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Revolutions

Mike Duncan

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Season 12 premiered October 20, 2024 – a nonfictional account of The Martian Revolution of 2247. Mike Duncan is taking everything he's learned from 12 seasons of historical revolutions - the repeating arcs, characters, ideas, events, and patterns which all revolutions seem to follow - and created a fictional history of the Martian Revolution of 2247. The series is written from the point of view of a historian working hundreds of years after the Martian Revolution and will be presented in the ...
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The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O'Meara is a weekly podcast that showcases leaders in narrative journalism, essay, memoir, documentary film, radio and podcasts about the art and craft of telling true stories. Follow the show @creativenonfictionpodcast on Instagram and Threads and visit patreon.com/cnfpod to support!
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Entrepreneur to Author

Scott A. MacMillan

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A clear, concise, and compelling mix of first-person narrative and expert guests that takes the listener on a journey of writing and publishing their expertise-based, nonfiction book. From content creation to story strategy. From building authority to growing a business. From Entrepreneur to Author.
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The Nonfiction Podcast digs into the art and science of nonfiction writing. We look at one nonfiction article a week and break it down, talking with the writers about how they researched, reported, and put their stories together.
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SYGNYL

nonchalance

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SYGNYL: A General Mystification Vol. 1 Mystic Elegy, Orphic Yarn, or Dire Warning? The varied texts of SYGNYL have at times been lost, found, translated, forged or otherwise mishandled. Listener discern. File under: magical realism, participatory arts, immersive nonfiction, esoteric wisdom, new vessel. Begin with the Prologue, and listen for cameo appearances by: H.R. of Bad Brains, Wavy Gravy, Pamela De Barres, Marky Ramone, Jason Segel, Lonnie Anderson, Dougie Fresh, Cherie Currie, Money B ...
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Wild Thing

Foxtopus Ink

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Wild Thing is a long-form, narrative podcast about the obsessions that capture our imaginations. This sound-rich and deeply reported show examines the relationship between science and society—that point where scientific inquiry collides with our very human desire to find answers, even when there are none. Whether it's seeking out Sasquatch, looking skyward for extraterrestrial life, or probing the power of the atom, exploring the unknown helps us better understand ourselves. Every season, ho ...
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Pillow Talking

Violeta Balhas

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Pillow Talking is the storytelling podcast of real-life bedroom conversations. Narrated and produced by Violeta Balhas, these first-person stories reveal the many facets of intimacy and relationships – including our own. Find out more and submit your story at https://pillowtalkingproject.com/
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Up North: Where Cases Go Cold

Derek Hamilton & Podium Podcasts

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Who killed John Doyle Jr. — and why? In 1983, 14-year-old John Doyle Jr. disappeared from his home in the rural community of Mitchell Settlement, New Brunswick. Weeks later, his body was found. The case was never solved. No one was arrested. And for decades, no one spoke openly about what happened. Up North is a Canadian true crime podcast investigating one of the country’s forgotten cold cases — an unsolved murder that has haunted a small community for more than four decades. It’s a story o ...
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Page is a storytelling podcast designed to connect listeners to new and unique voices in the fiction world. Each month, Page takes original short fiction from emerging authors and produces it as audio dramas, complete with narration, voice acting, music, and sound effects. Enjoy author interviews, discussions, and publishing advice each month as well.
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An award-winning narrative nonfiction podcast reimagining life through creativity and community. With a musician's ear, a writer's pen, and a voice that invites you in, Narrative Podcasts founder Laura Joyce Davis examines life's timely events and timeless questions. Join us as we escape not out of life, but into it.
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Unscripted Wash U

Unscripted Wash U

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Unscripted is a nonfiction storytelling group inspired by NPR's story-driven nonprofit "The Moth" based in New York City. All storytellers are members of the Wash U community. Each story is a true, personal narrative.
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Guardians of the River

