Podcasts

[wilbert]

Thank you for this thread. As with the books thread and the movies, you are giving me good ideas about what to explore!

[chonies]

Sometimes I listen to the Half-Size Me podcast, but after a while, the host's voice accent grates a bit. It's also kind of interesting to listen to all the different ways people have lost weight and maintained weight loss.

I also like I Should Be Writing, and the interviews and discussions are usually really interesting, although again, the host sometimes lulls me into a zzz-state because she often speaks in a cultivated monotone.

[captain]

Shameless plug for my husband's podcast - Service Advisor Memes, on iTunes or their website, serviceadvisormemes.com. They are pretty new but funny and hoping to eventually become like Click & Clack, except not PC. There is a fair amount of swearing, FYI.

[nemmie]

Okay I binged my way through all the Serial podcasts while working on brainless stuff at work (yaaaay, end-of-year reports) - I feel like Adnan is a sociopath and that he is guilty. I think Jay's story keeps changing because he was probably present for more than he's copping to.

I know everything against Adnan is circumstantial at best, but his entire response when Hae went missing was off to me. Like any other day, he can't remember any details of anything on that day, "it was just like any other day of my life". He was only concerned about getting a call from cops than the subject matter of their call (that his close friend and ex was missing)? He never attempted to contact her when he heard she was suddenly missing, even though they were still very close at that time and he usually called her multiple times a day? Also he has never voiced any sadness over her loss or murder, at least not yet from what we have heard thus far, he's always just cool and very matter of fact.

Anyway, I also kinda get the feeling that Sarah K. feels the same but is spinning her podcasts to keep suspense. Maybe? I could be totally wrong, we shall see...

[mementomori]

New Serial today!

[velveeta]

I love love LOVE the Judge John Hodgman show. It never fails to make me laugh. He approaches his cases with a surprising degree of thoughfulness while also being pretty hilarious.

[save lilo!]

Nov 13, 2014 9:03:40 GMT -4 mementomori said:

New Serial today!

I know it's part of the storytelling but ugh I feel so manipulated with this past episode. I feel sympathetic to Jay now, even if they didn't provide any interview track for when they visited him.

I feel more sure now that there won't be a resolution to this.

[nemmie]

Nov 16, 2014 22:24:58 GMT -4 save lilo! said:

Nov 13, 2014 9:03:40 GMT -4 mementomori said:

New Serial today!

I know it's part of the storytelling but ugh I feel so manipulated with this past episode. I feel sympathetic to Jay now, even if they didn't provide any interview track for when they visited him.

I feel more sure now that there won't be a resolution to this.

They really know how to keep you glued to this podcast series - I had a preconceived idea of Jay before the latest podcast, but it was vague and pretty much classic high-school-stoner-drug-dealer-y. In reality he sounds like a very unique, break-the-mold sort of guy, I came away wishing they'd give us more about him.

[kostgard]

Well, thanks to Serial, I got nothing done this weekend.

I still don't know what really happened here. I could really see it either way - the only thing I know for sure is there want enough evidence to convict Adnan, so I don't know why he's in prison. Not saying he's innocent, but to me they didn't present enough evidence to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

It's hilarious/sad that Hae's body was found by a dude who was most likely spending his lunch break streaking nude through the forest.

[sardonictart]

Nov 17, 2014 3:34:11 GMT -4 kostgard said:

I still don't know what really happened here. I could really see it either way - the only thing I know for sure is there want enough evidence to convict Adnan, so I don't know why he's in prison. Not saying he's innocent, but to me they didn't present enough evidence to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

I'm not sure that we've heard everything that made the jury convict yet. This is a serialized story and in order to keep the suspense up, they can't blurt everything out all at once. I'm with Nemmie on Adnan's guilt though I completely understand why people see it differently. This case is most certainly not cut and dry which is why it's so compelling.

Adnan stopped calling Hai after she disappeared even though he had called/texted her a lot previously. No one else did that. All of her other friends were still trying to get in touch with her, except for him. Then there's the Nissa call on his phone. And finally, there's Cathy's account of the events.

Also, I can't help but go back to the fact that most women are murdered by the men in their beds (either current or former partners.) The Innocence Project attorney was all, "it could have been a serial killer murder". Yes, except for that crime is actually pretty rare whereas being murdered by your spurned lover if you are female is not rare at all.

I think that Adnan is a sociopath, and he thought he had the perfect accomplice/patsy in stoner/dealer Jay. I know that the Innocence Project attorney said that she had never met a sociopath, but I think that she is blinded by her mission (and understandably so - if she doesn't believe in innocence, who will?) Prisons are full of sociopaths - they just aren't always bright, well-spoken ones. Depending on the research that you look at between 20-35% of prisoners are classified as sociopaths, and yet she hasn't met one? Really, lady?

I also think that Sara (the reporter telling the story) is a bit sheltered to be honest. It sounds like she's never really been around the serious criminal element judging from some of the things she says. I've actually laughed at her naïveté on occasion while listening to her. She's taking us through the story with her though (warts and all), and it makes for a much better story that way so kudos to her for being so honest about everything.

What does worry me, and it's something that everyone I've talked to about this case agrees with me on is the misconduct amongst our legal professionals that lead to our justice system being so jacked up. Whether it be on the defense or prosecutor sides or by the police and judges. Their biases, egos, desires, moral compasses, etc. seem to define how cases are investigated, prosecuted and adjudicated to the point where justice is most certainly not blind, but rather blinded. "Make your case" being the mantra for every employee in the system is not the best way to get to the truth. it will, however, get you promoted.