Criminal: Turning The Crime Narrative On Its Head

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Criminal: Turning The Crime Narrative On Its Head

瓜神app | By Anita Rao,

Frank Stasio

Published January 21, 2015 at 11:56 AM EST

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Criminal is a podcast about "people who have done wrong, been wronged, or gotten caught somewhere in the middle."

Artwork by Julienne Alexander

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Illustration for Episode One: "Animal Instincts."

Artwork by Julienne Alexander

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Illustration for Episode Ten: "Dear Sheila."

Artwork by Julienne Alexander

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Illustration for Episode Fourteen: "The Fifth Suspect."

Artwork by Julienne Alexander

The North Carolina podcast is on a mission to tell the stories of 鈥減eople who鈥檝e done wrong, been wronged, or gotten caught somewhere in the middle.鈥�

The show is one of the top-ranked podcasts on iTunes. Criminal celebrates its one-year anniversary this month with a in Durham tonight at 8 p.m.

Host Frank Stasio talks with two of the show鈥檚 creators, and , about their vision for the project and the stories behind some of their favorite episodes.

Here are some of the full-length episodes featured in today's conversation:

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Anita Rao

Anita Rao is an award-winning journalist, host, creator, and executive editor of "Embodied," a weekly radio show and podcast about sex, relationships & health.

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Frank Stasio

Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's 瓜神app Director.

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