Wild Bird Trust, NGOWP, House of Pod

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2021 Best Narrative Nonfiction Podcast Award winner at Tribeca Film Festival and Jackson Wild Film Festival. This is the story of the guardians of the Okavango water system and their monumental task: conserve a remote, near pristine environment facing threats from all sides. This podcast follows what happens when worlds connect, and at times collide, with the common goal of protecting a place
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This is Our Time

Samantha Hodder

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Season 1 is a virtual journey to Antarctica. For Season 2, Samantha Hodder joins the all-women’s leadership expedition to Antarctica, as Podcaster in Residence. The trip plan was to get all the way to the Rothera Research Station, part of the British Antarctic Survey, a place that’s so remote, it’s almost an illusion. But they had problem...they almost got stuck in the ice. To solve this problem, the women aboard this ship were asked to take a blind vote to determine what to do. They took ch ...
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Paperback

IVM Podcasts

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Oral storytelling has served a critical role as the sole means of abstracting experiences and emotions in narrative form, and to engage with audiences who prefer narrative storytelling, The Open Library Project presents Paperback. Hosted by Raachyeta Sharma and Satyajit Roy, Paperback will be a podcast where we engage with stalwarts and experts from various industries, suggesting 5 non-fiction titles that contributed to their journey in a big way. We believe that peer-to-peer learning will p ...
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Out on the Wire

Jessica Abel

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Out on the Wire is the show about making stories, step by step. Join cartoonist Jessica Abel as she breaks down the principles of storytelling and puts you on the path to crafting your own story—in prose, comics, audio, video—in any narrative art form, fiction or nonfiction. Featuring radio and podcasting star producers from This American Life, Radiolab, Planet Money, Snap Judgment, and many more. Listen, learn, and collaborate with us to make something great.
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Strange Daze

Frank Sweeny

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Strange Daze is a bi-weekly podcast from the creators of Straight Talk MD, hosted by anesthesiologist Frank Sweeny. Each episode fuses narrative storytelling with science as our host examines a real case of a surgery or a procedure that went terribly wrong and dissects out why. Even the best doctors practicing at the best medical institutions make mistakes, and sometimes those mistakes have serious consequences. And sometimes, even when you do everything right, things can still go terribly w ...
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The Atavist Magazine Podcast

The Atavist Magazine

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After the death of her husband, Janet Milliken moved her two children from California to Pennsylvania to start over. Their new house, a colonial on a quiet street, seemed idyllic. But once they moved in, things started to go wrong: Odd sounds, strange sensations, whispers from the neighbors. Eventually, the Millikens discovered the dark history of the house. “The Ghosts of Pickering Trail,” by Will Hunt and Matt Wolfe, offers a gripping portrait of a family ravaged by grief and driven to the ...
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Writer's Routine

Dan Simpson

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How do the best writers get to work? In every episode, we'll chat to an author about what they do through a day. Where do they work? What time do they start? How do they plan their time and maximise their creativity, in order to plot and publish a bestseller? Some are frantic night-owls, others roll out of bed into their desks, and a few lock themselves away in the woods - but none have a regular 9 to 5, and we'll find out how they've managed it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo ...
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Letter from China

