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In Season 2 we look at a world just as shady and mysterious as MLMs, but one whose promises are at times even more bombastic and unfathomable: WELLNESS. What is it? Who sells it? And will it bring you eternal happiness…and, perhaps, eternal life? Hear more great stories about complicated people from Witness Docs at witnesspodcasts.com.
From June, 1962 through January, 1964, women in the city of Boston lived in fear of the infamous Strangler. Over those 19 months, he committed 13 known murders-crimes that included vicious sexual assaults and bizarre stagings of the victims' bodies. After the largest police investigation in Massachusetts history, handyman Albert DeSalvo confessed and went to prison. Despite DeSalvo's full confession and imprisonment, authorities would never put him on trial for the actual murders. And more t ...
First Day Back is a documentary podcast series about people facing and trying to overcome life’s most challenging moments. Each season, host and creator Tally Abecassis tells the story of someone attempting their own personal comeback. In 2019, First Day Back is back. On May 3rd 2017, comedian Jason Weems collapsed on stage from an asthma attack. His heart stopped beating for a full 5 minutes. Jason was lucky enough to be revived by a member of the audience. Now the Baltimore comedian is dea ...
Comedians Tess Barker and Babs Gray, who you might know from Lady to Lady or the now legendary Britney’s Gram podcast, are here to bring you a brand new investigative series about Britney Spears' conservatorship and the court system that's allowed it to persist. After launching the #FreeBritney movement, they started to dig… And what they found out…
Comedians Tess Barker and Babs Gray, who you might know from Lady to Lady or the now legendary Britney’s Gram podcast, are here to bring you a brand new investigative series about Britney Spears' conservatorship and the court system that's allowed it to persist. After launching the #FreeBritney movement, they started to dig… And what they found out…
Who do you trust in a world with little information? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Di Little Everywhere & Witness Docs
How a few bad seeds became a movement. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Di Little Everywhere & Witness Docs
These Shills and Sugar Pills will make you feel better. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Di Little Everywhere & Witness Docs
Influencing a new generation of wellness. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Di Little Everywhere & Witness Docs
The road to wellness is paved with particles and protons. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Di Little Everywhere & Witness Docs
Welcome to one of the cutest cults of wellness. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Di Little Everywhere & Witness Docs
What happens when no one is looking out for you? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Di Little Everywhere & Witness Docs
Can powders, pills and juices deliver on the promise to live longer and look younger? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Di Little Everywhere & Witness Docs
Opportunity might still be knocking… we’ll be back with new episodes in January. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Di Little Everywhere & Witness Docs
Take a walk and find a crystal. Who knows, it might just heal you. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Di Little Everywhere & Witness Docs
Products and cures you can’t find at the doctor might just be the medicine you want. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Di Little Everywhere & Witness Docs
Oils, crystals, juices and more have been said to bring us eternal happiness and health- but how much of that is based in truth? Who benefits and loses from the wellness industry as a whole? We’ll be talking to some familiar voices and new ones about broader questions like these in Season 2 of the Dream- premiering December 9th. See omnystudio.com/…
Leaving an MLM can be the hardest part of the business. This is 4 of 4 bonus episodes we’re releasing as additional reporting from season 1. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Di Little Everywhere & Witness Docs
There’s no better way to build a loyal downline than with a magnetic atmosphere and a magnetic leader. Creating devotion to the cause is one technique that keeps the recruits flowing and the pipeline growing. This is 3 of 4 bonus episodes we’re releasing as additional reporting from season 1. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
The unbelievable origin story of LulaRoe. This is 2 of 4 bonus episodes we’re releasing as additional reporting from season 1. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Di Little Everywhere & Witness Docs
What happened when LulaRoe tried to save their business by operating less like an MLM? Exactly what you think if you’ve been listening long enough. Although this time, there are people in power that are mad, like file-a-lawsuit mad. This is 1 of 4 bonus episodes we’re releasing as additional reporting from season 1. See omnystudio.com/listener for …
We follow Jason in the hours leading up to the taping of his much-anticipated special. The excitement builds as his friends and family all gather at the theater. When Jason steps onto that stage, will he have transformed his near death experience into something meaningful? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
There’s one month to go before Jason is set to perform his new special and the pressure is on. It’s a mad dash to sell tickets, finalize his set, and get everything in order to film and shoot the special. Will Jason make it to the special or will the pressure of putting on the show derail him? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
It seems like asthma is always with Jason Weems. In this episode, Jason's constantly being confronted by health scares - on stage, at home, even with his family. But at every turn, he surprises Tally with his resiliency. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Di Stitcher and Tally Abecassis
Twelve years into his comedy career, what keeps Jason hopeful that his big break will still happen? We get a peek inside his creative process and find out what family drama pushed him to stay in a city that isn’t great for his national career ambitions See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
How do you build a career in comedy? Jason takes us through his journey and how a childhood filled with health issues drove his desire to be the funniest man in the room. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Di Stitcher and Tally Abecassis
What happens on stage to set in motion comedian Jason’s Weem’s first day back story? On May 3, 2017, Jason collapsed at a Philadelphia comedy club after suffering a near fatal asthma attack. We hear a blow-by-blow account of Jason’s night as it shifts from raucous to downright terrifying. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
