Episodes
The Verified team follows up on what the Russian Imperial Movement has been up to and unpacks a recent terror campaign in Europe. A year into the war in Ukraine, white supremacists linked are targeting allies and supporters of Ukraine across Europe. In this extended update Mark Greenblatt and the Verified team collaborated with the investigative radio show Reveal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Published 02/22/23
Published 02/22/23
Sergeant Jill Evans is a small-town cop in Wales with an impressive record in her job, and a less than impressive record in her love life. After three engagements, two divorces and one affair, she’s beginning to worry that love is only true in fairy tales. That is until she meets: Dean. He’s a wealthy beauty entrepreneur with his own range of toiletries. Girl meets boy. Boy meets girl. They kiss and fall in love. Roll credits. But that would be boring, wouldn’t it? Instead, this is a love...
Published 02/10/23
Dave Biscobing uncovers more and more layers of police deception in Arizona, but even he can’t believe what happens when he’s leaked some key testimony. He unpacks a plot aimed at framing, silencing and punishing police critics. And after years of his reporting and decades of misconduct, the US Department of Justice steps in to investigate further. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Published 12/27/22
Clint Peterson walks into the police department one night in Superior, Arizona to pick up a friend and ends up with a beating. The town’s police department is filled with cops who have histories. It's why investigative reporter Dave Biscobing created and published his own list of officers whose past should be public. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Published 12/20/22
Frances Salazar is convicted and sentenced to six years in prison based on police testimony. Turns out it was all made up and prosecutors hid a history of police dishonesty from the jury. A hidden document is the key to her freedom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Published 12/13/22
Abby Dennison was a proud member of the Phoenix force until August 20, 2010, the night she said fellow officer sexually assaulted her. Years later, Abby learns that she is not his only accuser and realizes just how far the police department will go to defend one of their own. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Published 12/06/22
After a traffic stop gone wrong, JeAnna Anderson accuses a Phoenix police officer of sexual assault. She takes her assailant to court, but what happens when it’s just your word against the word of a police officer and someone has a history of lying. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Published 11/29/22
The Verified team is back with season four. Three women accuse the same Arizona police officer. They all seek justice but are kept in the dark about the officer’s past record. One woman goes to prison based on false testimony. In season four the Verified team uncovers a web of lies, police misconduct, and fabrications that goes way beyond one single officer. In Verified Full Disclosure the team investigates the story of what happens when a system designed to keep track of dishonest and...
Published 11/22/22
In this expanded edition of The Next Threat, Verified collaborates with Reveal to dive into some new developments. U.S. intelligence agencies are continuing to warn of the rising and “evolving” threat to U.S. national security from racially and ethnically motivated violent extremists “worldwide”. But we uncover how the State Department Counterterrorism bureau’s budget is dropping…just as the threat is rising. And yet they surprise us as they announce a major action and take on some of the...
Published 07/26/22
Introducing the true crime podcast Persona: The French Deception— the story of Gilbert Chikli, one of the greatest con artists of all time. What does it feel like to pick up the phone and scam someone out of $50 million? Host and award-winning journalist, Evan Ratliff, investigates how Chikli successfully duped some of the world’s most powerful people into handing over their fortunes. He explores how Chikli evaded the law for years and became a Robin Hood-like hero. More than just a tale of...
Published 06/05/22
Throughout the series, one key question has come up frequently from listeners and colleagues. What can we do in our own lives as the ideas around white supremacy and extremism increasingly spread around the US and globally? How do we talk to each other about hate? Host Natasha Del Toro tries to answer these questions in conversation with Verified reporter Mark Greenblatt. We also meet a mother and daughter whose relationship was tested by extremism and how they found each other again. Learn...