Peter James Froning

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This is a poignant and irreverent diary of the author's yearlong (2001-2) experience of teaching English to college students in Beijing, People's Republic of China. From the very first pages, the author draws you into his struggle with a culture worlds away from his comfort zone. The author's generous and compelling personality allowed him to gain access to the lives of his students and their families, who became characters in his tale. One can experience the author's wit and humanity throug ...
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Glorious Racing Stories is a nonfiction narrative podcast by Dirty Mo Media that immortalizes the greatest people and moments in motorsports as determined by veteran racing journalist Rick Houston. The podcast refurbishes years of interviews, impressions and recollections into a molding of glorious memories. The result is a nostalgic throwback experience in a modern-day vehicle that celebrates racing’s glory years – back when racers raced, crashed, scrapped and fought to survive; when stock ...
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True Crime Podcasts 2025 - Police Interrogations, 911 Calls, Police Stories and Unsolved Mysteries Reddit Podcast r/TrueCrimePodcasts: Reddit True Crime Podcasts 2025 - Police Interrogations, 911 Calls, Reddit True Crime Podcasts 2025 - Police Interrogations, 911 Calls, Police Stories and Unsolved Mysteries Reddit Podcast True Crime Podcast 2025 - Police Interrogations, 911 Calls and True Police Stories Podcast True Crime 411 - Police Interrogations, 911 Calls, Police Stories and Unsolved My ...
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The Burton Continuum is a nonfiction narrative series that documents the careers of Harrison and Jeb Burton, second-generation cousins trying to excel in NASCAR the way their fathers, Jeff and Ward, did. It provides a candid look into their lives and details the emotional challenges families experience when competing against each other. This is not Jeb Burton versus Harrison Burton. It’s Jeb and Harrison versus the realities of the sport’s cutthroat nature, the pressures of continuing the Bu ...
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Overwhelmed by conflicting narratives and sensationalism in the news? Wondering where you can get an objective analysis and direct-from-the-source reporting? Look no further than In the Room with Peter Bergen. In a weekly nonpartisan news podcast, longtime national security journalist and bestselling author Peter Bergen goes beyond the headlines, to explore the world’s most important and captivating stories. Each week, listeners are invited to join Peter as he covers a news topic like war, a ...
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Flying Sidecar

SidecarStories

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Bad Boy of Literature and Voice Actor Sam guides you through characters, themes, and more from some of your favorite stories. You enjoyed them once already; let's go deeper and enjoy them even more!
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Writing for Children

