Popular Reviews of Cowper

This 2019 podcast could be pegged as true crime but it listens more as an investigative journalistic piece. Looking into who could be culpable in the second worst road disaster in Australian history, the show by the Daily Examiner is a six part series. 30 years ago near the small town of Cowper sometime between 3-4 am a semi truck carrying pineapples drifted onto the opposite side of the road and collided with a commuter bus carrying 45 people. This caused the entire right side of the bus to be sheared off, passengers to fall out onto the roadway, and the vehicle to flip into a roll. 21 of the passengers were killed and the incident led to calls for upgrades in the road that would take three decades and hundreds of lives to make. This pod’s intimate details of the last moments of the victims lives as well as those following the crash, is something I had to hear to get the gravity of. It is the brainchild of Jenna Thompson and narrated by Mary Gardiner with interview help from Kathryn Lewis, and Lesley Apps. The script writing was done by Michelle Gately. Side note: I LOVE when all involved with a show are credited both in audio and written somewhere. Not only is it easy to give them the credit they deserve in reviews like these but makes for a searchable text on the interwebs. Apple Podcasts has 5.0 out of 5 stars BUT ONLY ONE RATING which I can not believe. Episodes are all 29 minutes and commercials are average. One thing I do like about the breaks in this show is they have mental health hotline PSAs which with the topic covered is needed. The music is fitting and there’s only one instance of the host seeming to use heavy emphasis for dramatic effect (just once). Trigger warnings for description of injury, suicide, fear and hopelessness. It’s a hard listen but worth hearing the stories told of those affected. Similar Pods: Where's William Tyrrell?, Black Box Down, and On The Frontline.