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Can't get enough of We Own This City? Well, guess what—there's a weekly companion podcast produced by HBO that takes you behind the scenes of this gripping limited series. Kary Antholis, our founder and an Executive Producer of We Own This City, is also a Consulting Producer for the podcast. Over the course of six episodes, host D. Watkins shares his experiences in and out of the writers’ room and speaks to the people who brought this story to the screen, including executive producers George Pelecanos and David Simon, actor Jon Bernthal, actor Wunmi Mosaku, and director Reinaldo Marcus Green....

Based on the book by Baltimore Sun reporter Justin Fenton, We Own This City chronicles the rise and fall of the Baltimore Police Department’s Gun Trace Task Force and the corruption and moral collapse that befell an American city in which the policies of drug prohibition and mass arrest were championed at the expense of actual police work.

Apple TV+ is giving viewers their first look at the upcoming psychological thriller, Black Bird—a gritty and suspenseful, six-episode drama inspired by actual events, starring Taron Egerton and Paul Walter Hauser. When high school football hero, decorated policeman’s son, and convicted drug dealer Jimmy Keene (Taron Egerton) is sentenced to 10 years in a minimum-security prison, he is given the choice of a lifetime—enter a maximum-security prison for the criminally insane and befriend suspected serial killer Larry Hall (Paul Walter Hauser), or stay where he is and serve his full sentence with no possibility of parole. Keene quickly realizes his...

HBO just released a teaser trailer for We Own This City—a limited series coming out on April 25 that's being executive produced by our founder, Kary Antholis. Based on the book by Baltimore Sun reporter Justin Fenton, We Own This City chronicles the rise and fall of the Baltimore Police Department’s Gun Trace Task Force and the corruption and moral collapse that befell an American city in which the policies of drug prohibition and mass arrest were championed at the expense of actual police work. Cast includes Jon Bernthal, Wunmi Mosaku, Jamie Hector, McKinley Belcher III, Darrell Britt-Gibson, Josh Charles,...

Here are links to episodes of Jury Duty: The Trial of Robert Durst Season 1 Episode 1: This Case Involves Three Different Murders Episode 2: A History of Violence Special Bonus: Covering Robert Durst (feat. Molly Miller and Sean Smith) Episode 3: Pine Barrens BREAKING NEWS: Adjournment to Spring and a Second Podcast Season Episode 4: Point Blank Episode 5: The Killing of Morris Black Episode 6: The Texas Trial of Robert Durst Episode 7: The Jinx Episode 8: After the Jinx Episode 9: Bob Doesn’t Make Good Decisions Episode 10: Let’s Talk About the Dismemberment Episode 11: No Evidence is Evidence Episode 12: Thank You for Your Time (Season Finale) Season 2 Trailer Premiere...

The film industry has the Academy Awards, the television industry has the Emmys, Broadway has the Tonys, and the music industry has the GRAMMYs. Until recently, there wasn't an award created specifically to recognize groundbreaking shows in the burgeoning world of podcasting, but this all changed with the formation of The Podcast Academy, a global Oscars-level podcasting award and education organization formed in June of 2020 that recognizes excellence in all areas of the podcast industry. This week, Firebug, a podcast hosted by our Producer, Kary Antholis, and produced by Truth Media in association with Crime Story Media, was nominated for...