The New York Times and Serial Productions are launching a new true crime podcast based on a family member of New York Times Opinion columnist M. Gessen.
The five-part podcast, The Idiot, is hosted, written and reported by Gessen, who describes disliking their cousin, Allen, growing up, and then being shocked to find out he was arrested for trying to put a hit out on his ex-wife. The podcast follows Allen across the globe, from the Gessen family property in Cape Cod to Russia, Zimbabwe and then to federal prison in California.
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All five episodes will be available March 26 on all platforms.
“What I love about this story is that M. has the kind of impatient contempt for the main character that one can truly only have about their own family member,” said Julie Snyder, executive editor of Serial Productions.
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