Introducing: American Hostage

Southern Fried True Crime

Erica Kelley

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.6 • 10.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2022

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

In the series premiere, radio DJ Fred Heckman (Jon Hamm) receives an unexpected call from a listener that turns his life upside down.

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0:00.0	Hey, Southern Fried listeners.
0:02.8	I've got a new podcast to binge, and it's a really cool story, told in a new way I think
0:08.4	you will love.
0:10.1	Set in Indianapolis in 1977, American hostage is a suspenseful true story, starring John
0:17.0	Hamm as Fred Heckman, a beloved local radio host who is forced into the middle of a life
0:23.6	or death crisis. When a hostage taker, Tony Carritzis demands to be interviewed live on his
0:30.4	popular radio news program. Through Heckman's radio show, Carritzis gradually becomes a media
0:37.0	sensation and an unexpected national hero during a nail-biting 63-hour police standoff.
0:44.8	I'm about to play you a preview of American hostage. While you're listening, follow American
0:50.3	hostage wherever you get your podcasts, or you can binge the entire season right now
0:56.6	on Amazon Music or Wendry Plus.
1:03.4	The 7-second delay for live television was introduced in 1975 by NBC so that Richard
1:09.2	Pryor could host Saturday Night Live without the network getting fined for all of his
1:13.1	obscenities. The delay would also be useful if a man were to be shot point blank in the
1:19.2	head, live on national television.
1:26.2	And in Apple, it's 9-1-1, what's your emergency?
1:50.2	Yes, this the police.
1:54.2	Is your tenant Collins there?
1:56.2	Well, who you got there? Who you got there, rank time up to take this call?
2:01.2	I can help you, sir, if you can tell me what you call.
2:05.2	Yes, you stand up. Do you think I will do it? You stupid son of a bitch.
2:09.2	Alright, I'm going to tell you now and you're going to listen good and I don't repeat myself
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