Is True Crime the New White Noise?

Vibe Check

SiriusXM

Society & Culture

4.9 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

This week on Vibe Check, Saeed and Zach let listeners take over with the first-ever “Patreon’s Choice” episode. They get into the ethics of true crime, why it endures, and where it crosses the line. Then, they talk about HBO’s Murder in Glitterball City. Plus, they share their latest picks for “the vibes are on” and “the vibes are off.” ------------------------------------------------------ Saeed’s Poem: “Brutal Imagination” by Cornelius Eady – “Who am I?”

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0:00.0	Hey girl.
0:04.4	Hey girl.
0:05.4	Well, it's finally happened.
0:07.5	We decided to roll the die.
0:10.4	We did.
0:10.7	As it were, and ask our Patreon users to pick an episode topic for us.
0:16.3	We did.
0:17.0	We opened the floodgates and said, Jesus, i.e. Patreon, take the wheel. And you drove us to a topic that I am surprised Saeed Jones consented to. Really? I am. You guys got him to a place that I never thought we'd go. And I'm excited we are here today.
0:33.8	Well, yes, that's true. My hand was forced.
0:40.1	Well, I'm Sayy Jones.
0:43.0	And I'm Zach Stafford, and you're listening to Vibe Check.
0:51.3	I like this.
0:53.1	This is kind of, this is fun.
1:07.1	I feel like a theme of the podcast lately is like Zach getting me to dip my toes into aspect of media and the internet where I'm like, I like to buy my own business. But listeners, I did get my revenge on Zach. He did. Because I made him watch a documentary that I watched recently that some friends got me into
1:13.6	and he was going through it last night.
1:15.6	I was.
1:16.6	You had me doing laundry.
1:17.6	I was walking around this apartment, cleaning.
1:20.6	I was like, the girls are not okay in Louisville, Kentucky.
1:24.6	I got something for you.
1:25.6	So, yeah, we're going to talk all about it.
1:28.3	We'll get into that.
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