720 - How Sha Na Na Solves Murder - Robert A. Leonard, American Forensic Linguist and Founding Member of Sha Na Na

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🗓️ 1 June 2021

⏱️ 85 minutes

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How does Sha Na Na solve a murder? This is probably one of the best transitional stories that I have ever heard! Robert A. Leonard, American Forensic Linguist and Founding Member of Sha Na Na, opened for Jimi Hendrix in Woodstock, toured with the Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, and even Bruce Springsteen opened for them! Then he gave it all up, went and finished his Columbia Ph.D. in Linguistics, and became one of the best Forensic Linguists in the world. He worked on cases like the murder of JonBenet Ramsay, the murder of Charlene Hummert, the Tennessee Facebook murders, and many more. He even represented Apple in the "App Store" case! Link: https://www.robertleonardassociates.com/ My new book Skip The Line is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever you get your new book! Join You Should Run For President 2.0 Facebook Group, and we discuss why should run for president. I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast. Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to “The James Altucher Show” and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts Stitcher iHeart Radio Spotify Follow me on Social Media: YouTube Twitter Facebook

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0:00.0	This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.
0:06.8	This is the James Altiger Show.
0:12.8	Today on the James Altiger Show.
0:15.6	I cannot believe this next guest and this is the direction the podcast has been going to
0:19.6	be more story driven but this next guest he started the band Shanana.
0:26.9	Now if you're younger you might not have heard about them but Shanana was a hugely popular
0:32.6	rock and roll band.
0:34.1	They opened for Jimmy Hendrix at Woodstock through Springsteen when he was young opened
0:39.6	for Shanana.
0:41.2	They traveled in toward with the grateful dead with Janice Joplin with others.
0:45.0	They were one of the biggest bands on the planet and then they even had one of the most
0:49.7	popular TV shows.
0:50.7	From 1977 to 1981 I watched it every week.
0:59.4	Anyway this next guest Robert Leonard he started the band with the help of his friend Jimmy
1:04.2	Hendrix and then he quit and became one of the leading forensic linguists on the planet.
1:11.8	Now I'll let him describe what forensic linguistics is but he's basically involved in murder
1:17.4	cases like John Bene Ramsey and the Unabomber and all sorts of other cases that are fascinating
1:25.6	and how he helped solve these cases is just amazing but also I really love that he made
1:33.4	this kind of transition from being a huge rock star to being the most prominent forensic
1:39.0	linguist on the planet.
1:41.1	So and he's got such amazing stories to tell.
1:43.9	I'll let him tell them.
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