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Episode 231: Interview: Carol Mendelsohn, Founding Showrunner of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation – Part 1

On today’s podcast, we present part 1 of my two-part interview with Carol Mendelsohn, the founding showrunner of the juggernaut CBS crime procedural, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. In this part of the conversation, Carol and I discuss the forces that shaped her values and influenced her as a storyteller, her entree into the world of television, the evolution of her career, the beginnings of CSI and how the core creative team discovered the show’s identity. One last podcast note, last Tuesday, October 6 marked the 20th Anniversary of the series' debut on CBS. Kary Antholis: Carol Mendelsohn, thank you so much for...

Episode 230: Interview: Ayelet Waldman on Her Role in the Prosecution of the Man who Tried to Sexually Assault Her

A Series of Bad Choices: An Interview with Ayelet Waldman By Amanda Knox with Christopher Robinson Ayelet Waldman is an author, prison abolitionist, and the editor of Inside This Place, Not of It: Narratives from Women's Prisons. Prior to her writing career, she was a federal public defender and an adjunct professor at the UC Berkeley law school, where she taught about the legal implications of the War on Drugs. Her most recent piece for The Atlantic is titled, “Should I Help Incarcerate the Man Who Tried to Sexually Assault Me?” Amanda Knox What was your goal in writing this piece? Ayelet Waldman   My goal...

Episode 229: COVID-19 in Prison: Week by Week — Part 18

Sean Smith presents Part 18 of his week by week analysis of the news stories aggregated in Crime Story Daily related to COVID-19 and our carceral system. You can find links to each of Sean’s analysis pieces here. This article covers the week beginning July 12. WEEK 18 (JULY 12-18)  The coronavirus surge attributed to Fourth of July celebrations persisted into Week 18. On Sunday, July 12, the U.S. COVID-19 death toll surpassed 135,000, out of nearly 3.3 million total cases. Also on Sunday, Florida reported 15,300 new cases, setting a single-day record for any state. As California and other states rolled back business...

Episode 228: Interview: Paul Butler on the Killing of Breonna Taylor

Kary Antholis: On today’s podcast my guest is, once again, Georgetown Law Professor, MSNBC Legal Analyst and Crime Story Consulting Editor, Paul Butler. In our conversation, Paul and I discuss the recent decision by a Kentucky grand jury to charge Louisville detective Brett Hankison with three felony counts of wanton endangerment and their decision not to charge him or the other officers involved with any accounts related to the death of Breonna Taylor. We also discuss the opening statement that Paul Butler would give if he was prosecuting the case against all three officers (which you can find here).  Kary Antholis: Paul...

Episode 227: Interview: Brett Watson on Universal Cash and Crime (with Amanda Knox)

Universal Cash and Crime: An Interview with Brett Watson By Amanda Knox with Christopher Robinson Brett Watson is a researcher at the Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of Alaska, Anchorage. In 2019, Watson co-authored Universal Cash and Crime, a study on the impact of Alaska’s Permanent Fund Dividend, an annual lump-sum payment made to all Alaska residents, on crime rates. As criminal justice reformers are calling for a systemic overhaul to better address the root causes of crime ― poverty, social and economic disenfranchisement, stress, despair, and abuse ― could a universal basic income be the universal...

Episode 12: Thank You for Your Time (Season Finale)

Links to all of CRIME STORY'S coverage of the Robert Durst trial are here. Episode 12: Thank You for Your Time (Season Finale) Episode Synopsis As David Chesnoff concludes the defense team's opening statement, it becomes clear that the jury will have to choose between two ways of interpreting evidence: Will they be guided by Chesnoff’s mantra that “no evidence is evidence” deciding that the lack of CSI-type forensic evidence leaves them with reasonable doubt of Durst’s guilt, or will they follow Lewin’s OK Boomer Method deciding that the mess of circumstantial evidence surrounding Durst’s actions and statements and the statements of...