Published 03/29/22
In Verified: The Next Threat, we've been reporting on the rise of globally connected white nationalists. We want to tell you about another podcast that caught our attention from the CBC. It's called White Hot Hate, and in it journalist Ryan Thorpe goes undercover to infiltrate a neo-nazi group that calls itself The Base. Here's the first episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 03/15/22
So what can the U.S. actually do to handle The Next Threat? What are the limits? The State Department grants Verified a rare recorded interview with top counterterrorism leaders, who sit down for a candid conversation about our findings and the broader problems the U.S. faces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 03/01/22
Racially or Ethnically Motivated Violent Extremists are the number one terror threat in the U.S. but what does it take to move up in the ranks in the ‘REMVE’ world? We meet an extremist whose resume includes multiple neo-Nazi groups. As he’s espousing more violence, a young writer spends her life online 24/7 tracking down and outing guys like him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 02/22/22
The network of The Last Crusade is growing in Europe, but its participants have strong U.S. connections that go back years. In an exclusive interview, we meet Matt Heimbach, an American extremist who is spreading conspiracy theories and inciting violence. But is there anyone out there willing to take him on? We meet the Nazi hunter who has spent his life working to stop Heimbach’s brand of hate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 02/15/22
Stanislav Vorobyev is actively building a global network of white supremacists to team up for something he calls “The Last Crusade,” a new global and final holy war aimed at taking on the infidels, immigrants and Jews, or anyone who is not a white Christian. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 02/08/22
Stanislav Vorobyev is the proud leader of the Russian Imperial Movement, the only white supremacist group the U.S. State Department has designated as terrorists. In an exclusive interview, he paints a disturbing picture of a movement seeking the return of white, Christian rule. Visit us online at: https://www.verifiedpod.com/ or for advertising inquiries visit: https://www.advertisecast.com/verified Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 02/01/22
Among the crowds storming the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 are people carrying Nazi flags and those wearing shirts with anti-Semitic messages. Who are they and why were they there? A reporter, and son of a Holocaust survivor, takes on the story he has avoided and learns the answers are more alarming than he ever imagined. Visit us online at: https://www.verifiedpod.com/ or for advertising inquiries visit: https://www.advertisecast.com/verified Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...
Published 01/25/22
Verified: The Next Threat takes the listener on a journey from Russia, to Europe to the United States - to reveal how extremists are learning from each other and recruiting every day for their global fight for white power. We speak to the people at the center of this story - the global extremists, their collaborators in the United States, the government officials trying to counter these movements and people who have decided not to wait for officials to fight back. Built on exclusive reporting...
Published 01/18/22
Comedians Tess Barker and Babs Gray, who you might know from Lady to Lady or the now legendary Britney’s Gram podcast, are here to bring you a brand new investigative series about Britney Spears' conservatorship and the court system that's allowed it to persist. After launching the #FreeBritney movement, they started to dig… And what they found out, you won’t want to miss!  Join Tess and Babs as they talk to exclusive sources, examine new sides of the story, and uncover disturbing truths...
Published 07/07/21
Atlas Obscura's mission is to inspire wonder and curiosity about the incredible world we all share. Atlas Obscura co-founder and host Dylan Thuras is here to guide you on an audio journey to discover new and hidden places; perhaps on the other side of the world, or perhaps in your own backyard. Once there, you’ll hear stories and history from the incredible people who make these places special. Visit ​atlasobscura.com/podcast​ or follow the show in your favorite podcast app! New episodes are...
Published 03/25/21
You might have learned that the Emancipation Proclamation and Union victories ended slavery in America. But so much more went into abolishing slavery than battles and declarations, and freedom meant more to Black people than eventually being paid for their labor. ​ Seizing Freedom ​​is a new Witness Docs and VPM podcast that focuses on the agency Black people exercised to define what freedom meant for themselves. You'll hear how they fought to liberate themselves during the Civil War and how...
Published 02/25/21
Media pressure, federal investigations, and a big recall put Johnson & Johnson on the defensive. Johnson & Johnson’s CEO takes the stand for the first time in the company’s home state -- and things don’t go according to plan. Support the show: https://www.stitcher.com/premium See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Published 12/07/20
A whistleblower emerges who takes calls from women who worry that they also got sick from baby powder. The Verified team uncovers how Johnson & Johnson sowed doubt about the science, influenced testing, and came up with language that obfuscated the danger of talc to women. Support the show: https://www.stitcher.com/premium See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Published 11/30/20