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Jury Duty

Documentarians are granted unfettered access to a civil trial and the deliberations of its jury. The panel includes Ronald Gladden, who takes his role earnestly. What he doesn’t know is that the judge, the lawyers, and his eleven fellow jurors are all actors.  On this CWO Classic Rewind, we go back to our May 15, 2023 review of the format-breaking, heart-warming hidden camera series “Jury Duty.” For exclusive podcasts and more, sign up at Patreon [www.patreon.com/partnersincrimemedia]. Sign up for our newsletter at crimewriterson.com. [www.crimewriterson.com] This show was recorded in The Caitlin Rogers Project Studio [https://www.instagram.com/caitlinrogersproject/]. Click [https://www.instagram.com/caitlinrogersproject/]to find out more. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com [https://pcm.adswizz.com] for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Neighbors

In Montana, a man puts up a gate blocking access to a private road. Two Florida women feud over a strip of grass each claims is on their own property. And an Indiana man is aggrieved when his suburban neighbor raises livestock in the backyard. While their grievances are both odd and petty, so are the people at the center of the conflicts. Their oversized personalities are only matched by those of their neighbors’, and by the lengths they’re willing to go to annoy one another. HBO’s “Neighbors” delivers a cavalcade of high-strung people and their low-stakes disputes over fences, security cameras, and general resentments about the people living next to them. The series uses the idiosyncratic disputes to make a statement about our modern world of rage, suspicion, and incivility. OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEWS OF "NEIGHBORS" BEGIN IN THE FINAL 13 MINUTES OF THE EPISODE. For exclusive podcasts and more, sign up at Patreon [www.patreon.com/partnersincrimemedia]. Sign up for our newsletter at crimewriterson.com. [www.crimewriterson.com] This show was recorded in The Caitlin Rogers Project Studio [https://www.instagram.com/caitlinrogersproject/]. Click [https://www.instagram.com/caitlinrogersproject/]to find out more. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com [https://pcm.adswizz.com] for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Ozark 2

Marty, Wendy and Ruth are back, trapped between the mob, the Mexicans, the FBI, and the Snells. Jason Bateman and Laura Linney in its follow up season to the Netflix hit drama that combines white collar crime and redneck gothic. On this CWO Classic Rewind, go go back to our Sept 13, 2018 review of season 2 of “Ozark.” For exclusive podcasts and more, sign up at Patreon [www.patreon.com/partnersincrimemedia]. Sign up for our newsletter at crimewriterson.com. [www.crimewriterson.com] This show was recorded in The Caitlin Rogers Project Studio [https://www.instagram.com/caitlinrogersproject/]. Click [https://www.instagram.com/caitlinrogersproject/]to find out more. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com [https://pcm.adswizz.com] for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The Brothers Ortiz

When Gabe Ortiz’s brother was killed in 2023, the prominent Texas lawman had to deal with more than a murder investigation. He had to confront their different life choices. Faced with few prospects, young Gabe left town for the Air Force and the police academy. Meanwhile, his brother Larry stayed at home, where his best opportunity was selling drugs. While Gabe climbed the ranks in the Department of Public Safety, his brother climbed the ranks as a dealer and prison gang leader. But Larry had pulled himself out of The Game to live a more normal life before being gunned down. The question lingers: how did the siblings who were so close as children end up on such opposite paths? The podcast “The Brothers Ortiz” from Campside Media and iHeartPodcasts examines the lives of two men, bound by blood but living in distant worlds. Host Sean Flynn talks with the Ortiz family to learn why the brothers’ paths diverged so widely and how they tried to connect despite living on opposing sides of the law. It’s a story of how circumstance, choice, and the world around them steered the two men toward separate destinies. OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEWS OF "THE BROTHERS ORTIZ" BEGIN IN THE FINAL 11 MINUTES OF THE EPISODE. In Crime of the Week: Blue Man Dupe [https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5ygj315dx7o].   For exclusive podcasts and more, sign up at Patreon [www.patreon.com/partnersincrimemedia]. Sign up for our newsletter at crimewriterson.com. [www.crimewriterson.com] This show was recorded in The Caitlin Rogers Project Studio [https://www.instagram.com/caitlinrogersproject/]. Click [https://www.instagram.com/caitlinrogersproject/]to find out more. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com [https://pcm.adswizz.com] for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Ponies

In 1977’s Moscow, Americans Bea Grant and Twila Hasbeck learn their husbands have died during a secret mission in Soviet Russia. Determined to learn why, they convince the CIA station chief to let them return to the US embassy to complete their husbands’ covert operation and uncover why it went wrong. Bea and Twila find themselves helping a young Russian leak secret Soviet technology. But they’re drawn in deeper when Bea catches the eye of a ruthless KGB officer who’s been gathering kompromat. Now they must complete their dangerous mission before the Russians figure out that American women can also work as spies. In Peacock’s breezy, buddy spy thriller “Ponies,” Emilia Clarke and Haley Lu Richardson star as CIA widows who become operatives and find themselves in a high stakes game of international espionage. The unlikely pair try to balance romance, friendship, double-crosses, and a Cold War conspiracy in which the role of women is greatly underestimated. OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEWS OF "PONIES" BEGIN IN THE FINAL 11 MINUTES OF THE EPISODE. For exclusive podcasts and more, sign up at Patreon [www.patreon.com/partnersincrimemedia]. Sign up for our newsletter at crimewriterson.com. [www.crimewriterson.com] This show was recorded in The Caitlin Rogers Project Studio [https://www.instagram.com/caitlinrogersproject/]. Click [https://www.instagram.com/caitlinrogersproject/]to find out more. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com [https://pcm.adswizz.com] for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.