![]() Unless my all-consuming devotion to true-crime cult classics like Forensic Files, Cold Case Files, and Unsolved Mysteries counts, I don’t think I’ve ever been in a cult, but the individuals you’ll meet in this new offering from iHeartRadio have. This past July, the duo hosted their first ever Cryptid Poetry Slam, a live show and silent auction benefiting Asian Americans Advancing Justice. Johnson Institute, in support of the organization’s efforts to protect Black trans and gender non-confirming people, especially in the arts. The pair donated all net proceeds from two at-home live shows to the Marsha P. ![]() And that’s why they (does that count as a pun?) used virtual events during the COVID lockdowns as a way to support worthy causes. The team behind ATWWD isn’t just about producing great crime-related content: they care about making the world a better place too. Some of the cases explored in this pod are downright spooky (think ghosts, krakens, family annihilators, cryptids, and a Lisa Frank Ouija board…?) ATWWD has a devoted fanbase, and a number of episodes (nearly 60 at this point!) feature listeners’ own strange-but-true tales. I like a good beverage as much as anyone (I, like Em, am partial to milkshakes), but be warned: do not let this pod’s relatively tame name fool you. Every Sunday, co-hosts Christine Schiefer and Em Schulz sit down (with wine and milkshakes respectively) and dive deep into the creepiest cases. This pod is an oldie (the show will turn five in February!) but a goodie, so I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to profile it.Īnd That’s Why We Drink (affectionately known as ATWWD to those in the know) lives at the intersection of paranormal and true crime, with a dash of comedy thrown in for good measure. Simpson (what true-crime-meets-sports podcast would be complete without him?), and many more. Other figures profiled this season include Tonya Harding (my personal favorite athlete of all time), Aaron Hernandez, Pete Rose, O.J. On deck? Oscar Pistorius, aka “Blade Runner,” who was convicted of murdering his model girlfriend in 2016. Sportsland digs into the nitty gritty of all sorts of sports-related Up first? Mike Tyson, whose ‘90s spiral into violence, drugs, and bizarre behavior culminated in prison time for a rape charge. ![]() Enter Sportlands, the newest iteration of the much-loved Badlands. That said, if there’s anything my true-crime obsession has taught me (not to mention the books of suspense sorceress Megan Abbott), the world of high-stakes sports is an incredibly fertile breeding ground for all sorts of nefarious activities. I don’t know about you, but I’m no athlete (not unless you count the decidedly un-vigorous walks I got in the habit of taking during Covid, usually with podcast-blaring headphones in ear). These shows’ respective hosts are true Theranos experts: Bad Blood’s John Carreyrou literally wrote the book on the case and Rebecca Jarvis’s first iteration of The Dropout won multiple awards (including two podcast-of-the-year prizes).īadlands Season 2: Sportsland (Amazon/Double Elvis) Will a jury of twelve of Holmes’s peers sentence her to prison time? What bearing-if any-will Holmes’s status as a new mother have on the outcome of her trial? Will jurors take pity on her or view her recent pregnancy as a calculated sympathy play? ![]() August 31 marked the start of what’s bound to be a long and (hopefully just figuratively speaking) bloody trial that could result in the erstwhile billionaire spending twenty years behind bars. In the three years since feds handed down indictments, the self-styled Steve Jobs 2.0 has been busy: she shacked up with a hotel heir nearly a decade her junior, partied at Burning Man (in an excellent outfit, by the way, reminiscent of Almost Famous’ s Penny Lane), and gave birth to her first child. I’ll take the garret over the gavel any day of the week.)īack to our regularly scheduled programming: by this point, I’m assuming you’re familiar with the case of Elizabeth Holmes, the blonde, beturtlenecked wünderkind whose blood testing company Theranos went belly up in 2018 amid a maelstrom of fraud charges. Just because I like listening to court cases doesn’t mean I want to quit writing and go to law school. (Parents, in case you’re reading this, the answer is still no. Also, I’m a sucker for any show that charts the unfolding of a court case in real time. Okay, I know these are two separate podcasts, but since they both 1) cover the same topic and 2) are equally good, I couldn’t pick just one. The Dropout: Elizabeth Holmes on Trial (ABC News)īad Blood: The Final Chapter (Three Uncanny Four)
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