You might have learned that the Emancipation Proclamation and Union victories ended slavery in America. But so much more went into abolishing slavery than battles and declarations, and freedom meant more to Black people than eventually being paid for their labor. ​Seizing Freedom ​​is a new Witness Docs and VPM podcast that focuses on the agency Black people exercised to define what freedom meant for themselves. You'll hear how they fought to liberate themselves during the Civil War and how they made freedom real by organizing for equality and justice during Reconstruction, despite every attempt at violent suppression. And you’ll hear how they did it in their own words. ​Seizing Freedom ​presents these stories through the lens of lived experience, drawing from letters, diary entries, autobiographies, and more to showcase voices from American history that have been ignored time and time again.Visit seizingfreedom.com, and subscribe now in Stitcher, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

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Hi Mob Queens listeners! We have a special preview of a new podcast we think you're going to love. It's called Celebrity Book Club. Join writer, comedian, and filmmaker Chelsea Devantez and her friends as they recap and celebrate the memoirs of badass celebrity womxn. In this clip, you'll hear Chelsea and guest Ashley Nicole Black discuss Jessica Simpson's memoir, "Open Book." If you enjoy the show you can subscribe in Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen: https://link.chtbl.com/celebritybookclub

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Verified: Dust Up is a new investigative documentary podcast produced by Witness Docs that poses the question: Could a product so many of us have in our medicine cabinets be putting us at risk?In the second season of Verified, Host Natasha Del Toro and the Verified team investigate whether a group of women developed ovarian cancer from dusting their bodies with Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder—an iconic brand associated with innocence and comfort since the 1800s. One woman's mysterious illness snowballs into thousands of court cases; a trusted brand fights to convince consumers and regulators that baby powder is safe while minimizing the work of the scientists who claim it is not.Verified: Dust Up is out NOW — listen and subscribe wherever you find your podcasts. If you want to get the first two episodes right now and weekly early releases of Verified: Dust Up without ads, sign up for Stitcher Premium at stitcherpremium.com. Use promo code WITNESS for 1 month free.

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It’s True Crime Week on Stitcher, and we're kicking off the spookiest month of the year by featuring the most bone-chilling and spine-tingling True Crime podcasts including True Crime Garage, Crime Junkie, The Murder Squad, and more. You can listen to all of our curated episodes on the Stitcher app, and see all the featured podcasts at http://stitcherapp.com/truecrimeweek.

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A divided community in the desert. A prophet with total power. A battle over family, home, and the limits of religious freedom. Unfinished: Short Creek, is the latest investigative true crime podcast from Witness Docs, and Critical Frequency.

Short Creek, located on the Utah/Arizona border, is home to the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, a break-off from the Mormon church that practices polygamy. Since their leader, Warren Jeffs, was sentenced to life in prison in 2007, the people of Short Creek have been forced to reckon with their painful past, and struggle to define their future.

Episodes 1 and 2 of Unfinished: Short Creek are out NOW — listen and subscribe wherever you find your podcasts. If you want to listen to the full season of Unfinished: Short Creek now, without ads, sign up for Stitcher Premium at stitcherpremium.com. Use promo code WITNESS for 1 month free.shortcreekpod.com

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All-American is a new documentary podcast from Stitcher that explores a sports icon each season, starting with Tiger Woods. He’s been world-famous for decades and his story has many chapters that we all know: a phenom's rise, a shocking fall from grace, and debatably the greatest sports comeback of all time. But few people have really gotten to know Tiger Woods - it's been largely left to the media to define who he is. Listen to All-American: Tiger Woods now to find out what the media got right, and what it didn't: applepodcasts.co/allamerican

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Unfinished: Deep South is a new historical true crime podcast produced by Witness Docs that races to resolve the unfinished business of a small Arkansas town by starting with one question: who lynched Isadore Banks?

Sixty-six years after the murder a wealthy African American farmer and WWI veteran who found a way to prosper in the Jim Crow South, this investigative series attempts to restore his legacy and solve the crime before the story goes cold forever.

Season 1 of Unfinished is out NOW — listen and subscribe wherever you find your podcasts. If you want to listen to the full season of Unfinished: Deep South now, without ads, sign up for Stitcher Premium at stitcherpremium.com. Use promo code WITNESS for 1 month free.

Subscribe to Unfinished: Deep South in Stitcher or wherever you listen: isadorebanks.com.

Check out The Fall Line, a true-crime podcast the Exactly Right Network. The Fall Line covers cold cases in the southeastern US, focusing on missing persons, homicides, and unidentified persons whose cases have gotten little - if any - media attention. Listen and subscribe to The Fall Line NOW in your favorite podcast app. 

We’re bringing you a special clip from Verified, a new investigative true crime podcast from Witness Docs and Stitcher. Season one of Verified tells the story of a group of fearless women from around the world who band together with a team of Italian reporters to bring a policeman turned sexual predator to justice.

Hosted by investigative reporter Natasha Del Toro, this ten-episode, immersive true crime series examines the trust we place in the sharing economy and the power that a simple checkmark or digital review can hold over our lives.

Season 1 of Verified is out NOW - listen and subscribe wherever you find your podcasts. If you want to listen to the full season of Verified now, without ads, sign up for Stitcher Premium at stitcherpremium.com. Use promo code WITNESS for 1 month free. Subscribe to Verified in Stitcher or wherever you listen: podcast.com">www.verified-podcast.com