PODCASTER KILLS COP FREE

Warning audiences about the content of an upcoming show is one thing, telling them to “fuck off right now” (and being answered by thunderous applause) is a different matter entirely. Kilgariff, at the same show, said, “If this is something you might have a problem with, we invite you to fuck off right now.” While coping mechanisms and supportive mental health communities are 100% important, and Kilgariff and Hardstark do deserve commendation for being upfront and honest about their mental health experience, once can’t help but notice a slight disconnect, and a rushing to play the victim, especially in Kilgariff’s words. “This is a dealing with our anxiety podcast, and don’t you fucking judge us for dealing with our anxiety,” said Hardstark at a live show in Dublin 2018. White women tearsĪfter years of doing these weekly reports (and a second mini-sode each week wherein they read fan messages and fan “hometown murder” stories, which we’ll discuss later), the hosts have defined their reason for doing this show as being a sort of coping mechanism. These murders can be high profile deaths and killers like Aileen Wuornos or the The Who concert disaster of December 3rd, 1979, or less well known stories that a host did more extensive research on. Since the show’s beginning in 2016, American comedians Kilgariff and Hardstark have been bringing weekly episodes in which they each present the story of a real life murder, recapping the events to one-another and sharing commentary as the stories unfold. What we are here to critique is the personal spin, and the personal biases, presented within any episode of My Favorite Murder.

PODCASTER KILLS COP FREE

They offered the show up, and audiences chose to listen of their own free will, and two women succeeding at a podcast is not what we’re here to critique. Neither is this a critique of Kilgariff and Hardstark for starting the podcast in the first place. The ins and outs of whether it is informative or exploitative to spin entertainment out of real world events and tragedies is a complicated one, and frankly as old as storytelling itself, so it’s not getting solved here. Before we dive into what is sure to be a lively debate about what is or isn’t sexist when critiquing work by women, let’s take a moment to set some boundaries: This piece is not about the genre of true crime podcasts as a whole.

Podcaster kills cop