Institute for Writers

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Do you want to learn how to write for children? The Institute of Children's Literature has taught hundreds of thousands of aspiring writers, and the director of ICL is the host of Writing for Children. Bestselling children's author Katie Davis focuses on the craft of writing for children: how to write a children’s book, how to write for children’s magazines, how to get paid, and get published. There are listener questions, with answers from the experts at the Institute, plus hard-to-find res ...
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Caitlin Davies has always wanted to be a writer. It took her a long time to admit it to herself, let alone voice it aloud. She started writing as a journalist, covering stories across Europe and Africa, and now, finally, is a published author. She writes widely, switching genres and styles, releasing 6 novels and 8 narrative nonfiction books along …
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Headline Lies l Instagram Bans, Fake Relief Checks, and the Lie That Burned Maui l Alexis Knight Welcome to Headline Lies, where we expose the headlines that shaped public opinion—but never told the full story. In today’s episode, Alexis Knight unpacks three viral narratives that gripped the nation this past weekend: the fake Instagram ban in India…
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"It's honestly one of the biggest gambles I've taken in my career," says David Howard, the journalist behind "Conversations with a Hit Man," this for the Atavist Magazine. David is a journalist and author, and in this conversation we talk about: Nonverbal stuff, so the importance of doing this stuff in person The grand puzzle of a piece Looking for…
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Frances Quinn is a journalist, copywriter and bestselling author. Her new novel, 'The Lost Passenger', tells the story of Elinor Coombes, who boards the Titanic trapped in an unhappy marriage to a controlling husband. When it starts to go down, she sees an opportunity to escape for a new life. Frances began writing after winning a place on the Curt…
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Madness or Methodical Murder? The James Holmes Case - Aurora Theater Shooting l l Alexis Knight In this episode of True Crime: The Court of Public Opinion, we dive into the haunting case of James Holmes, the man responsible for the mass shooting at an Aurora, Colorado movie theater during a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises. Holmes' defen…
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The Iran Illusion: Lies, War Games, and $6 Billion Headlines l Alexis Knight True Crime & The Court of Public Opinion This Friday on Headline Lies, we cut through the noise surrounding Iran—and expose what the headlines won’t tell you. From Trump’s “surrender” quote to Biden’s $6 billion “payout,” we unpack the manipulations behind the headlines fl…
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The Iran Special: What They’re Prepping You to Believe l Alexis Knight True Crime & The Court of Public Opinion This week, President Trump launched strikes on three nuclear sites inside Iran — and barely anyone's asking why. No explanation. No strategy. Just silence. In this Alexis Knight Special Report, we cut through the chaos and expose the patt…
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In this episode of The Entrepreneur to Author Podcast, your host Scott MacMillan interviews Hanna Boëthius and Dr. Verena Voelter about their experience co-authoring The Next Tango, a book that stands out for its truly collaborative approach. Rather than writing alone, Hanna and Verena teamed up as a patient advocate and physician, then extended th…
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Headline Lies | 10 Stories You Were Tricked Into Believing | Alexis Knight – True Crime & the Court of Public Opinion You’ve been lied to—again. In this episode of Headline Lies, Alexis Knight exposes ten recent headlines that misled the public across the U.S. and around the world. From fake food bans and nonexistent lawsuits to staged humanitarian…
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Poisoned by Permission: The MAHA Movement & the Food Industry’s Silent War l Alexis Knight You’ve been eating chemicals banned in dozens of countries—without ever being told. Red dyes linked to tumors. Preservatives tied to immune disruption. Additives pulled from cosmetics but still fed to children. In this explosive exposé, Alexis Knight takes yo…
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Headline Lies: The Playbook Is Global - Alexis Knight: True Crime & The Court of Public Opinion From fake food bans to staged rescues, this episode of Headline Lies uncovers ten recent headlines from the U.S. and around the world that twisted the truth into something unrecognizable. Alexis Knight shows how the global narrative machine is weaponizin…
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"The story is the horse, and the writer is the rider of the horse, and you as the editor, need to help guide them along. And if the rider starts to fall off, you put them back on, and it's your job to lead them safely into the barn. At no point should you shove the rider off the horse, get on yourself and ride it into the distance," says Amanda Hec…
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"If you don't cultivate other interests or travel or spend time with friends, this and that, you don't have anything to write about," says Dane Huckelbridge, author of Queen of All Mayhem (William Morrow). Dane returns to the show to talk about his latest book, but also a smattering of other juicy writer topics such as: Procrastination Writing arou…
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Mike Gayle is a prolific author. He's published 20 novels, many of which land on the Sunday Times Bestseller List, and has been translated in over 30 countries. He was the first male writer, and writer of colour, to win the Romantic Novelist Association's Outstanding Achievement Award. He's back with a new novella called 'The One That Got Away'. It…
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Alexis Knight True Crime & The Court of Public Opinion - Poisoned by Permission: The MAHA Movement & the Food Industry’s Silent War Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-podcast-2025-police-interrogations-911-calls-and-true-police-stories-podcast--5693470/support.…
