Transmissions
You Didn't See Nothin' - Young Black Male
Invisible Institute / USG (US 2023)
Invisible Institute (US 2023)
31 min
Epsiode 1 of part investigation and part memoir, “You Didn't See Nothin” follows Yohance Lacour as he revisits the story that introduced him to the world of investigative journalism, and examines how its ripple effects have shaped his life over the past quarter-century.
In 1997, Lenard Clark was beaten into a coma by a gang of older white teens simply for being Black in a white neighbourhood. One of Lenard’s attackers was from a powerful Chicago family. The media quickly turned towards stories of reconciliation and racial healing, with cooperation by Black leaders and the attacker’s family. Yohance wasn’t having any of it. At the time of the attack, he was in his early 20s, writing plays, selling weed, and living at his dad’s house on the South Side of Chicago. Unable to stand by silently, he began working with a neighbourhood newspaper to investigate the vicious hate crime.
Reporting on the incident led him to grow increasingly disillusioned with journalism.From USG Audio and the Invisible Institute – creators of the 2020 Pulitzer Finalist podcast “Somebody” – “You Didn't See Nothin” finds Yohance back in Chicago after a 10-year prison sentence, tracking down key players to examine how this story connects to our present moment.
Host - Yohance Lacour
Producers- Bill Healy, Dana Brozost-Kelleher, Erisa Apantaku, Sarah Geis
Sound Design - Steven Jackson and Phil Dmochowski at the Audio Non-Visual Company
Produced for The Invisible institute by ASG Audio
Calling All Cars: Dinner Party Bandits
William N Robson for CBS (US 1934)
William N Robson for CBS (US 1934)
31 min
Some very polite ‘bandits’ arrive unexpected at a dinner party and fill their (car) boots.
Calling All Cars aired from 29 Nov 1933 until 8 Sep 1939 and originated on the West coast over the Columbia Broadcasting System. The show was sponsored by the Rio Grande Oil Company which was a part of the Sinclair Oil Corporation. The show only ran in areas where Rio Grande "Cracked" gasoline was sold.
The writer-director of the show was William N Robson. Each episode was dramatization of a true crime story, how each crime was solved and justice served. Episodes were introduced mainly by officers of the Los Angeles Police Department. Sgt Jesse Rosenquist, a police dispatcher was a part of the entire run of the series.
Wriiten by: William N Robson
Broadcast on CBS
The True Crime of Your Frozen Death
Ross Sutherland and Cristina Marras (UK/IT 2022)
Ross Sutherland and Cristina Marras (UK/IT 2022)
44 min
A homage to the Giallo film genre, set within the True Crime podcasting scene. What happens when an Italian podcaster becomes the protagonist of their own true-crime podcast? An absurd foray into the genre in Italian.
As Ross says in his intro, you can give it a try without being able to understand a word (if you don’t speak Italian) or you can also get the subtitled version here:
From Imaginary Advice