircase after a fatal fall. But authorities believed when Kathleen Peterson learned of her husband’s double life, he beat her skull with a blow poke in a fit of rage. With the support of his family, a top-notch defense attorney, and a French film crew documenting his every move, Peterso…
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How Normal Gossip Producer Alex Sujong Laughlin Helps Shape the Podcast
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This week, Working producer Cameron Drews talks to Alex Sujong Laughlin, producer of the hit podcast Normal Gossip. In the interview, Alex explains what a producer does and talks about how important it is for producers to have creative input. Then she digs into the process behind Normal Gossip and shares how she and host Kelsey McKinney anonymize t…
For years designer and Stanford d.school educator, Dr. Susie Wise, has coached overwhelmed school and community leaders across the country who didn't know where to start. She uses the classical tools of design to approach belonging in a whole new way. The tools in Design for Belonging help bridge the gap between the logistical planning of your offi…
On a routine traffic stop in Saskatchewan, a Mountie recognized the driver as the priest who abused him as a child. The officer beat him up, but the priest never reported the attack and the Mountie kept the incident to himself for decades. That officer was the late father of reporter Connie Walker. She wanted to know more about her Cree family’s ex…
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Working Overtime: Creating Structure for Unstructured Work
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On this edition of Working Overtime, hosts Isaac Butler and June Thomas hear from a listener who’s having trouble prioritizing his non-urgent tasks. With the help of some productivity metaphors and strategies, Isaac and June suggest ways to structure unstructured time and to break long-term projects down into bite-sized pieces. Do you have a questi…
In this episode of You Can't Make This Up, we are talking about the Netflix documentary series "Meltdown: Three Mile Island" out now on Netflix. Host Rebecca Lavoie interviews director Kief Davidson. In 1979, crews at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania were stunned when a series of malfunctions led to a partial core meltdown. Thoug…
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...These Are Their Stories: The Law & Order Podcast
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SVU: Did the creepy billionaire also molest the girl being poisoned by her grandmother?
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A boy says a rich toy store owner molested him during a children's party and paid his parents hush money. Novak is thwarted when the victim recants and leaves town. Then a woman tells Benson and Stabler her dying granddaughter was also molested by the billionaire. Her story falls apart when it's learned the girl doesn't have cancer; she's being poi…
