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Crimetown

A weekly News, Society and Culture podcast featuring Marc Smerling and Zac Stuart-Pontier

 60 people rated this podcast
Crimetown

Gimlet

Crimetown

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Crimetown

Gimlet

Crimetown

A weekly News, Society and Culture podcast featuring Marc Smerling and Zac Stuart-Pontier
 60 people rated this podcast
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Welcome to Crimetown, a series produced by Marc Smerling and Zac Stuart-Pontier in partnership with Gimlet Media. Each season, we investigate the culture of crime in a different city. In Season 2, Crimetown heads to the heart of the Rust Belt: Detroit, Michigan. From its heyday as Motor City to its rebirth as the Brooklyn of the Midwest, Detroit’s history reflects a series of issues that strike at the heart of American identity: race, poverty, policing, loss of industry, the war on drugs, and our universal desire for a savior. Detroit’s a tough town, and its residents are even tougher. They’ve weathered riots, a drug epidemic, political scandal, and innumerable other hardships, but they’re still here—and they have stories to tell.

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Season 1: Great show, great research, and an extremely gripping topic. There is minimal subjectivity and a whole lot of facts! I felt like their interviews caused real damage though, especially when one of the people they interviewed, who had been on the straight and narrow for years, regressed and killed people during a final heist in his senior years. That's incredibly sad and reminded me that this story isn't just entertainment, it's the story of actual people. While they did a great job covering the downsides to crime they seem to romantacise it just enough to cause real damage in the real world for the sake of the listeners. - For season 2. I strongly disliked season two because they threw all of that out the window and told a very biased story without presenting facts from both sides. They clearly took a side and claimed to be a neutral third party. It almost feels like a completely different podcast and I don't like it at all.
A series of true crime stories presented brilliantly.
Excellent first season exploring the New England mob. From the producers of The Jinx, you get more crimes told in gripping detail with some of the participants who occasionally refuse to self incriminate. Fascinating work.
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Gimlet
Podcast Status
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Started
Oct 30th, 2016
Latest Episode
Feb 25th, 2025
Release Period
Weekly
Episodes
112
Avg. Episode Length
31 minutes
Explicit
Yes
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Serial
Language
English
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Podcast Details

Created by
Gimlet
Podcast Status
Idle
Started
Oct 30th, 2016
Latest Episode
Feb 25th, 2025
Release Period
Weekly
Episodes
112
Avg. Episode Length
31 minutes
Explicit
Yes
Order
Serial
Language
English
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