Hi, I'm Charlie Spicer and you're listening to Case Closed.

Case Closed will be back next week for another regular episode.

But today I'm excited to share a little something extra.

It's a preview of a new podcast out now from the creators of missing Richard Simmons

and surviving Y2K.

It's called Running from Cops, like the TV show Cops.

Cops is the longest running reality show in history.

It films the worst days of people's lives and turns them into hit television.

If you watch TV in the 90s, it was impossible to miss, and it's still on today, new episodes

and reruns.

Cops on 15 sometimes 20 times in a single day.

And the sheer popularity means it shaped our criminal justice system and public opinion

of the police, more than almost anything else in pop culture.

It's on constantly, but no one really seems to talk about it.

So Dan Tabersky and his producers watched over 800 episodes to find out what it's all

about.

And then they track down some of the people who've been on the show over the years.

It turns out that there's a dark side to making cops.

Find out why some say Cops is exploitative and perpetuates inequality, while others

say it shines a light on the heroic work of law enforcement officers.

Stay tuned right now for a preview of the first episode.

And then go find running from Cops in your podcast app to hear more.

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