This is Charlie. Hi, this is Ali from Insight. And this is Actual Innocence.

Hi, this is Brooke. You're listening to Actual Innocence, a podcast raising awareness of wrongful conviction.

Today's episode is going to be a little different. It's not the story of an exonerary, and it's not the story highlighting an Innocence Network Agency.

Today's episode is going to be a reflection.

I know what my stats look like for non-exhawnary episodes.

Please give this one a chance.

There are a lot of exonerary clips throughout.

Actual Innocence has been around for a little over a year.

I think some celebration is an order, for the show and for the cause it represents.

And to celebrate you, the listener, for your support.

This weekend, I've been at a conference with other podcasters and many listeners.

It's actually driven my desire to make this episode,

an episode which will highlight the motivation, the goals, and ultimately the future of actual

innocence. This episode has three paid sponsors. I don't get to choose the ad placement because

as an indie podcaster, I don't have the negotiation power of a broadcasting network. I get it. I listen to podcasts too.

I try to think of ads in the middle of an episode of an indie podcast as paying more to eat local.

At the end of the show, there will be two trailers for other indie podcasts. Not sponsors, just me connecting you with great content.

If you're a credit skipper, it's okay, no judgment,

but you might want to check out the trailers. I want to tell you about one more thing, a project,

a podcast that I've been a part of and is definitely worth checking out. A&E is making a new podcast

about an old favorite TV show. It's just come back to TV with new episodes. It's called

cold case files. Basically, a cold case is one that has no leads and little hope of being solved.

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