Verified

The Verified team follows up on what the Russian Imperial Movement has been up to and unpacks a recent terror campaign in Europe. A year into the war in Ukraine, white supremacists linked are targeting allies and supporters of Ukraine across Europe. In this extended update Mark Greenblatt and the Verified team collaborated with the investigative radio show Reveal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sergeant Jill Evans is a small-town cop in Wales with an impressive record in her job, and a less than impressive record in her love life. After three engagements, two divorces and one affair, she's beginning to worry that love is only true in fairy tales. That is until she meets: Dean. He's a wealthy beauty entrepreneur with his own range of toiletries. Girl meets boy. Boy meets girl. They kiss and fall in love. Roll credits. But that would be boring, wouldn't it? Instead, this is a love story like no other. It's all going so well for Jill and Dean, until Halloween night, when Dean disappears. And Sgt. Jill is left to pick up the pieces. From Wondery and Novel, comes a new series. Hosted by Kerry Godliman. Follow Stolen Hearts on Amazon Music of wherever you get your podcasts. You can listen early and ad-free by subscribing to Wondery+ in Apple Podcasts or the Wondery App. Listen to Stolen Hearts: Wondery.fm/SH_Verified Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dave Biscobing uncovers more and more layers of police deception in Arizona, but even he can't believe what happens when he's leaked some key testimony. He unpacks a plot aimed at framing, silencing and punishing police critics. And after years of his reporting and decades of misconduct, the US Department of Justice steps in to investigate further. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Clint Peterson walks into the police department one night in Superior, Arizona to pick up a friend and ends up with a beating. The town's police department is filled with cops who have histories. It's why investigative reporter Dave Biscobing created and published his own list of officers whose past should be public. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Frances Salazar is convicted and sentenced to six years in prison based on police testimony. Turns out it was all made up and prosecutors hid a history of police dishonesty from the jury. A hidden document is the key to her freedom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Abby Dennison was a proud member of the Phoenix force until August 20, 2010, the night she said fellow officer sexually assaulted her. Years later, Abby learns that she is not his only accuser and realizes just how far the police department will go to defend one of their own. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After a traffic stop gone wrong, JeAnna Anderson accuses a Phoenix police officer of sexual assault. She takes her assailant to court, but what happens when it's just your word against the word of a police officer and someone has a history of lying. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Verified team is back with season four. Three women accuse the same Arizona police officer. They all seek justice but are kept in the dark about the officer's past record. One woman goes to prison based on false testimony. In season four the Verified team uncovers a web of lies, police misconduct, and fabrications that goes way beyond one single officer. In Verified Full Disclosure the team investigates the story of what happens when a system designed to keep track of dishonest and disreputable cops fails, and how one tenacious reporter uncovers it all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this expanded edition of The Next Threat, Verified collaborates with Reveal to dive into some new developments. U.S. intelligence agencies are continuing to warn of the rising and “evolving” threat to U.S. national security from racially and ethnically motivated violent extremists “worldwide”. But we uncover how the State Department Counterterrorism bureau's budget is dropping…just as the threat is rising. And yet they surprise us as they announce a major action and take on some of the very entities we've been reporting on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Introducing the true crime podcast Persona: The French Deception— the story of Gilbert Chikli, one of the greatest con artists of all time. What does it feel like to pick up the phone and scam someone out of $50 million? Host and award-winning journalist, Evan Ratliff, investigates how Chikli successfully duped some of the world's most powerful people into handing over their fortunes. He explores how Chikli evaded the law for years and became a Robin Hood-like hero. More than just a tale of criminal genius, this is a show about the moment we're living in right now — the golden age of scammers — and the power of seduction. But what happens when the fantasy we've been lured into finally crumbles away? For all that and more, follow “Persona: The French Deception” wherever you get your podcasts. Or you can listen early on Amazon Music or early and ad-free by subscribing to Wondery Plus in Apple Podcasts or the Wondery App: http://wondery.fm/V_Persona Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Throughout the series Verified "The Next Threat" one key question has come up frequently from listeners and colleagues. What can we do in our own lives as the ideas around white supremacy and extremism increasingly spread around the US and globally? How do we talk to each other about hate? Host Natasha Del Toro tries to answer these questions in conversation with Verified reporter Mark Greenblatt. We also meet a mother and daughter whose relationship was tested by extremism and how they found each other again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Verified: The Next Threat, we've been reporting on the rise of globally connected white nationalists. We want to tell you about another podcast that caught our attention from the CBC. It's called White Hot Hate, and in it journalist Ryan Thorpe goes undercover to infiltrate a neo-nazi group that calls itself The Base. Here's the first episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

