Missing and Murdered (podcast) explained

Provider:Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

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]

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

The 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

Season one: Missing and Murdered: Who Killed Alberta Williams?

Beginning 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

Airing 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

In 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

Notes and References

  1. News: Meet our team: Connie Walker. Duncan McCue. 2013-12-04. 2014-04-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20131210112606/http://www.cbc.ca/news/aboriginal/meet-our-team-connie-walker-1.2449140. 2013-12-10. live. CBC News.
  2. News: Meet Connie Walker. 2009-10-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20100214143254/http://www.cbc.ca/connect/2009/10/meet-connie-walker.html. 2010-02-14. dead. CBC News.
  3. Web site: September 21, 2022 . From Serial to In the Dark: the true crime podcasts that changed their subjects' lives . January 15, 2023 . the Guardian . en. 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....
  4. Web site: Missing and Murdered: Finding Cleo . January 15, 2023 . www.thirdcoastfestival.org.
  5. Web site: Quah . Nicholas . August 3, 2018 . The Biggest Questions Producers Ask Themselves While Making a True-Crime Podcast . January 15, 2023 . Vulture . en-us.
  6. Web site: Using true crime to teach Indigenous history: Reporter Connie Walker on 'Finding Cleo' . January 15, 2023 . Columbia Journalism Review . en.
  7. Web site: Missing, murdered, and marginalized: 7 true crime podcasts about Indigenous people . January 15, 2023 . Podsauce . en-US.
  8. Web site: Steinert-Evoy . Sophia . February 6, 2019 . In Conversation with CBC's Connie Walker . January 15, 2023 . Podcast Review . en-US.
  9. Barcella . Laura . December 31, 2018 . Best True-Crime Podcasts of 2018 . January 15, 2023 . Rolling Stone . en-US.
  10. News: Webby Awards: CBC's Missing & Murdered podcast, NFB's Seances vie for online prize . CBC News . mdy-all . 2017-04-21 . en . April 7, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170407055620/http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/webby-nominees-2017-1.4054424 . live .
  11. News: Halushak . Maureen . Meet the Reporter Behind a New, Must-Listen Canadian Crime Podcast . 2016-10-20 . . mdy-all . 2017-03-30 . en-US . January 9, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170109175953/http://www.flare.com/culture/meet-the-woman-behind-a-new-must-listen-podcast-on-canadas-mmiw/ . live .
  12. Web site: Buckley . Elena Saavedra. January 2, 2019 . How Indigenous reporters are elevating true crime . January 15, 2023 . www.hcn.org . en-us.
  13. News: Lett . Phoebe . July 25, 2020 . True Crime Podcasts at the Intersection of Race . en-US . The New York Times . January 15, 2023 . 0362-4331.
  14. Web site: True Consequences: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls . trueconsequences.libsyn.com . en . mdy-all . 2019-12-24 . December 24, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191224145225/http://trueconsequences.libsyn.com/missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women-and-girls-0 . live .
  15. Web site: Meet Our Staff . May 12, 2015 . Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women . January 12, 2020 . September 28, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190928133530/https://www.csvanw.org/about-us/meet-our-staff/ . live .

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