FALLEN ANGELS: A STORY OF CALIFORNIA CORRUPTION
iHeartRadio + Best Case Studios
Spotify
LA Times investigative reporter Paul Pringle got a tip in 2016 saying that a powerful dean of USC's medical school may have been involved in the overdose of a young woman in Pasadena. Initially, he assumed that that it would be a story about drugs and bad behavior by a high profile person - these kinds of stories are not surprising and in many ways can be typical.
But this tip ends up leading him and his team into a deeper story that involves money and influence at 2 of the most powerful institutions in LA!
Fallen Angels: A Story of California Corruption is adapted from his book, Bad City: Peril and Power in the City of Angels. Throughout the 10 episodes, we get to hear how Paul and a group of colleagues at his paper created a secret reporting team to get to the bottom of where this story takes them and how they get stonewalled from the university, law enforcement, and even their own paper!
RIPLEY
Netflix Originals
Netflix
The Talented Mr. Ripley is one of our favorite movies that we will watch anytime that it happens to be on! The visuals, the story, the amazing talent - it's a must watch! When we heard about Ripley, we were hooked to see this serialized version tell the story that we knew while also expanding in ways that the movie didn't and even peeling the layers back on characters even more! Ripley is a stunning series that is shot in black and white and takes you on a journey to a number of locations. It lets you look at the events that took place in a completely different way!
For those that may not have seen the movie, can you watch one without the other? Of course, but we think having a weekend and tackling both or even rewatching the movie to have certain elements fresh in your mind would be wise!
Although this series was set to be a limited one, we can see where there is room to make another season and if so, we're here for it!
INCONCEIVABLE TRUTH
Wavland + RP
Apple Podcast
Knowing where you came from is important. In Inconceivable Truth, WNYC/NPR reporter, Matt Katz had been on a journey to find out who is biological father was since he was young. Realizing that those that were in his life, were not tied to him by blood, he felt that it was time to figure it out.
During his investigation, he realized that he was completely on the wrong track and that finding out who he was and who he is connected to opens up a number of secrets that he could never have imagined were involved in his story.
Through his process, he rethinks what identity means, fatherhood, what it means to have a family, and more importantly - medical ethics! As a listener, in thinking about what medical ethics means, when new methods are being used, about the need to do good and to give people what they want, and to what extent will people with power go in order to get things done?
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