Pod Crashing Episode 296 With Mary Kay McBrayer From The Greatest True Crime Stories Ever Told The Greatest True Crime Stories Ever Told is an anthology podcast series of the most layered and engrossing true crime stories about female killers, cops, scientists, lawyers, scammers, activists, and more. Hosted by true crime writer Mary Kay McBrayer, this podcast tells the stories in which women aren't narrowly defined as victims, but instead are the protagonists. Episodes available here: ...

Pod Crashing Episode 295 with Mosi Secret from the podcast Radical On March 16, 2000, two police officers were shot in one of Atlanta's oldest neighborhoods. One officer died and the other claimed the shooter was Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, the leader of a local mosque. Once known as H. Rap Brown, a charismatic leader of the Black Panther Party, Al-Amin was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. But was Al-Amin truly guilty? Or was it payback for decades of work against the establishment?...

Pod Crashing Episode 294 With Payne Lindsey From Talking To Death Up and Vanished host and creator Payne Lindsey wants to talk you to death in his first "true crime" talk show (that may or may not actually be about true crime). Pull up a chair as Payne and guests talk about all things crime, life, mystery and fun. From Tenderfoot TV and iHeartRadio comes a new weekly series, Talking to Death. Take a listen. odds are, you won't die. Check out episodes below:...

Pod Crashing Episode 293 With Sara And Beth From Unrestorable In 2014, Catherine Hoggle was arrested and charged with the murder of her two young children, but she was declared not competent to stand trial. And now, she may walk free. Journalists Sarah Treleaven and Beth Karas follow a father's quest for justice and examine the big question that overshadows this case: Can you fake being incompetent and get away with murder? Episodes here: ...

Pod Crashing Episode 292 With Coach Bill Courtney From An Army Of Normal Folks Don’t Be A Turkey Person Coach Bill Courtney of Oscar-Winning Undefeated launches 'An Army of Normal Folks' Movement and podcast empower Americans to change our country by 'each of us doing what we can' Business leader and football coach Bill Courtney joins with other "ordinary" Americans doing extraordinary work to solve our nation's problems through the new movement, An Army of Normal Folks. "Our country's...

Pod Crashing Episode 291 With Amanda Rieger Green From Soul Sessions Are you interested in finding inspiration, engaging your innate abilities, and awakening your Soul's highest potential? Join renowned spiritual intuitive, psychic medium, and wellness leader, Amanda Rieger Green, for thought-provoking spiritual dialogues and intuitive readings designed to uncover and harness your deeper meaning and purpose. From intuition, numerology, astrology, and mediumship, to the law of attraction,...

Pod Crashing Episode 290 With Nancy Glass From Burden Of Guilt Burden of Guilt tells the harrowing story of Tracyraquel Berns, a woman who has spent the last four decades of her life at the center of one of the most bizarre and disturbing criminal cases in American history. Tracyraquel grew up believing that her baby brother's death was the result of a terrible accident despite her family refusing to explain how it had occurred. Only later did Tracy discover that her father murdered her...

Pod Crashing Episode 289 With Jeremy Hobson From The Middle The Middle with Jeremy Hobson is a national call-in talk show focused on bringing the voices of Americans in the geographic and political middle into the national conversation. The people who are crucial in our politics but are often ignored by the media. Along with DJ Tolliver and two panel guests, Jeremy takes calls each week from across the country and aims to keep things civil while talking through some of the most contentious...

Pod Crashing Episode 288 With Susie And Jessica From In Retrospect Is there a cultural moment from your past that looks different in retrospect? Maybe it's a scandalous tabloid story seared into your teenage brain or a political punchline that just feels wrong now. It might be a very specific red swimsuit that inspired a decade of plastic surgery (see: Baywatch) or the inescapable smell of an entire generation of prepubescent boys (Axe body spray, anyone?). Each week on IN RETROSPECT,...

Pod Crashing Episode 287 With Mo Rocca From Mobituraries Mo Rocca's long love of obituaries returns for a third season. Mo looks to celebrate the dearly departed people (and things) of the past who have long intrigued him- this season explores the most intriguing history from TV's most beloved dog to the woman of a thousand voices. Hear fresh takes on these famous legacies and why they deserve a moment in the spotlight. Listen to new episodes every Wednesday beginning October 4th. Past...

Pod Crashing Episode 286 With Kurt Engfehr From Joseph The Angel George Bailey Was Never Born, a one-of-a-kind podcast experience, takes a definitive look at It's a Wonderful Life, one of the most popular movies of all time, the story of Americans' decades-long love affair with this cultural institution and how it may offer a light down the path we walk today. All 10 episodes available now. Created by Kurt Engfehr, the editor-producer of Oscar- and Palme d'Or-winning documentaries, and Ray...

Pod Crashing Episode 285 With A.J. Jacobs From The Podcast The Puzzler A new kind of daily puzzle is on its way. iHeartMedia and author A.J. Jacobs have announced a joint daily puzzle podcast, The Puzzler, releasing this fall. It received an initial order of 260 episodes. The shortform, daily podcasts will challenge listeners and celebrity guests with original, audio-friendly puzzles that are complete with weird history, fun trivia and lots of laughs. The celebrity guests will be featured...

Pod Crashing Episode 284 With Beth Shelburne From Earwitness One July night in 1995, Deputy Sheriff William G. Hardy was shot behind the Crown Sterling Suites hotel in Birmingham, Alabama. At the same time as the murder, at least 10 people saw Toforest Johnson four miles away at a popular nightclub called Tee's Place. But detectives zeroed in on him as a main suspect in Deputy Hardy's murder anyway, ultimately resulting in Toforest being tried, convicted, and sentenced to death. For over a...

