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Episode 111: Paul Butler Reads: The Real Target of The Jussie Smollett Charges Is A Progressive Prosecutor

Jussie Smollett is the target of new charges, but his case is no longer mainly about him. Who is really on trial are progressive prosecutors, like Kim Foxx, the Chicago State’s Attorney, whose office made the decision to drop the original charges brought against Smollett.  What is really on trial is whether African Americans – as elected prosecutors and as criminal defendants – are entitled to equal justice under the law.   This week Smollett was charged with six counts of disorderly conduct, for allegedly lying about being the victim of a hate crime.  Smollett is the gay African American actor...

Episode 110: Interview: Amanda Knox and Christopher Robinson, The Truth about True Crime – Part 2

Kary: This is The Crime Story Podcast with Kary Antholis where stories of crime and justice or told. On today’s podcast we have the second part of a two part interview with crime story contributors and producers and writers of the podcast series The Truth about True Crime, Amanda Knox and Christopher Robinson. Kary: In part two of the interview, Amanda expresses her perspective on the tabloid journalists who covered her story, and where she takes inspiration for her own journalism. Amanda and Chris discuss how they approach their work on The Truth about True Crime, particularly the podcasts that they wrote and...

Episode 109: Interview: Amanda Knox and Christopher Robinson, The Truth about True Crime – Part 1

Kary:  This is the Crime Story podcast with Kary Antholis where stories of crime and justice are told. On today’s podcast we have the first part of a two-part interview with Crime Story contributors and producers and writers of the podcast series The Truth about True Crime, Amanda Knox and Christopher Robinson. I met Amanda and Chris through Brian McGinn, one of the producer-directors of the Amanda Knox documentary that premiered on Netflix. I was very much interested in Amanda's perspective on the criminal justice system as an exoneree, a journalist and a public speaker. In part one of the interview, Amanda and...

Episode 108: Interview: Brian McGinn, Amanda Knox – Part 2 of 2

Kary: This is the Crime Story Podcast with Kary Antholis where stories of Crime and Justice are told. Today’s podcast is the second part of a two-part interview with Brian McGinn, Executive Producer and Director of the Netflix series Chef's Table and, our primary focus in today’s conversation, the feature documentary Amanda Knox. The conversation was recorded as part of a series of classes that I taught at The University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts. Each week I would host an artist for a discussion that would help us better understand the values and aims of storytellers in the world...

Episode 107: Interview: Brian McGinn, Amanda Knox – Part 1 of 2

Kary: This is the Crime Story Podcast with Kary Antholis where stories of Crime and Justice are told. Today’s podcast is part one of a two-part interview with Brian McGinn, Executive Producer and Director of the Netflix series Chef's Table and, our primary our primary focus in today’s conversation, the feature documentary Amanda Knox. The conversation was recorded as part of a series of classes that I taught at The University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts. Each week I would host an artist for a discussion that would help us better understand the values and aims of storytellers in the...

Episode 106: Amanda Knox Crime Story Compilation

Since August of last year, Amanda Knox with Christopher Robinson have contributed four pieces to Crime Story. Each offers a unique perspective on how our society approaches crime, justice and punishment. Today on The Crime Story Podcast we offer all four of those pieces in one presentation. The Injustice of Nancy Grace In Oxygen’s Injustice with Nancy Grace, Grace promises to investigate “cases that inspire other victims to believe it ain’t over yet. Somebody still cares.” In other words, Grace is reprising her self-appointed role of “voice of the victim,” and presumably ― Grace says the show will focus on wrongful accusations...