Hi, I'm Brooke, and you're listening to Actual Innocence, a podcast spreading awareness of wrongful conviction and problems in the justice system.

And I need to open this episode of Actual Innocence by saying, I am so sorry, and today has been a terrible day.

Let me tell you what happened.

So after a lot of misfortune and discombobulations and health issues throughout the week, DeMarco and I had set a time a little bit earlier to record the ads and the opening of closing to this episode.

So we did it.

There were no issues.

Well, there were not very many issues.

Nothing we couldn't handle.

It was really good. Like, we were a little goofy, but it was a good episode. And the content was

incredible. This episode is a panel with three women, two of which we've had on this show and one of

which we will in the future. And one of those women is Julie Bomber, the very first exonerie that I ever interviewed.

And she was in her car.

And all throughout this episode, I was just thinking about how far this podcast has come, all the places we've been.

And it was really an emotional experience.

And I don't want it to be ruined by this technical issue.

But guys, it's going to be midnight in like 45 minutes.

And I don't have time to re-edit it and re-record.

So please listen anyway.

Even though this one didn't have as much time put into the pre-production,

the interview is amazing. The interview is amazing.

Here it is.

We are doing our very first women panel episode.

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