phoebe judge, host of the podcast criminal. True stories about people who've done wrong, been wronged or gotten caught somewhere in the middle. A man who successfully figured out how to negotiate with his father's kidnappers after some trial and error. An entire town in northern italy that tries to stay quiet at the same time to protect a rare and beautiful sound.
Climate change has driven some environmental activists to extremes. We talk about overcoming despair with Terry Kaelber, whose husband David Buckel took his life to protest inaction, and Tim DeChristopher, who was imprisoned for his activism.
This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Mounsey with help from Christian Ayala, and hosted by Noel King.
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