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Dan Slater: The Incorruptibles
Episode 59
New York in the early 1900s was filled with people trying to make their lives better. But for many, the rise of organized crime kept them in constant…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
Tanya Talaga: The Knowing
Episode 58
If you’ve ever dug deep into your family history, you know that there are sometimes surprises. Author Tanya Talaga discovered that the life of her gr…
7 months ago
Alex Eliseev: Cold Case Confession
Episode 57
This week on Wicked Words on Exactly Right: in 1999, a woman named Betty Ketani went missing in Johannesburg, South Africa. She just vanished from th…
7 months, 1 week ago
Megan Abbott: El Dorado Drive
New York Times’ best-selling author Megan Abbott often uses true crime stories as a jumping off point for her wildly popular novels. Now she has a ne…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Caroline Fraser: Murderland
Episode 55
This week’s author grew up in the Pacific Northwest with the memories of notorious serial killers like Ted Bundy and the Green River Killer, who also…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Matthew McGough + Rick Jackson: Black Tunnel White Magic
Episode 54
In 1990, a UCLA student was found murdered in a tunnel in LA. Detective Rick Jackson and his partner were assigned to the complicated case. Who had a…
8 months ago
Elon Green: The Man Nobody Killed
Episode 53
We’ve had journalist Elon Green on before to talk about his fantastic book Last Call. His new book is about an inspiring young Black artist in 1980s …
8 months, 1 week ago
Jonquilyn Hill: Through the Cracks
Episode 52
When an 8-year-old disappeared from a homeless shelter in Washington, D.C. in 2014, nobody noticed for 18 days, even her family. Seven years later, R…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Mary Kay McBrayer: Madame Queen
Episode 51
This week on Wicked Words we’re traveling back to 1923 Harlem and its seedy world of gambling and racketeering. Author Mary Kay McBrayer tells me abo…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Duncan McCue: Kuper Island
Episode 50
Kuper Island is a remarkable podcast, an investigation into one of Canada’s most notorious so called Indian residential schools. Journalist Duncan Mc…
9 months, 1 week ago