The Tapes, from Radioactive: The Karen Silkwood Mystery
12 November 2024 - 39 minsSharing an episode of the new podcast Radioactive: The Karen Silkwood Mystery. It details the
death of a 28-year-old whistleblower which, 50 years later, continues to haunt Oklahoma and
the nation. The young plutonium plant worker died in a fatal crash while driving to meet a
reporter with The New York Times. She’d agreed to deliver sensitive documents that were never
found. Two reporters who covered the story in 1974 have spent years trying to piece together
what many in Oklahoma speculate: Karen Silkwood may have died for what she knew. Now,
hear newly-discovered investigative tapes, deathbed revelations and long-awaited interviews
reexamining what happened that night. Fifty years l...
The Velvet Sundown: The band that’s not quite Human, not quite machine.
explicitThey were a hot new band and storming up the charts. But something seemed off about Velvet Sundown. Was this the work of AI? When someone behind the band came out denying it, this looked like mystery solved. But this was only the beginning of an internet hoax with many layers.
39 mins
5 February Finished
Engineering to Deceive: The Talented Coder Who Just Keeps Getting Jobs
When one tech founder tweets a warning about a seemingly prolific engineer named Soham Parekh, it sets off an avalanche. Turns out, Soham has been hired and paid by dozens of start-ups, sometimes working at several at once. He dazzled founders with coding tests, then vanished into a fog of excuses.
28 mins
29 January Finished
Memoir Mystery: The Blockbuster True Story That Maybe Wasn't True At All
When the book The Salt Path was published, readers were moved by the story of a couple who, after losing everything, rebuilt their lives through nothing more than determination, their love for one another, and a very long walk. A decade later, journalist Chloe Hadjimatheou begins to pull at a thread—and what unravels is a much darker and more complicated tale.
43 mins
22 January Finished
Introducing: 13th Juror
When Liberty German and Abigail Williams, two young girls from a small Indiana town, tragically lost their lives in February 2017, a nationwide manhunt ensued for the “man on the bridge.” After a five-year investigation, a suspect was finally arrested. Brandi Churchwell, host of 13th Juror, traces the long, difficult path to answers, the arrest of Richard Allen, and how the prosecution assembled its case.
11 mins
16 January Finished
The Author Trap: Inside The Scheme Selling Lies to Hopeful Writers
explicitBrent Crane is being chased through a mall in the Philippines. He's on the trail of Page Turner, the company that has been accused of stealing $44 million from hopeful writers in one of the most brazen scams the book publishing world has ever seen.
35 mins
15 January Finished
White Lies: The Scammer Who Left Brides In The Lurch And Couldn't Stop
Michael Esposito hired 50 journalists, promised them a dream job, and disappeared without paying a dime. Years later, he resurfaced under various new names, taking tens of thousands from couples on their wedding day. But one of his early victims never let it go in their attempt to unmask the scammer who just wouldn’t stop.
35 mins
8 January Finished