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President Biden's Pardon of Hunter Biden: Familial Duty or Abuse of Power? In this episode, we explore President Joe Biden's controversial decision to pardon his son, Hunter Biden, following convictions for tax violations and firearms-related charges. Despite prior assurances of non-interference, the president's unprecedented move has ignited debat…
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The son of an internationally renowned Presbyterian preacher, Elliott Speer became headmaster of the Mount Hermon School for Boys, a religiously oriented boarding school, in 1932. On the night of September 14, 1934, a trespasser murdered Speer in his own home, devastating his family, his colleagues, and the rest of the community. Show notes and ful…
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HEADLINE LIES: The Week They Tried to Trick You (Again) l Alexis Knight True Crime & The Court of Public Opinion They told you Biden fell again. They showed you LA burning. They said the shooter was a Marxist. And you believed it — for about five seconds. This week, Alexis Knight unpacks 10 headlines from across the U.S. and around the world that w…
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ALEXIS ALERT: The RFK Dye Lie — Why That Headline Is Misleading You A dangerous headline is making waves today, claiming artificial dyes and additives are being “removed” from America’s food supply—thanks to RFK Jr. But here’s the truth: that victory hasn’t happened yet. This Alexis Alert breaks down what RFK Jr. is doing, what Breitbart twisted, a…
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"One of the things I've done is to reconfigure the fireworks. The fireworks for me now are getting to have this thing off my desk so I get to work on something new. That's the firework," says Yi Shun Lai, an author, writer, and instructor. Our occasion for this show was an essay she wrote for Writer Magazine about "arrival fallacy," this notion tha…
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Verdict Watch: Karen Read, Diddy, and the Fall of Power l Alexis Knight: True Crime & The Court of Public Opinion Two high-profile trials. Two very different defendants. One moment of reckoning. This week, we break down what’s happening inside the courtroom — and outside of it — as the jury deliberates in the Karen Read trial and Sean “Diddy” Combs…
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While You Wait for Diddy and Read...The Unbelievable was Happening l Alexis Knight True Crime & The Court of Public Opinion While you were watching livestreams and courtroom drama unfold around Karen Read and Sean “Diddy” Combs, the real legal earthquakes were happening quietly—off-camera, underreported, and far more dangerous. In this episode, Ale…
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In this episode of Entrepreneur to Author, host Scott MacMillan speaks with Reverend Dr. Frank C. Spencer, president of the Board of Pensions of the Presbyterian Church and author of The Secrets of Success: How to Build a Great Career and Live a Happy Life. Frank shares how his career—from real estate and nonprofit leadership to ordained ministry—i…
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Headline Lies: Lie, Post, Repeat: How 10 Headlines Fooled Millions This Week l Alexis Knight From AI soldiers to non-existent stabbings, fake wildfires to imaginary lab mice, this week’s headlines were an all-you-can-eat buffet of misinformation — and millions of people swallowed it whole. In this episode of Headline Lies, we break down the ten mos…
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A small town. A missing boy. A silence that lasted more than 40 years. In 1983, 14-year-old John Doyle Jr. disappeared from his home in the rural community of Mitchell Settlement, New Brunswick. Weeks later, his body was found. The case remains unsolved. No one was arrested. And for decades, no one spoke openly about what happened. This teaser intr…
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Small Lies, Big Game: The Headlines That Shouldn’t Be Fake (But Somehow Are!) l Alexis Knight Headline Lies Today on Headline Lies, we step away from the politics and take you somewhere stranger: into the world of small, seemingly harmless headlines that turn out to be completely fake. No presidents. No global disasters. Just everyday stories—schoo…
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"I would say my books are about three quarters research and sort of mining my research, and then one quarter writing," says Hampton Sides, author of several New York Times bestselling works of narrative history, including his latest, now in paperback, The Wide Wide Sea. It's published by Doubleday. So Hampton was great. There was a moment halfway t…
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Barnaby Martin is a busy man. He works as a teacher, runs a successful YouTube channel with over 10 million views, as a composer he's had pieces performed across the world, and now he's released his first novel, 'The Quiet. It tells the story of a dystopian world covered by the Soundfield. A domer which surrounds the Earth and changes everyone's li…
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Hard Times: What Financial Collapse Looks Like for Any American | Alexis Knight: True Crime & The Court of Public Opinion The economy’s tight, and everyone’s pretending they’re fine — but they’re not. In this episode, we break down how financial collapse can hit anyone—not just the reckless or the rich. These aren’t gossip stories. They’re a mirror…
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The LA Playbook: What Really Happened, Why It Ended So Fast, and Who’s Fighting the Federal Government for Control l Alexis Knight: True Crime & The Court of Public Opinion The LA riots are over. The media moved on. But something about it didn’t feel right — and now we know why. In this episode, Alexis breaks down exactly how the chaos started, who…
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Missing in Plain Sight | The Stories That Disappeared Without a Trace | Alexis Knight – True Crime & the Court of Public Opinion Some stories don’t end—they just disappear. In this episode, Alexis Knight exposes how major crimes, celebrity deaths, and explosive scandals vanish from the public eye through distraction, confusion, and silence. From Ju…
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