The number one true crime podcast is back.

Let's talk about the crime scenes.

Accused murder, George Wagner faces a judge and jury.

This is legitimately the biggest murder trial

in the state of Ohio's history.

I think the defense knows something that we all don't know.

Will he face the death penalty or will he walk free?

Listen to the Piked and Masker.

Season four, trials begin on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts,

or wherever you get your podcasts.

How did the online harassment of a Saturday night live comedian

paved the way to a Trump White House?

Or how did people in Georgia use Facebook to run a black teacher out of town?

And what does any of this have to do with our democracy?

The answer is the Internet.

There are all instances where women were targeted by an online hate mob.

And this kind of thing has been steadily creeping from our computer screen

into our wider political landscape.

I'm Brigitte Todd and on my new podcast, Internet Hate Machine,

I'll be charting how the harassment and abuse of women and other traditionally marginalized

people online has led us to our current political health

game and what we can do about it.

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