Missing and Murdered is a true crime podcast investigating the disappearances of Indigenous people in Canada, also known as the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women crisis. It is produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and hosted by Cree journalist Connie Walker (Okanese First Nation[1][2]).[3]
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The show won Best Serialized Story at the 2018 Third Coast International Audio Festival[4] and Kari Paul wrote in The Guardian that the show is a "rare and elusive non-exploitative true crime podcast".[3]
Overview
editThe podcast is produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation,[5] producer Marnie Luke,[6] and hosted by Cree journalist Connie Walker (Okanese First Nation[1][2]).[7] Walker worked on the 8th Fire project, which led to the creation of section of the CBC specifically dedicated to coverage of Indigenous issues.[8] The podcast has also discussed the Sixties Scoop.[9]
Seasons
editSeason one: Missing and Murdered: Who Killed Alberta Williams?
editBeginning in 2016, the eight-part first season examines the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women crisis in Canada though the lens of a specific case, the murder of Alberta Williams in 1989 along the Highway of Tears in British Columbia. The series was nominated for a Webby Award.[10][11]
Season two: Missing and Murdered: Finding Cleo
editAiring in 2018, the second season investigates the disappearance of Cleopatra Semaganis Nicotine from the Little Pine First Nation in Saskatchewan, Canada.[3][9][12] The United States Department of Justice has reported that Indigenous women are 10 times more likely to be murdered than the national average and that one out of three Indigenous women will be victims of sexual violence in their lifetime.[13]
Season three: Missing and Murdered: True Consequences
editIn 2019 the podcast continued coverage of the MMIWG crisis and featured an interview with Cheyenne Antonio from the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women.[14][15]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Duncan McCue (December 4, 2013). "Meet our team: Connie Walker". CBC News. Archived from the original on December 10, 2013. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
- ^ a b "Meet Connie Walker". CBC News. October 26, 2009. Archived from the original on February 14, 2010.
- ^ a b c "From Serial to In the Dark: the true crime podcasts that changed their subjects' lives". the Guardian. September 21, 2022. Retrieved January 15, 2023.
Missing and Murdered is another show in the rare and elusive non-exploitative true crime podcast genre, investigating disappearances of Indigenous people in Canada. In its second season, Finding Cleo...
- ^ "Missing and Murdered: Finding Cleo". www.thirdcoastfestival.org. Retrieved January 15, 2023.
- ^ Quah, Nicholas (August 3, 2018). "The Biggest Questions Producers Ask Themselves While Making a True-Crime Podcast". Vulture. Retrieved January 15, 2023.
- ^ "Using true crime to teach Indigenous history: Reporter Connie Walker on 'Finding Cleo'". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved January 15, 2023.
- ^ "Missing, murdered, and marginalized: 7 true crime podcasts about Indigenous people". Podsauce. Retrieved January 15, 2023.
- ^ Steinert-Evoy, Sophia (February 6, 2019). "In Conversation with CBC's Connie Walker". Podcast Review. Retrieved January 15, 2023.
- ^ a b Barcella, Laura (December 31, 2018). "Best True-Crime Podcasts of 2018". Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 15, 2023.
- ^ "Webby Awards: CBC's Missing & Murdered podcast, NFB's Seances vie for online prize". CBC News. Archived from the original on April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 21, 2017.
- ^ Halushak, Maureen (October 20, 2016). "Meet the Reporter Behind a New, Must-Listen Canadian Crime Podcast". Flare. Archived from the original on January 9, 2017. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
- ^ Buckley, Elena Saavedra (January 2, 2019). "How Indigenous reporters are elevating true crime". www.hcn.org. Retrieved January 15, 2023.
- ^ Lett, Phoebe (July 25, 2020). "True Crime Podcasts at the Intersection of Race". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 15, 2023.
- ^ "True Consequences: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls". trueconsequences.libsyn.com. Archived from the original on December 24, 2019. Retrieved December 24, 2019.
- ^ "Meet Our Staff". Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women. May 12, 2015. Archived from the original on September 28, 2019. Retrieved January 12, 2020.