Years after she left a brutal school for troubled teens, a filmmaker returns to the facility to confront its ghosts and its previous operators. We’ll discuss the Netflix documentary series “The Program: Cons, Cults and Kidnapping.”
Mar 18
51 min
A journalist flips the script by allowing her subjects to shape their stories. Does it create documentaries that are elevated...or just watered down? We’ll talk about the podcast “Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative” from Radiotopia Presents.
Mar 14
56 min
A woman digs into the past of a late family member…was he responsible for a string of unsolved murders from the 1970s? We’ll talk about the Max Original “The Truth About Jim.”
Mar 11
47 min
A young filmmaker sets off to find his mother’s killer. What he uncovers shocks him. In this CWO Classic Rewind we talk about HBO’s “Murder on Middle Beach.”
Mar 7
34 min
Residents now know why the local funeral home offered deep discounts on cremations. The director was secretly selling body parts for profit. We’ll talk about the podcast “Cover Up: Body Brokers.”
Mar 4
50 min
An aging detective with a failing memory struggles to solve the kidnapping case that has haunted him his whole career. In this CWO Classic Rewind we’ll look back on our many discussions on season three of HBO’s “True Detective.”
Feb 29
51 min
How are the strange deaths of a team of scientists and an indigenous woman in the Alaskan arctic connected? A pair of cops must put aside their differences to solve the mystery in season four of HBO’s “True Detective: Night Country.”
Feb 26
48 min
A man accused of murdering his wife escapes custody and flees to Ireland. After being captured years later, he escapes again. We’re talking about the podcast “Runaway Joe” from RTÉ.
Feb 22
41 min
A group of online sleuths work to identify a mysterious dead hiker. Will they be shocked by who they’re looking for? We’ll talk about the Max Original “They Called Him Mostly Harmless.”
Feb 19
47 min
Was the death of a corrections officer linked to his investigation into abuse and corruption inside California’s most violent prison? We’ll discuss the podcast “On Our Watch: New Folsom” from KQED.
Feb 15
42 min
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