Crime Story is finally here. Each week, host Kathleen Goldhar (whose name you might recognize from Do You Know Mordechai? and The No Good, Terribly Kind, Wonderful Lives and Tragic Deaths of Barry and Honey Sherman), goes deep into some of the most riveting and complex crimes with the journalists and podcasters who brought the stories to light.
In Episode 1, Kathleen sits down with author Gilbert King — the man behind Bone Valley, a remarkable podcast about cold blooded murder, the deeply flawed conviction of Leo Schofield and a relentless pursuit of the truth. In Episode 2, Goldhar speaks with her former colleague Josh Bloch, who she worked with on creating Uncover: Escaping NXIVM. |
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Settle into spooky season with Mark, Maddy and Ryan! The trio of comedians, who previously tackled the sci-fi and rom-com genres, are taking on horror.
In Episode 1, out now, the co-hosts learn what makes a horror movie work with film legend Eduardo Sánchez — director of The Blair Witch Project! They also discuss their own love/hate relationship with the genre and confess their biggest fears. |
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This is likely the very last photo taken of Angel Carlick before she went missing.
What do the friends Angel hung out with that night remember? In Episode 4 of Someone Knows Something: The Angel Carlick Case, host David Ridgen chats with the women next to Angel in this photo, as well as others who spent time with Angel in the days leading up to her disappearance.
And remember: you can access episodes early on CBC Podcasts’ YouTube and the Apple True Crime Premium channel (where listening is also ad-free). |
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Podcast Events Coming Up! |
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Photo credit: Ludwing Duarte. |
- Hot Docs in Toronto: We’ll be at the Hot Docs Podcast Festival taking place October 19–22, 2023 in Toronto! The star-studded lineup includes live recordings of The Secret Life of Canada and Q with Tom Power. Use the code CBCPODLOVE to score a discount.
- Full details and tickets here for The Secret Life of Canada.
- Full details and tickets here for Q with Tom Power.
- Halloween in LA: CBC Podcasts and the Let's Make A crew will be at On-Air LA Annex 2023! The festival will feature live podcasts, unforgettable performances & installations. On Wednesday, Nov. 1, the comedy trio take the stage in this hilarious — but spooky — interactive rendition of Let’s Make a Horror. In L.A.? Grab a ticket here.
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ICYMI: Commotion had its first-ever live recording on stage at last week’s Pod The North event! Host Elamin Abdelmahmoud is pictured here (right) with panellists Radheyan Simonpillai (far left), Niko Stratis (second to left) and Kathleen Newman-Bremang (second to right). |
- Have an upcoming podcast event? Email us the details: podcastdigital@cbc.ca
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A conversation with Crime Story host Kathleen Goldhar |
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Crime Story isn’t Kathleen Goldhar’s first true crime project, but it is the most unique and expansive. CBC Podcasts sat down with the host and journalist to learn more about the series and why it’s so novel for her.
Tell us about Crime Story. How is it different from other true crime podcasts?
Crime Story stands out because we get to put the spotlight on the people who do the work! The people who bring us these compelling characters and important stories. True crime podcasts are so popular right now and the work is just so good … I love that I get to speak to these storytellers and find out how they work and why they care.
You’re quite the investigative journalist in your own right. Can you tell us a bit about your reporting background?
I started out as a newspaper reporter. My father is a journalist and my parents started a group of community papers in Toronto. It was a real family business. I began delivering the papers and eventually worked as a reporter. So I wanted to keep working at newspapers but those jobs were hard to find in the early 2000s. I was lucky enough to find a job at CBC Winnipeg as a radio reporter. It was a very hard transition, but one that I worked hard at and I grew to love telling audio stories. I eventually made my way back to Toronto and after a few years in the newsroom at CBC I got hired as one of the original producers at The Current. There I got to explore and work on stories that I really cared about - including justice issues in Canada and around the world. That’s where my investigative work started and it just expanded as I got to work on more complicated podcasts like Escaping NXIVM and Do You Know Mordechai?.
You talk with a lot of podcasters. The true crime podcasting space has seen tremendous growth and evolution since Serial hit our earbuds less than a decade ago. Where do you think true crime podcasting is headed next?
Honestly I don’t know! It’s been hard to predict. Now that the time of the crazy money investments seems to be over (which I think is a good thing) I hope the focus will move away from quantity and be more about better quality. True crime is not going to go away — the audience is huge and continues to grow. The next few years will be very interesting.
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What We're Listening To
Will Di Novi, curator of the Hot Docs Podcast Festival, recommends The New Yorker Fiction Podcast. |
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| “I love this monthly pod from The New Yorker, in which fiction editor Deborah Treisman joins an illustrious writer for a reading and discussion of a short story from the magazine's archives. Each episode is both a storytelling master class and a kind of history lesson, taking you deep into the work of all the amazing writers who have contributed to The New Yorker over the decades. If you're in Toronto, you can see the Fiction Pod in action this month, when they join us for a special live episode with Margaret Atwood at the Hot Docs Podcast Festival!” |
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Meet This Week's Editor |
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Hi pod bestie! I’m Émilie, the long-time-small-town digital producer with CBC Podcasts and one of three Sounds Good newsletter editors. Over my four years and counting with this stupendous team, I’ve had the privilege of working on shows like Hunting Warhead, Uncover, Someone Knows Something and Let’s Not Be Kidding with Gavin Crawford. When I’m not out on long walks looking for birds and listening to pods, I’m out on medium-length walks looking at the sky listening to pods.
If I were a podcast, I think the title would be Let Me Guess Your Sign Wrong!, where I confidently, incorrectly guess people’s zodiac signs based on nothing but ineffable vibes and arbitrary tidbits. (Yes, I’m a Leo).🦁 |
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Émilie Quesnel |
