Introducing The Sellout and Smoke Screen Plus

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Sony Music

Documentary, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.0 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2021

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

Jonathan Hirsch, Neon Hum CEO and host of I Am Rama, introduces this season of Smoke Screen (it's called The Sellout!) and our new paid subscription service, Smoke Screen Plus. If you buy a paid subscription on Apple Podcasts, you’ll get three episodes of bonus content throughout the season. You’ll also get each episode without ads, and 24 hours early. And, if you don’t subscribe… that’s fine! You’ll still get access to all the episodes, free. The first two episodes of The Sellout drop on October 26th. It's the story of a politician dogged by allegations of corruption, harassment and pathological pettiness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey there, this is Jonathan Hirsch. I'm the host of I Am Rama, and the CEO of Neon Hum.
0:06.3	I want to introduce you to the next season of Smokescreen. You're not going to want to miss it.
0:10.8	It's about a politician in Los Angeles who was the first Mexican immigrant elected to L.A.
0:15.8	City Council. His rise was really important to a lot of people, but then the feds arrested him
0:22.3	for allegedly taking and soliciting bribes from luxury developers, looking to gentrify his district.
0:28.0	The sellout is hosted by Mariah Castanieta. She's a really talented journalist with L.A. Taco,
0:33.5	this grassroots media organization in Los Angeles. There are partners for this season.
0:38.5	And by the way, if you buy a paid subscription to Smokescreen Plus on Apple podcasts,
0:43.4	you'll get three episodes of bonus content throughout the season.
0:46.8	You'll get each episode without ads in 24 hours early. And in the weeks and months ahead,
0:51.5	we'll be providing all kinds of updates behind the scenes, continuing coverage
0:56.0	on all the investigations we do here at Smokescreen. And if you don't subscribe or don't
1:00.5	want to subscribe right away, that's fine too. You're still going to get access to all the episodes
1:06.3	here on this feed free. So listen to this season of Smokescreen. The first two episodes are out
1:13.8	October 26th. Thank you so much for supporting Neon Hum and Smokescreen and we hope you enjoy this new season.

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