Introducing: The Set

Relative Unknown

Audacy Podcasts

Society & Culture

4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2023

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

It’s the crack era.The most violent time in New York City history. The NYPD is fighting a losing battle and instead of protecting the city from drug dealers, some police officers have become them. This is the never-before told, first-person documentary of the biggest police corruption scandal in NYPD history and the investigation that uncovered it all. From Audacy Originals and Zak Levitt, the Emmy, Peabody, and NY Press Club Investigative Journalism Award winning creator of Root of Evil, Gangster Capitalism, and Relative Unknown. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, it's Zach Levit, the creator of Relative Unknown.
0:04.2	First off, I want to thank you for listening to the show.
0:07.4	The feedback has been amazing and Jackie and I appreciate it so much.
0:11.3	Because of you, she's been given a platform to advocate for the children of Whitsack.
0:15.7	If you liked Relative Unknown, I'm hoping you'll check out my newest documentary series.
0:20.4	It's called The Set, and it's the inside story of the biggest police corruption scandal
0:25.4	in New York City history.
0:27.3	And the story is told directly by those involved.
0:30.0	Dirty cops, whistleblowers, investigators, prosecutors, and police brass, including the commissioner
0:36.2	of the NYPD at the time.
0:38.5	And all of them wrapped up in a nasty New York City turf war for control of the investigation.
0:44.3	In short, The Set is the story of what can happen when the world's largest police department
0:49.7	fails to police itself.
0:51.9	If you like what you're about to hear, please listen to and follow The Set.
0:56.6	You know what, after fucking 30 some odd years, you would think that you gotta get over
1:04.1	it, but apparently not.
1:08.3	I'm not a bad guy, man.
1:12.8	Made a mistake and I fucking went down to wrong paths and I'm not a bad guy.
1:21.2	But Zach, I mean, the story should be told.
1:28.3	From Odyssey Originals, I'm Zach Levin, the creator of Root of Evil, Gangster Capitalism
1:34.8	and Relative Unknown.
1:37.0	And this is a story about a time that New York City would like to forget.
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