So what can the U.S. actually do to handle The Next Threat? What are the limits? The State Department grants Verified a rare recorded interview with top counterterrorism leaders, who sit down for a candid conversation about our findings and the broader problems the U.S. faces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Racially or Ethnically Motivated Violent Extremists are the number one terror threat in the U.S. but what does it take to move up in the ranks in the ‘REMVE' world? We meet an extremist whose resume includes multiple neo-Nazi groups. As he's espousing more violence, a young writer spends her life online 24/7 tracking down and outing guys like him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The network of The Last Crusade is growing in Europe, but its participants have strong U.S. connections that go back years. In an exclusive interview, we meet Matt Heimbach, an American extremist who is spreading conspiracy theories and inciting violence. But is there anyone out there willing to take him on? We meet the Nazi hunter who has spent his life working to stop Heimbach's brand of hate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stanislav Vorobyev is actively building a global network of white supremacists to team up for something he calls “The Last Crusade,” a new global and final holy war aimed at taking on the infidels, immigrants and Jews, or anyone who is not a white Christian. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stanislav Vorobyev is the proud leader of the Russian Imperial Movement, the only white supremacist group the U.S. State Department has designated as terrorists. In an exclusive interview, he paints a disturbing picture of a movement seeking the return of white, Christian rule. Visit us online at: https://www.verifiedpod.com/ or for advertising inquiries visit: https://www.advertisecast.com/verified Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Among the crowds storming the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 are people carrying Nazi flags and those wearing shirts with anti-Semitic messages. Who are they and why were they there? A reporter, and son of a Holocaust survivor, takes on the story he has avoided and learns the answers are more alarming than he ever imagined. Visit us online at: https://www.verifiedpod.com/ or for advertising inquiries visit: https://www.advertisecast.com/verified Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Verified: The Next Threat takes the listener on a journey from Russia, to Europe to the United States - to reveal how extremists are learning from each other and recruiting every day for their global fight for white power. We speak to the people at the center of this story - the global extremists, their collaborators in the United States, the government officials trying to counter these movements and people who have decided not to wait for officials to fight back. Built on exclusive reporting and interviews, this immersive, deeply-reported six episode podcast series unpacks this growing global network of groups and individuals who are recruiting and promoting a new transnational crusade for white power. Unlike terrorists and white supremacists of the past, this global movement and its followers are continually shifting, lack formal structure and rationalize collaborations with other enemies of the U.S. So where is all this hate coming from? Why is it bubbling up now and what does it mean? These are the questions we set out to answer in Verified: The Next Threat.

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, you won't want to miss!  Join Tess and Babs as they talk to exclusive sources, examine new sides of the story, and uncover disturbing truths about our legal system that go way beyond Britney. Listen to Episodes 1 & 2 right now: link.chtbl.com/ToxicThePodcast Support the show: https://www.stitcher.com/premium See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Atlas Obscura's mission is to inspire wonder and curiosity about the incredible world we all share. Atlas Obscura co-founder and host Dylan Thuras is here to guide you on an audio journey to discover new and hidden places; perhaps on the other side of the world, or perhaps in your own backyard. Once there, you’ll hear stories and history from the incredible people who make these places special. Visit ​atlasobscura.com/podcast​ or follow the show in your favorite podcast app! New episodes are available every day, Monday through Thursday. Support the show: https://www.stitcher.com/premium See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. Support the show: https://www.stitcher.com/premium See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Media pressure, federal investigations, and a big recall put Johnson & Johnson on the defensive. Johnson & Johnson’s CEO takes the stand for the first time in the company’s home state -- and things don’t go according to plan. Support the show: https://www.stitcher.com/premium See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A whistleblower emerges who takes calls from women who worry that they also got sick from baby powder. The Verified team uncovers how Johnson & Johnson sowed doubt about the science, influenced testing, and came up with language that obfuscated the danger of talc to women. Support the show: https://www.stitcher.com/premium See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Allen and his legal partners take on another lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson. It exposes J&J marketing campaigns that encouraged women to use talc for personal hygiene, even after the safety of talc was in question. Support the show: https://www.stitcher.com/premium See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the 1970s and 80s, scientists and regulators try to better understand the safety of talcum powder. They study whether talc itself caused cancer, and whether it contains asbestos, a known carcinogen. Johnson & Johnson follows their research very closely. Support the show: https://www.stitcher.com/premium See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s finally time for Berg v. Johnson & Johnson to go to trial. The jury must weigh conflicting testimony from experts on each side about the safety of talc. And then, they come to a surprising—and strange—decision. Support the show: https://www.stitcher.com/premium See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Deane and Allen file the first lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson, alleging a connection between talc and ovarian cancer. The company vigorously defends the safety of its product, but Deane is determined to warn other women. Support the show: https://www.stitcher.com/premium See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When physician assistant Deane Berg is diagnosed with ovarian cancer, she starts trying to figure out why she got sick—and finds an unlikely partner to help her investigation. Support the show: https://www.stitcher.com/premium See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the second season of Verified, Host Natasha Del Toro and the Verified team again ask tough questions about whom we trust and why. After one woman is diagnosed with ovarian cancer, she begins to suspect her daily dusting of Johnson & Johnson's baby powder might have caused her illness. Could a product so many of us have in our medicine cabinets be putting us at risk? Verified: Dust Up looks at Johnson & Johnson's battle to convince the public that baby powder is safe and pure, despite research from scientists that it may not be. You can hear ad-free episodes of