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“This 7-part series on the death of Billey Joe Johnson in 2008 is so very powerful. Just an amazing piece of investigative journalism. Al Letson and his partner Jonathan Jones manage to probe every detail related to the investigation of this young man’s death and show that the investigation was flawed. But the podcast is so much more than that. They place the tragedy in the context of Mississippi history and culture, interspersing many stories of violence against other African Americans. Besides this exhaustive exploration of Billey Joe Johnson’s death, the two reporters share a bit of their relationship as they responded differently to the full oppressive weight of our racist past and present. The series made me think about a similar unexplained “suicide” of a classmate of mine inside a local jail in 1969 in Victoria, Texas. And the awful truth is that there are so many stories like this one, all submerged in our untold history. Al Letson managed to both accomplish an amazing feat of painstaking journalism while also telling us about his own lived experience of racism and the rage he feels about that experience. It is no small feat to be able to do both those things in a single creative piece. Thank you so much, Al and JJ, for this great work.”
TeresaAllen via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/07/23
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“Reveal does a great job of presenting thrilling stories about real problems and issues in our society without being heavy-handed or using dooms-day dramatics. Few podcasts tread this line between presenting news and engaging you in a story. All of their episodes are wonderful and always leave me...”Read full review »
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