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Without Warning~American Hostage

Without Warning Podcast®

Without Warning Podcast®

True Crime, Society & Culture, News, Politics, Documentary

4.42.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2022

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Set in Indianapolis in 1977, American Hostage is a suspenseful true story starring Jon Hamm as Fred Heckman, a beloved local radio reporter who is forced into the middle of a life-or-death crisis when a hostage-taker, Tony Kiritsis demands to be interviewed live on his popular radio news program. • Through Heckman's radio show, Kiritsis gradually becomes a media sensation, and an unexpected national hero during a nail-biting 63-hour police standoff. In the series premiere, radio DJ Fred Heckman (Jon Hamm) receives an unexpected call from a listener that turns his life upside down. Follow American Hostage on Amazon Music, to hear all 8 episodes right now: http://wondery.fm/WW_AmericanHostage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

There's something so romantic about winter and I don't know whether that's just because

0:05.4

I'm a bit of a homebody and I love a 5th.

0:08.0

But I think it's just the holiday period.

0:10.2

It's just for me, it's the most romantic period.

0:14.2

And I think anyone who's listened to my records will know that I'm quite a big fan of romance.

0:18.8

Joy in every sip with red cups now back at Starbucks.

0:23.3

Hey, without warning listeners.

0:28.2

I just started listening to this new True Crime podcast, American Hostage.

0:33.7

And honestly, I am so happy I can binge it all at once because every episode leaves you

0:40.0

hanging.

0:41.5

Set in Indianapolis in 1977, American Hostage is a suspenseful true story starring John

0:50.5

Ham as Fred Heckman, a beloved local radio reporter who was forced into the middle of a

0:58.5

life or death crisis.

1:01.1

When a Hostage taker, Tony Carrotis, demands to be interviewed live on his popular radio

1:07.9

news program.

1:09.3

Through Heckman's radio show, Carrotis gradually becomes a media sensation and an unexpected

1:16.5

national hero during a nail-biting 63 hour police standoff.

1:22.6

I'm about to play you a preview of American Hostage.

1:26.6

While your listening follow American Hostage wherever you get your podcasts, or you

1:31.7

can binge the entire season right now on Amazon Music or Wondery Plus.

1:40.7

The 7-second delay for live television was introduced in 1975 by NBC, so that Richard

1:46.5

Prior could host Saturday Night Live without the network getting fined for all of his

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