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Crime; non-fiction narrative podcasting; gothic yarn; public radio; audio storytelling; Phoebe Judge
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Criminal: Journalistic Rigour, Gothic Tales And Philosophical Heft, Jason Loviglio
Criminal: Journalistic Rigour, Gothic Tales And Philosophical Heft, Jason Loviglio
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Like many of the shows in PRX’s Radiotopia catalogue of podcasts, Criminal’s sensibility and sound partake of the US public radio formula made famous by This American Life: journalistic rigour and gothic yarns. The show tells “stories of people who’ve done wrong, been wronged, or got caught somewhere in the middle”. But it’s moved beyond mere crime journalism to something that aspires to a bit more philosophical heft. Most of the stories unspool through the elegant co-narration between host Phoebe Judge and each episode’s central protagonist. The effect is almost always seamless, thanks to the expert mixing of …