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Nostalgia & Now

138. From Headlines to Podcasts with Mandy Matney

Nostalgia & Now

Kelli Williams

News, Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Entertainment News, Tv & Film

4.8660 Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2026

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

This week, Kelli is joined by investigative journalist Mandy Matney. The two chat about Mandy’s passion for finding the facts, the day she got a DM from Brittany Snow, and everything in between. The conversation also touches on the Murdaugh family case and what it was like watching that story take on a life of its own. From there, they dive into the evolution of true crime, approaching cases with empathy, and how the way we consume stories has changed over the years. Plus, Mandy opens up about launching her own network and what comes next.


Follow Mandy on Instagram! - https://www.instagram.com/mandy_matney/


Find all of Mandy's shows here! - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/lunashark-media/id6445544578


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Transcript

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0:00.0

You're going to dance like it's 2005.

0:04.5

Come on get up.

0:06.3

You guys, welcome to feel a new host, Kelly Williams. In this week, I am joined by investigative journalist, podcast powerhouse, an executive producer of the Hulu series Murdaugh, Death in the Family, Mandy Matney. Thank you so much for coming on. Thank you for having me. I'm so excited about this.

0:38.1

I really always enjoy pop culture types of podcast more than the true crime, dark, newsy, ones that I'm typically invited on.

0:49.0

So thank you for included me.

0:51.1

This is the space I want to be in.

0:53.3

Of course.

0:53.9

I mean, you executive produced one of the

0:55.7

biggest shows of this last few months, you know, like, it's incredible. Thank you. It's been crazy.

1:03.3

How was that? You know, like, so I still am, I'm still fathoming how that all of that came together and how it was possible.

1:16.8

And I'm like looking in my phones of pictures from a year ago when I was on set and meeting Britney Snow and hanging out with her.

1:25.4

And like it was like I was transferred to another universe that at first I felt like I totally

1:32.3

did not belong there.

1:34.9

But then I kind of learned that like, they're all just people.

1:39.7

And it was just to me, I love TV.

1:44.0

I spend entirely too much time watching and consuming television.

1:49.6

So I was like a kid in Disneyland on set, like learning how everything works and how many times they do scenes over and over and over.

2:01.6

And just the amount of people involved in a production like that, I was just amazed and learning constantly.

2:10.0

But yeah, I love the experience.

2:12.4

What are some shows you're watching right now?

2:15.3

Oh, boy.

2:16.8

I started. I started to watch that weird show on Netflix.

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