Pod Crashing Episode 283 With Actor And Director Rob Reiner And Journalist Soledad O’Brien From Who Killed JFK Who Killed JFK? For 60 years, we are still asking that question. In commemoration of the 60th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's tragic assassination, legendary filmmaker Rob Reiner teams up with award-winning journalist Soledad O'Brien to tell the history of America's greatest murder mystery. They interview CIA officials, medical experts, Pulitzer-prize winning journalists,...

Pod Crashing Episode 282 With Author And Podcaster Annie Gudger Fascinated with the heart and its fifth chamber that holds more love, that holds shadows, Annie poetically chronicles her passage through grief and the beauty she found on the other side in her debut memoir, The Fifth Chamber. In 2022, about 60,000 children in the United States under the age of six lived with a single widowed mother, nearly three times the number of children living with a widowed father. Yet our society still...

Pod Crashing Episode 281 With Doctor’s RoseMarie, Laurie Santos And Sesame Streets Groover From The Happiness Lab Podcast Yale's Laurie Santos, a psychologist who explores the science of well-being in her popular podcast The Happiness Lab, is teaming up with a group of familiar characters who have brought joy to generations of children. On Sept. 18, Santos will be joined by Grover, Big Bird, and Abby Cadabby, three members of the beloved children's show Sesame Street, for the first in a...

Pod Crashing Episode 280 With Kenny Curtis And Jillian Hughs from Geeking Out The Podcast Hosts Kenny Curtis and Jillian Hughes (father and daughter team!) have a funny and clever tie-in book, also called Greeking Out: Epic Retellings of Classic Greek Myths. Dynamic, playful illustrations coupled with laugh-out-loud storytelling and real information about ancient Greece—delivered by the all-knowing Oracle of Wi-Fi—make this collection of fabulous fables a fresh addition to any...

Pod Crashing Episode 279 with Mike Steib From Office hours With Mike Steib Welcome to Office Hours, where Mike Steib sit down with the leaders shaping our world. From unicorn founders to battle-tested executives, He's here to share the answers to the most important questions you face in your work and to help you be the CEO of your own career. No script, no spin. just straight-from-the-gut answers to your questions from chief executives ranging from visionary founder Tommy Hilfiger to NYC's...

Pod Crashing Episode 278 With Simon Kent Fung From Dear Alana Host Simon Kent Fung explores the life of Alana Chen, a 24-year-old woman who disappeared from Boulder, Colorado in 2019. Alana left behind two dozen journals chronicling a deep faith, love of fashion, and dream of becoming a nun. She also harbored a secret. At 14, she confessed to her priest that she was attracted to women and was instructed not to tell her parents. Over the next seven years, Alana covertly received conversion...

Pod Crashing Episode 277 With Stephanie Lydecker And Courtney Armstrong From The Idaho Massacre On November 13, 2022, four students from the University of Idaho are brutally stabbed to death in an off-campus house. After a lengthy investigation and cross-country manhunt, a Ph.D. student from a neighboring university is charged with the crimes. As it turns out, the 28-year-old was majoring in criminology, studying the behavior of killers like the ones he would later be accused of becoming. Did...

Pod Crashing Episode 276 With Marcy De Pena From Sweet Daddy Grace A personal deep dive into the life of Bishop Charles Manuel 'Sweet Daddy' Grace, an ambitious and gifted African immigrant from Cabo Verde to the United States, and one of the 20th century's most fascinating and overlooked figures. With hundreds of churches across the country and a congregation said to be upwards of three million, he was thought to be one of the richest Black men in America-but was he an anointed genius, or a...

Pod Crashing Episode 275 With Courtney And Steven From Journalista The untold story of the woman who broke one of the biggest scandals in U.S. history. The true story of Courtney "Cookie" Hood, former model and ex-wife of a Colombian drug cartel kingpin, hired to manage the CBS/60 Minutes field office in Managua, Nicaragua during the civil war in the '80s. What starts as another big party for her, ends up being the history making adventure of a lifetime, blowing the lid off the Iran-Contra...

Pod Crashing Episode 274 With Celest Headlee From Big Sugar Come explore the secretive, multi-billion-dollar sugar industry and the epic court battle that exposes how sugar is grown, cultivated and sold. Big Sugar is a deep dive into the inner workings of the industry. Hear firsthand from the workers, lawyers and journalists exposing the lies, exploitation and ultimately the truth. We travel from the Oval Office to the nightclubs of Havana to the sugarcane fields of Florida. This is a story...

Pod Crashing Episode 273 With Anney Reese And Samantha McVey From Stuff Mom Never Told You The concept of feminism has evolved and changed so much over the last few decades that it can be confusing for people to keep up. Luckily, Anney Reese and Samantha McVey break it all down every week on their popular iHeart podcast, Stuff Mom Never Told You. In this book-their first-they explore the history, strategy, and emotion that went into several milestones and emergent issues of the recent...

Pod Crashing Episode 272 With Craig Ferguson From The Joy Podcast Storied late-night talk host Craig Ferguson brings his interview talents and singular world view to a discussion of the modern state of JOY, sitting down with notable guests from the worlds of entertainment, science, government, and more. How's our Joy doing? Bridled? On life support? Where do we find joy in a world that seems by any rational measure to be collapsing around us? Episodes available here:...