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The Expert Witness from Uncover

The ethical true crime podcast: How to make one, what not to do

The Expert Witness from Uncover

CBC

True Crime

4.510.9K Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2019

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Rebecca Lavoie, host of Crime Writers On..., speaks with four distinguished podcasters who work with true crime: Justin Ling, host of Uncover: The Village, Connie Walker, host of Missing & Murdered, Natalie Jablonski, producer on In The Dark, and Amber Hunt, host of Accused. They break down the ethics behind true crime podcasts, what good podcasts should work to achieve, and what to take into consideration when dealing with stories that affect real lives. This bonus episode was recorded in front of a live audience at Podcast Movement.

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0:00.0

The honor of all the Chief Justice and the Associate of the United States

0:04.0

Most Americans have made up their minds about the Spring Court.

0:08.0

It's either restoring justice or destroying America.

0:15.0

The Supreme Court is not going to save us.

0:17.0

I'm Julia Lungoria and in this season of more perfect, we're making sense of the Spring Court today.

0:22.0

Listen to more perfect from WNYC Studios wherever you get podcasts.

0:30.0

This is a CBC Podcast.

0:33.0

Hello everyone and thank you for coming to our panel in the Ethical True Crime Podcast.

0:39.0

How to make one, what not to do.

0:42.0

My name is Rebecca LaVoy on the host of a show called Crime Riders On,

0:46.0

on which we talk a whole lot about what true crime podcasts should do and shouldn't do.

0:51.0

And when I was asked to do this panel, I was kind of given the choice of what kind of podcasters,

0:57.0

like who would be on your dream panel to talk this through.

1:00.0

And I actually succeeded in getting all four of the people that I wanted to talk to.

1:05.0

So to kick it off, I'd love to go down the line.

1:07.0

Could you introduce yourself?

1:09.0

What is your podcast and just tell us a little bit about it?

1:12.0

Sure. My name is Connie Walker.

1:14.0

I'm host of Missing and Murdered.

1:15.0

The last season was called Finding Cleo.

1:18.0

And it's a podcast that focuses on the unsolved cases of missing or murdered Indigenous women and girls,

1:25.0

primarily in Canada.

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