Introducing: Senseless with Erika Mahoney

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Lemonada Media

True Crime

4.2 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

This week we’re introducing you to a powerful new podcast, Senseless with Erika Mahoney. Everything changed one ordinary Monday, when Erika Mahoney’s mom called to say there was an active shooter at the grocery store nearby. In a matter of seconds, ten people were killed – including Erika’s father.

With the high-profile trial of the shooter as a backdrop, Erika speaks to survivors of mass shootings, community leaders, and others impacted by the tragedy in Boulder, on her deeply personal quest to move forward after the unthinkable.

Mass shootings have become a daily, uniquely American tragedy. But what happens to those left behind afterward? Senseless is a raw, unfiltered journey through grief, trauma, resilience, and moving forward after your world shatters forever. We’re going to play you a clip from the first episode when Erika’s life gets turned upside down. After you listen, search for Senseless with Erika Mahoney wherever you get your podcasts, or head to https://lemonada.lnk.to/SenselesswithErikaMahoneyfd

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0:00.0	Lemonada.
0:06.1	Hi, I'm Erica Mahoney, and I'm a journalist, a mom, and I'm also a survivor.
0:13.0	On an ordinary Monday in March of 2021, I got a phone call that changed my life.
0:19.5	My mom told me there was an active shooter at our neighborhood
0:22.8	grocery store in my hometown of Boulder, Colorado, and dad went shopping. That day, 10 innocent
0:30.3	people just going about their lives were killed. My dad was one of them. In my new podcast, Senseless, I share my journey about trying to make sense of the senseless.
0:42.4	I talk with other survivors, first responders, people who stepped up to help, and even a medium.
0:49.4	I go on a grief retreat deep in the redwoods, and I attend the trial of the man responsible.
0:55.6	This show is about trauma, yes, but it's also about connection, healing, and moving forward
1:02.1	after the unthinkable. We're going to play you the beginning of the first episode. After you
1:07.5	listen, make sure to follow Senseless with Erica Mahoney wherever you get your podcasts.
1:12.3	Or just head to the link in the show notes.
1:16.5	This podcast relives an account of gun violence and the trauma that follows. Please take care when listening.
1:24.1	It started as a typical Monday, March 22nd, 2021.
1:29.0	Not great, not bad, just ordinary, until everything changed in an instant.
1:39.2	I was living in Carmel on the coast of California.
1:42.6	I remember the sky was gray and overcast, and the ocean
1:45.9	was calm, a shade of dark blue. Three states over, snow covered the mountains in my hometown of Boulder,
1:52.9	Colorado. That's where my parents live in the same house I grew up in, in the same South Boulder
1:58.9	neighborhood sat right against the foothills, a haven of
2:02.5	hiking trails and dogs and good public schools, and a main grocery store everyone shops at,
2:09.1	King Soupers.
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