Introducing: American Hostage

Mens Rea: A true crime podcast

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Society & Culture

4.7 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2022

⏱️ 4 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. Follow American Hostage on Amazon Music, to hear all 8 episodes right now: http://wondery.fm/MR_AmericanHostage

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0:00.0	Hey men's rail listeners, I just started listening to this new true crime podcast, American
0:09.6	Hostage.
0:10.9	And honestly, I am so happy I can binge at all at once because every episode has left
0:16.0	me hanging.
0:17.7	Set in Indianapolis in 1997, American Hostage is a suspenseful true story starring John
0:24.1	Ham as Fred Heckman, a beloved local radio reporter who was forced into the middle of
0:29.9	a life or death crisis when a hostage taker, Tony Carritzis, demands to be interviewed
0:35.5	live on his popular radio news program.
0:38.7	Through Heckman's radio show, Carritzis gradually becomes a media sensation and an unexpected
0:45.0	national hero during a nail-biting 63-hour police stand-off.
0:50.4	I'm about to play you a preview of American Hostage.
0:54.3	While you're listening, follow American Hostage wherever you get your podcasts, or you
0:59.1	can binge the entire season right now on Amazon Music or Wondery Plus.
1:08.5	The 7-second delay for live television was introduced in 1975 by NBC so that Richard
1:13.9	Pryor could host Saturday Night Live without the network getting fined for all of his
1:17.7	obscenities.
1:19.0	The delay would also be useful if a man were to be shot point blank in the head live on
1:24.6	National Television.
1:50.0	Any nap list 911?
1:51.0	What's your emergency?
1:52.0	Yes, this is the police.
1:55.2	Is your tenant Collins there?
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