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Shoot the Messenger is a serialized, biweekly investigative reporting podcast distributed by PRX. In every season, Exile reporters investigate one international crime. You may have heard the headlines — this is the deep dive.
The first season opens with an investigation into the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Khashoggi’s inner circle discovered they had the world’s most sophisticated military-grade spyware on their phones. It’s called Pegasus. It gives full access to your phone. In a special partnership with the Committee to Protect Journalists, Season 1 features ten episodes on “Espionage, Murder and Pegasus Spyware.”
Hosts Rose Reid and Nando Vila investigate Pegasus, the Israeli technology company that makes it, the NSO Group, and the cyber war industry that is booming around it.
When Edward James Olmos set out on his directorial debut, American Me, he wanted to accomplish two things: to represent Chicano culture on the big screen and to save part of his community from gang violence.
But when people were allegedly murdered because of their participation in the film and Olmos himself was allegedly extorted by the real life Mexican Mafia, it exposed the unintended risks of trying to represent someone with an agenda in mind, even a well-meaning one.
On the 30th anniversary of the cult classic, host Alex Fumero and producer Nigel Duara delve into the true story of American Me and the legacy the controversial film left behind. Listen Here.
Two decades ago on a calm, dark Miami night, a nun was stabbed nearly 100 times on the grounds of a prestigious private academy and monastery, by student Mykhaylo Kofel. As investigators started asking questions around this Byzantine Catholic School and the gruesome murder, they found more than just her killer. In a search for answers that stretches into some of the most remote villages of Eastern Europe, they uncovered allegations of sexual abuse, secret letters to the Vatican and other mysteries of faith. Sacred Scandal unravels the fuller picture that came to light in the wake of this crime. Led by a former student, told by those who lived through the aftermath, and Kofel himself, the show pieces together a complicated narrative that, twenty years later, still has those closest to it questioning what they truly believe… including a man who’s spent half his life in prison for the crime: “It’s so unbelievable. It definitely wasn’t me. I’m not a killer. No way. That’s not me.” — Mykhaylo Kofel, 2021. Listen here.
The Women is a weekly podcast hosted by Rose Reid featuring unfiltered highbrow and lowbrow conversations with women you already know, and women you should know. Includes epiphanies, some sing-alongs, occasional tears, and a few games. In her first season of 26 episodes, Rose interviewed Stacey Abrams about the future of voting and the best thing about love, spoke to Katie Couric about navigating grief and sexism, and dug into the history of the CIA and how to date when under-cover with Valerie Plame.
In 2017, American rapper Meek Mill went to prison for riding a bike on one wheel. Rose Reid and her team investigated the case; they spoke to Meek while in prison, visited his family & friends, and interviewed more than 40 people connected to his life and case.
What started out as a podcast about one man’s story evolved into an Amazon docuseries, Free Meek, about the Philadelphia criminal justice system and what is the cost of freedom in the United States.
EY’s The Better Question Podcast is a thought-provoking series on the future of economics, exploring topics critical to the CEO. Produced in collaboration with legacy brand Ernst & Young.
Total Refresh is a podcast made by and for Coca-Cola employees. Rose collaborated with FRQNCY MEDIA and Coca-Cola North America.
Gravy is a James Beard award-winning podcast. Rose reported for Gravy across the south - from Memphis to Albany, and from Brunswick to her hometown of Atlanta. In 2017, she traveled to coastal Georgia to interview CheFarmer Matthew Raiford. Listen to “From Reconstruction to Restauranteur,” a profile on Brunswick’s The Farmer & The Larder restaurant that serves a forward-facing menu while paying homage to an agricultural legacy that reaches back to the era of Reconstruction.
Science Vs is a weekly podcast by Gimlet Media that examines the latest fads, trends, and internet obsessions, and replaces them with science. With topical episodes ranging from DNA tests to CBD to ancient aliens, you don’t have to be a science junkie to tune in. Over the course of five years, Rose has partnered with Science Vs. to produce, guest-host, and cross promote the world’s most fun show about facts.
Rose joined Gimlet Media as its 30th employee in 2015 and launched Sampler, a podcast about podcasts and Gimlet’s first weekly show, alongside host Brittany Luse.