NPR Host Tonya Mosley on ‘She Has A Name,’ Reporting Her Family’s Own True Crime

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4.2 • 887 Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

She Has A Name is set against the backdrop of the drug epidemic in 1980s Detroit. The new podcast hosted by NPR's Tonya Mosley blends elements of investigative journalism and memoir to tell a story about loss and redemption, mending broken family ties, and the trauma experienced by countless individuals who've lost loved ones to violence.

Listen to all episodes of She Has A Name from APM Studios and Truth Be Told Presents here.

CONTENT WARNING: This episode of She Has A Name includes discussion of some heavy topics, including murder and other acts of violence. Listener discretion is advised.

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0:00.0	Hi this is Larry Mantel and I'm Desmond Mantel and we have a podcast passing the mantle.
0:04.8	I grew up listening to my dad host Air Talk and now I get to join him. We'll talk about many issues
0:09.7	from our different generations. Listen to passing the mantle wherever you listen to
0:13.5	podcasts. L. Aist and show and tell present an evening with David Sedaris. The
0:19.2	writer, humorist, and radio contributor will take the stage Saturday, November 16th at the United
0:24.5	Theater on Broadway. Tickets and information at LAS.. studios.
0:33.0	Hey. LA's studios.
0:43.0	Hey, this is imperfect paradise, the show about hidden worlds and messy realities.
0:50.0	I'm Antonia Cérejido.
0:52.0	Today we're bringing you the first episode of a
0:54.8	fascinating series called She Has a Name from APM Studios. In it, executive
1:00.9	producer and host Tanya Mosley blends investigative journalism and
1:04.8	memoir to tell the story of her sister Anita who went missing in 1987.
1:10.3	My sister's son Antonio was a teenager when she disappeared and he's built his entire life around searching for his mom.
1:18.0	Had you at any point held out any sliver of hope that your mom would be alive.
1:27.0	In a childish kind of way, I think for years I carried that optimism.
1:34.0	That's the thing about missing persons.
1:36.0	There is no closure.
1:38.0	So you know your mind goes in many different directions.
1:42.0	Tanya Mosley joins me. in many different directions.
1:47.6	Tanya Mosley joins me now to talk about the making of the series. Tanya, thank you so much for coming on In Perfect Paradise.
1:50.4	And Tanya, thank you for having me.
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