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GUMSHOE DIARIES
A Hollywood True Crime Podcast covering Mark Ebner's "How I got those stories" stories. Mark Ebner is an American journalist and New York Times bestselling author who has covered all aspects of celebrity and crime culture for Spy, Rolling Stone, Maxim, Details, Hustler, Los Angeles Magazine, Premiere, Salon, Spin, Radar, The Daily Beast, Gawker, BoingBoing, Esquire and New Times. He has produced for and/or appeared as a commentator on NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, FOX, A&E, DiscoveryID, Comedy Central, REELZ, Showtime, The History Channel, Channel 4 (UK), National Public Radio, Court TV, TruTV, "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" "The Today Show," "The Early Show," "Out Front with Erin Burnett," "Anderson Cooper 360," "Fox & Friends," Inside Edition," "Hard Copy," "Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn," and "Crime Watch Daily." Ebner also consulted on the Trapped in the Closet episode of South Park for Comedy Central, and for NBC/Dateline on “The Paris Hilton Tapes." He hosted the crime show “Rich and Reckless” for TruTV, and was a featured guest on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart." More recently, he is featured in the top-ranked Hulu documentary, "God Forbid," and he co-authored "Off The Deep End: Jerry and Becki Falwell and the Collapse of an Evangelical Dynasty" with Giancarlo Granda for William Morrow. His other books include the NY Times bestseller Hollywood,Interrupted, Poison Candy, Being Uncle Charlie, We Have Your Husband, and the Hollywood true-crime saga, Six Degrees of Paris Hilton. Producer Mickey Ramos is a veteran TV Producer & Mark's friend of over 20 years. Mickey and Mark met at Comedyworld.com, a hybrid terrestrial & Internet radio dot com that crashed and burned in 2001. Mickey has produced television for Netflix, National Geographic Channel, Disney, Fox, TBS, MTV, Discovery, OWN, TLC, Paramount Channel, Spike TV and others. Mickey has also done voices for 'South Park' the TV show and video games, being one of the few people that has killed Kenny. You can also find her picture hanging on Chef's cafeteria wall as the 'Fruits are Fun' poster child.
AT LARGE PODCAST BY CHINA
At Large is a new podcast series brought to you by China-U.S. Focus, and presented and produced by writer and broadcaster James Chau. Each week, he unpacks the complex stories shaping China and the United States, covering major events shaping their relationship from technology to trade, and security to foreign policy. At Large is a unique podcast at a unique time in history. You can follow James on Twitter @jameschau.
POLITICAL SPIRITS PODCAST
Why the Left and the Right should have a few drinks and talk. An experienced professional who spent years working public policy matters at the local, state and federal level talks about how our system is malfunctioning and the simple solutions that we need to employ to fix it.
THE PONCHATOULA PODCAST
The Ponchatoula Podcast with Parker Layrisson features local news and community interviews from the Ponchatoula Hammond area, located at the crossroads of I-12 and I-55, deep in the bayous of South Louisiana. Parker is a husband, father, personal injury attorney, author, and community volunteer who is on a mission to share the unique food, culture, events, and people of Ponchatoula with the world.
DIFFUSION
dif·fu·sion: the spreading of something more widely Diffusion is the podcast of Carnegie Corporation of New York, the first grantmaking foundation in the United States established by Andrew Carnegie in 1911. Our mission? To promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding around issues of peace, education and democracy. Hosted by Michael Moran, Visiting Media Fellow, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Sarwar Kashmeri, Professor at Norwich University, and Gail Ablow, Visiting Media Fellow, Carnegie Corporation of New York. Music by Carla Capretto Photos: Getty Images
CONVICTED
In the year 2017, 139 people were exonerated for crimes they did not commit in the United. When the land free and the home of the brave steal people's freedom - the system flawed. Demarchoe Carpenter lost 22 years of his life for something he didn't - through examining his story we hope to discover and end the flaws collapsing our system of justice.
JUSTICE IN AMERICA
Justice in America, hosted by Josie Duffy Rice and Clint Smith, is a podcast for everyone interested in criminal justice reform— from those new to the system to experts who want to know more. Each episode we cover a new criminal justice issue. We explain how it works and look at its impact on people, particularly poor people and people of color. We’ll also interview activists, practitioners, experts, journalists, organizers, and others, to learn. By the end of the episode, you’ll walk away with a better understanding of what drives mass incarceration and what can fix it.