Silenced recommends: The Burden
America's Crime Lab
iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope
4.8 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 19 March 2024
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Check out the first episode of "The Burden," a brand new podcast from our friends at Orbit Media.
EPISODE 1: THE SCOOP
New York Times journalist Frances “Frenchy” Robles gets a tip about a group of wrongfully convicted men in the New York State prison system. The common denominator: many were arrested by the same detective. Frenchy tracks down the story in a surprise visit to prison.
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| 0:00.0 | In the 90s, New York Detective Louis Scarcella locked up the worst criminals. |
| 0:04.7 | Putting bad guys away. |
| 0:06.3 | There's no feeling like it. |
| 0:08.0 | Then jailhouse lawyers took game led by Derek Hamilton. |
| 0:11.5 | Scracella took me to the precinct and alive. |
| 0:14.3 | 20 men eventually walked free. |
| 0:16.6 | Now, in the Burden Podcast, after a decade of silence, |
| 0:20.6 | Louis Scarsella finally tells his story, and so does Derek Hamilton. |
| 0:25.0 | Listen to the burden on the I-Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:30.0 | Hey, it's Alec Baldwin. |
| 0:32.0 | This past season on my podcast, Here's the Thing. I spoke with more |
| 0:37.8 | actors, musicians, policy makers, and so many other fascinating people like jazz bassist Christian McBride. |
| 0:46.0 | Jazz is based on improvisation but there's very much a form to it. |
| 0:50.0 | You have a conversation based on that melody and those core changes. |
| 0:54.2 | So it's kind of like giving someone a topic and say, okay, talk about this. |
| 0:58.1 | Listen to the new season of Here's the Thing |
| 1:00.9 | on the I Heart Radio App Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your |
| 1:05.7 | podcasts. I'm Jason Flom and you're Maggie Freeling. Hey Jason. Every day we |
| 1:11.0 | learn about another person who shouldn't be in prison. |
| 1:13.5 | 58 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit. |
| 1:17.1 | So glad you're home. |
| 1:18.1 | If you want to be part of this work, listen to wrongful conviction. |
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