Captain's Orders (Criminal+)

Criminal

Vox Media Podcast Network

Society & Culture, True Crime

4.7 • 39.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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This episode is unlocked and available for everyone to listen to! Phoebe tells a story about an uncooperative plane passenger. Plus, Lauren and Phoebe discuss what embarrasses Phoebe the most, the intentional vagueness of Criminal episode descriptions, and whether or not Phoebe is a "finger princess." If you enjoyed listening to today's Criminal Plus episode and you'd like more - join us on Patreon. We put these episodes with Phoebe and Lauren out twice a month - plus you'll have access to behind-the-scenes videos with Phoebe and Criminal producers, chat rooms, live events, and more. Right now, you can use the promo code "PLUS25" for 25% off of an annual membership. Thank you for supporting our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, it's Phoebe. Today we're sharing this week's new episode of Criminal Plus with all of our listeners.
0:08.5	We put these out twice a month, and our Criminal Plus members seem to really enjoy them.
0:13.8	They're very different than our regular criminal episodes, but we hope you'll enjoy listening in.
0:19.0	And if you'd like to sign up and get these episodes, plus support all of the work that we do here on Criminal, we hope you'll enjoy listening in. And if you'd like to sign up and get these episodes,
0:21.7	plus support all of the work that we do here on Criminal,
0:24.4	we hope you'll join us at patreon.com slash criminal.
0:28.4	There's a link in the show notes, too.
0:30.5	And right now you can use special promo code plus 25
0:34.0	to get 25% off an annual membership.
0:37.3	Again, the place to sign up is patreon.com
0:40.3	slash criminal. Okay, here we go. Welcome to Criminal Plus. I'm Phoebe Judge. I'm Lauren Sporer.
0:49.3	And Lauren, I have been wearing a jacket and long underwear all day to day.
0:55.9	In North Carolina.
0:57.1	The heat has been broken in my house for the past five days.
1:00.0	I don't think that my body temperature has gotten above 72 in a week.
1:06.1	Freezing cold.
1:07.2	Where's the repair?
1:09.2	It's, you know, I feel like when a state that isn't prepared for cold weather has a spell of cold weather,
1:19.1	crisis and chaos pops up at every corner.
1:23.5	And to get someone here, it's like you're asking someone to build the Empire State Building.
1:29.5	We're trying to get someone here, but it is freezing cold, which is why I have been wearing a jacket for a week.
1:36.6	Lauren, I can't believe I didn't tell you about the story. I believe that I did document this in kind of real time as it was happening when I was on the
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