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Behind the Billions

‘Abducted in Plain Sight’ | The Recappables

Behind the Billions

The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.3641 Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2019

⏱️ 35 minutes

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The Ringer’s Alison Herman and Claire McNear analyze the kidnappings, interviews, and most unbelievable moments of ‘Abducted in Plain Sight,’ the latest true-crime documentary from Netflix.   Hosts: Alison Herman and Claire McNear Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

What's up, guys, and welcome to the Ringer Podcast Network. I'm Liz Kelly.

0:04.6

Here's what to check out on the ringer.com as we head into the 2019 NBA All-Star Weekend.

0:10.3

Dan Devine is writing about the five most interesting NBA teams,

0:14.3

Shea Serrano's The Disrespectful Dunk Index returns, and Kevin O'Connor analyzes

0:18.7

Steph Curry's evolution and how he changed the game of basketball.

0:22.5

Also, don't forget to check out Bill Simmons's NBA trade value rankings and much more on the ringer.com.

0:46.6

Hello and welcome to The Recapables, a podcast on the Ringer Podcast Network, where we talk about the TV that everyone is talking about right now.

0:52.0

My name is Alison Herman, and I'm joined by Claire McNair to talk about abducted in plain sight.

0:53.0

Claire, how are you doing?

0:54.4

Doing well. How about you?

0:59.5

Great. I would like to just note for our listeners in case they're concerned. This is just a one-off podcast. True Detective is still on the air, which means that we are still running our True Detective

1:04.8

after show hosted by Chris Ryan and Jason Concepcion, the Flat Circle. So that's going to be back on the air this Sunday,

1:13.0

which means that there will be a new episode of our podcast as well. So fear not. But for now,

1:18.0

we are here to talk about the latest Netflix offering that has taken over the internet.

1:23.6

We are going to get to our awards in just a second, but first, I'm just going to get some of the

1:28.9

plot synopsis out of the way so I can clear the way for Claire to give her amazing insights.

1:33.1

So, in short, abducted in plain sight is a documentary that, according to multiple headlines,

1:38.9

including the ringers, must be seen to be believed.

1:41.4

It was directed and produced by Skyborgman, and it's a 90-minute film that recounts the kidnapping, or rather multiple kidnappings, of Idaho 12-year-old Jan Broberg by a family friend Robert B. Birchtold.

1:53.7

Initially, it was released last year under the title Forever B, but the movie has become an online sensation since it was uploaded to Netflix last month, as we have seen many times in recent months.

2:05.0

Claire, you wrote a wonderful piece about this for The Ringer, a wonderful website.

2:10.9

So I'm going to throw to you for our first category, which what is just your tweet-length review of abducted in plain sight? Like,

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