Verified, a week early, all season long! Sign up for a free month of Stitcher Premium at http://stitcherpremium.com using the code WITNESS. Support the show: https://www.stitcher.com/premium See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An update on developments in Dino Maglio’s case from Giulio, Cecilia, and Alessia, the reporters of IRPI. They tell us what it’s like to hear seven years of work culminate in an immersive podcast. Stay tuned for a debut excerpt from our new season, "Verified: Dust Up" coming October 19th to Stitcher Premium, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Support the show: https://www.stitcher.com/premium See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hear the powerful words of three more women of ‘Verified,’ Alyssa, Olga and Anna, as they reflect on justice and resilience. Support the show: https://www.stitcher.com/premium See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As we prepare to release our new season, "Verified: Dust Up" on October 19th, we have unfinished business with season one. In this first of three update episodes, you'll hear directly from two women in our story: Eileen, who makes a stirring case for restorative justice, and Kate, who is healing herself by reclaiming her own story. Support the show: https://www.stitcher.com/premium See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A heads up on some major developments in Dino Maglio’s Case. Join Stitcher Premium to hear the whole story in three special update episodes. Visit http://stitcherpremium.com and sign up with the promo code 'VERIFIED' for one free month of listening. Support the show: https://www.stitcher.com/premium See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After years of fighting for justice, the final day of the trial arrives. Maria, Kate and the reporters come together to hear whether or not the judges will convict Dino. The emotional and legal ramifications of the decision are huge. But is this story over?  Need help? You're not alone. Confidential help is available for free. National Sexual Assault Hotline Call 1-800-656-4673 (HOPE) - 24 hours everyday.  Support the show: https://www.stitcher.com/premium See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kate and Maria prepare to return to Padua for the final chapter of the trial. But before they can get there, they learn some terrifying news.  Need help? You're not alone. Confidential help is available for free. National Sexual Assault Hotline Call 1-800-656-4673 (HOPE) - 24 hours everyday.  Support the show: https://www.stitcher.com/premium See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The women and the reporters travel as Dino is held to account for his crimes.The women finally get to face their abuser in court.  Need help? You're not alone. Confidential help is available for free. National Sexual Assault Hotline Call 1-800-656-4673 (HOPE) - 24 hours everyday. Support the show: https://www.stitcher.com/premium See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Couchsurfing was founded with an ethos of free exchange and communal values. It now boasts millions of users worldwide. But what happens when something goes wrong? Who pays the price? Need help? You're not alone. Confidential help is available for free. National Sexual Assault Hotline Call 1-800-656-4673 (HOPE) - 24 hours everyday. Support the show: https://www.stitcher.com/premium See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Belinda kicks the Italian justice system into high gear. The Couchsurfing cop is now under investigation. But even the officers assigned to the case are shocked at what they uncover next. Need help? You're not alone. Confidential help is available for free. National Sexual Assault Hotline Call 1-800-656-4673 (HOPE) - 24 hours everyday. Support the show: https://www.stitcher.com/premium See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Belinda is a single mom on a budget. When she takes her two daughters on a trip to Italy, she's drawn into Leonardo's web of deceit. But this time, he's messed with the wrong woman.  Need help? You're not alone. Confidential help is available for free. National Sexual Assault Hotline Call 1-800-656-4673 (HOPE) - 24 hours everyday. Support the show: https://www.stitcher.com/premium See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The reporters get to work and soon realize Leonardo isn't who he claims. Unsure how to proceed, they turn to a trusted confidant in Milan.  Need help? You're not alone. Confidential help is available for free. National Sexual Assault Hotline Call 1-800-656-4673 (HOPE) - 24 hours everyday. Support the show: https://www.stitcher.com/premium See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Maria and her best friend Miriam find more survivors from all over the world. The women take comfort in one another. They decide they can't go it alone, though, and reach out to some scrappy Italian reporters for help. Need help? You're not alone. Confidential help is available for free. National Sexual Assault Hotline Call 1-800-656-4673 (HOPE) - 24 hours everyday. Support the show: https://www.stitcher.com/premium See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After their harrowing trip to Padua, Maria and her friends discover there are other women who share their story. They want to do everything they can to protect other women from Leonardo. But Kate walks into the same trap. Need help? You're not alone. Confidential help is available for free. National Sexual Assault Hotline Call 1-800-656-4673 (HOPE) - 24 hours everyday. Support the show: https://www.stitcher.com/premium See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A group of friends from Portugal, led by Maria, plan their first trip abroad - a train trip to Italy. They find Leonardo, a host and a police officer with glowing reviews. But he's not who he seems and their trip takes a terrible turn. Need help? You're not alone. Confidential help is available for free. National Sexual Assault Hotline Call 1-800-656-4673 (HOPE) - 24 hours everyday. Support the show: https://www.stitcher.com/premium See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

To a group of women from around the world who had come to vacation near Venice, Italy, he seemed like the perfect host. He had all the right online reviews, and was even a police officer. But when the lights went down this sexual predator drugged and assaulted his guests. Across continents and years, these fearless women found each other to bring him to justice. Together, with a relentless team of Italian journalists, they faced down every obstacle thrown at them and triggered an unprecedented trial in Italian court. 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. Verified premieres on February 24th, wherever you find podcasts. Support the show: https://www.stitcher.com/premium See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.