On January 18, 2025, Thomas Plamberger and his girlfriend Kerstin Gurtner began climbing the tallest mountain in Austria. But when they were almost to the top, they got stuck. One year later, prosecutors filed charges against Thomas for Kerstin’s death. Say hello on Facebook, Ins ...Show more
The Poison Squad
In 1902, twelve young men volunteered for a government experiment. They agreed to eat food laced with chemicals like formaldehyde, borax, and salicylic acid every day, for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. They were called The Poison Squad. Deborah Blum’s book is The Poison Squad. Sa ...Show more
Ep 33: 27-year-old, Marshae Jones was five months pregnant when she was involved in a fight that ended in tragic death of her unborn child. A few months later a grand jury indicted Marshae on a manslaughter charge for the death of her own fetus. Was this young women right to blam ...Show more
While the majority of the country supports abortion, much of the mainstream media has a long way to go to represent abortion accurately and ethically. This week, Sam talks to journalist Jessica Valenti and abortion activist Renee Bracey Sherman about how we can “arm the choir” wi ...Show more
Ep 39: This woman made history as the America’s first Hispanic woman to be appointed as a federal judge, unfortunately many people only became aware of her after tragedy struck her family on the evening of July 19, 2020 when a gunman open fired. What happened that fateful night a ...Show more
Ep 151: A young woman’s brutal murder is solved and her killers punished, but was this true justice or a rush to judgment? This is the Teresa Halbach Story. Sources for Today's Episode: The New York Times The Green Bay Gazette Heavy.com State v. Avery The Huffington Post T ...Show more