First Day Back returns this season with the story of Jason Weems, one of Baltimore’s biggest comedians. Jason’s life changed on May 3, 2017 when just minutes into a set, he had a severe asthma attack. It was so bad, his heart stopped. Sixteen hours later, he was barely alive, recovering in a Philadelphia hospital. This season on First Day Back, hos…
When a job becomes a hobby. This episode is sponsored by Robinhood (THEDREAM.robinhood.com) and Quip (www.getquip.com/THEDREAM). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Di Little Everywhere & Witness Docs
The dream of our founders is alive. This episode is sponsored by Bombas (www.bombas.com/THEDREAM code: THEDREAM) and Article (www.article.com/THEDREAM). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Di Little Everywhere & Witness Docs
A wise woman once said, “You need to go.” This episode is sponsored by Bombas (www.bombas.com/THEDREAM code: THEDREAM) and Policygenius (www.policygenius.com). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Di Little Everywhere & Witness Docs
The road to success is paved with convention tickets. This episode is sponsored by Quip (www.getquip.com/THEDREAM) and Article (www.article.com/THEDREAM). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Di Little Everywhere & Witness Docs
What’s holding you back from reaching your full potential? This episode is sponsored by Article (www.article.com/THEDREAM) and Policygenius (www.policygenius.com). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Di Little Everywhere & Witness Docs
Be careful what you wish for, unless it's debt. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Di Little Everywhere & Witness Docs
Friends are the family you choose to add to your downline. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Di Little Everywhere & Witness Docs
If you dream it, you can (probably?) achieve it. This episode is sponsored by Quip (www.getquip.com/THEDREAM). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Di Little Everywhere & Witness Docs
The fortune you seek can be yours for just $169 down. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Di Little Everywhere & Witness Docs
When opportunity knocks, open the front door. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Di Little Everywhere & Witness Docs
There’s nothing as intoxicating as piles of money, unless the Feds are watching you count it. This episode is sponsored by ZipRecruiter (www.ziprecruiter.com/THEDREAM). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Di Little Everywhere & Witness Docs
We’ve all got that friend or cousin who steadily hawks some overpriced miracle drink, leggings, or shampoo on social media. They aren’t just trying to sell you something, but would like to offer you the opportunity of a lifetime to achieve riches while working from home on your own terms. You’ve probably been too afraid, or too loving, or too reaso…
We are hard at work on season 3 and are following another story that is unfolding as we speak. In the meantime, if you like First Day Back, check out Dear Franklin Jones by my friend Jonathan Hirsch. Growing up, Jonathan’s family was a little different. They followed a controversial spiritual leader named Franklin Jones. Join Jonathan on a journey …
Lucie obsesses over Gerry’s death, her regret about what she did and her inability to remember what happened the night she killed him. How will she find some sliver of peace? Her search for forgiveness leads her to an unlikely source. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Di Stitcher and Tally Abecassis
Six years after Gerry’s death, close friends from Lucie’s past make a startling accusation. How will Lucie cope? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Di Stitcher and Tally Abecassis
Even as Lucie reconnects with family and spends more time outside the transition house, she finds herself increasingly isolated. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Di Stitcher and Tally Abecassis
Once Lucie gets her day parole from prison, she has one foot in the correctional system and the other in the regular world. She gets tiny rations of freedom in the transition house where she lives, but she soon realizes her crime is going to follow her wherever she goes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
Lucie is charged with first-degree murder after police arrive at her home and find her husband shot dead. She hires a top lawyer, but there’s one huge problem: How do you defend yourself when you have no memory of what happened? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Di Stitcher and Tally Abecassis
Lucie and her husband Gerry were together for 13 years. People called them lovebirds. Until the fall of 2010, when she shot and killed him. And here's the thing: Lucie has no memory of killing him. This season on First Day Back, how do you come back from the worst thing you’ve ever done when you don't even remember doing it? See omnystudio.com/list…
First Day Back returns this season with the story of Lucie and Gerry, lovebirds who were together for 13 years. Until the fall of 2010, when Lucie accidentally shot and killed him. And here's the thing. She has no memory of killing him. Lucie's story isn't just about what she did, it's about the aftermath. How does she come back from the worst thin…
55 years after the Boston Strangler murders first began, and despite decades of investigation, the search for answers continues. Although we may never know the truth about what happened to these women, we can draw some conclusions about the likely killers, and we can reach a new understanding about how crimes like this occur. In our final episode, …
Doubts and confusion about the identity of the Boston Strangler didn’t end with the death of lead suspect Albert DeSalvo. In fact, a small but determined group of family members and journalists continued to investigate the many unresolved questions surrounding the case--including the chilling possibility that some stranglers continued to live freel…
Boston is gripped by fear once again after Albert DeSalvo escapes from Bridgewater State Hospital. But imprisonment never stops the man most people believed to be the Boston Strangler from communicating with—and attempting to manipulate—those outside. In this episode, we get an exclusive glimpse of DeSalvo’s extensive correspondence with his pursue…
Albert Desalvo said he committed all the Strangler murders, but he would never be tried for those crimes. Instead, he would stand trial for his crimes as the Green Man. DeSalvo’s wily lawyer, F. Lee Bailey, used DeSalvo’s violent history and his reputation as the Boston Strangler to assert that his client was not guilty by reason of legal insanity.…
In 1965, a series of swift maneuvers by Albert DeSalvo’s attorney, F. Lee Bailey, blocked investigators from closing in on their prime Strangler suspect. DeSalvo was more than ready to talk: he had given investigators nearly 60 hours of recorded confessions. But before fully understanding the crimes DeSalvo had committed, the State of Massachusetts…
