Love so much but lately…

I have been listening for multiple years now and you’ve really all done an incredible job providing real and trustworthy information. And on top of all the Murdaugh madness— you’ve exposed so much of the corruption evident in our legal system— not just So Carolina. I truly love Liz’s brain and how she connects dots and sees around corners—- I’m so impressed at her intelligence and the impact she’s making.

I’m sharing this small nugget of negative feedback because I believe you all deserve (and I believe - appreciate) a trend I’ve been hearing from your podcasts lately. Lately, so much of the beginning of the episode is focused on Mandy’s journey
About her book and also the surrounding accolades/ outcomes from that effort. I can easily just fast forward thru that commentary l, that feels like it lasts sometimes 3 mins up to 8 or 9 mins long.
I 100% support women achieving big things—- congratulations! I think there could be a better balance of the content. Thank you for listening!

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Love how dedicated she is.

I wish everyone would shut up about her voice. I am easily distracted and she keeps me listening and paying attention her voice is not bad! So stop hating. She is amazing at what she does and gets so much info I’m hooked! Keep up the awesome work!

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Great Podcat

The local podcasts on the Murdaugh case are much more interesting than the national coverage.

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Complicated lives

This story is very sad but also pretty complicated and there’s a lot more to come I’m sure.
This podcast does a really good job of explaining the background and why it matters.
It’s helpful that the chapters deal with each death so that the connections become clearer, and later chapters update each part of each story. There are a lot of plates to keep spinning.
Thank you for doing such great reporting.

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Real journalism that isn’t pandering

Mandy does a great job of giving the details. I think her voice is great!

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Well done podcast

Story is unbelievable, research is top notch & podcast is well put together. This is true reporting & journalism so I’m not expecting a Morgan Freeman type of performance here; I’m expecting compelling & accurate reporting on the facts & that’s what you get here.

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Love this podcast!

Murder ✅
Drugs ✅
Scandal ✅
It starts out slow in this ever growing scandal. Love that they are finally weeding out corruption in the court system and exposing these crooks. It's sad the system is so slow.

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Incredible Investigative Journalism But...

I want to say the positives first:
This podcast is fantastic and I really appreciate all of the investigative efforts Mandy and the team have put forth into exposing the truth. I live in South Carolina and have for 20 years, and it is shocking to have this level of detail and deep rooted corruption exposed after many many years. Thank you for being a pillar of truth and doing incredible Investigative Journalism not just for the victims and their families, but also for the discourse surrounding SC politics and law enforcement.
The negatives: I've been following this podcast since day one, and after the first few episodes, Mandy would take a moment to criticize those who had to just point out how her voice sounded. I get it, it's frustrating when you have such a compelling story and all of this evidence and the thing that people point out is your voice. But now that I have been a weekly listener for over a year, I have to agree with the critics. In many cases it's not about what you're saying it's about how you were saying it. And Mandy, although incredibly passionate, has a very distracting delivery with the story. There is just way too much inflection rises and drops in one sentence, every sentence, for 45 minutes. I have listened to Mandy talk in interviews and she does not talk like this on a regular basis, only when reading a scripted story for the podcast. it's distracting and it takes me longer to finish the episode because I have to pause it - my head hurts. And as the podcast has developed with more traction, her delivery has gotten worse - I think she does it in an effort to make important key notes and stress the important part of the story or that sentence? But if you put that inflection on every sentence and stress that everything is important, then by that logic nothing is more important than the other.

I want to hopefully point out to Mandy that while some people are great at the investigation portion of the story, I think Liz's stage presence is better suited for the delivery , aka the story telling. AND THAT'S OKAY. Please don't let the haters take away from the phenomenal job you and the team you have done - but it's important to recognize that your audience is telling you that you're delivery and storytelling is not getting through to them and you are losing key people that you want listening to your podcast. It is incredibly distracting. You have addressed it many times that people need to stop commenting on your voice, but it's your speaking style that is just very distracting and is frustrating. Don't lose the audience because of something small like that. Thank you for all you've done, keep it up.

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crying 😢

I feel like I did after I read The Deathly Hallows. The song is adding a layer of emotion as well. 😭😭😭

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Great podcast!!

Just when I thought I watched everything possible to get me well informed, this podcast knocks it out of the park!!

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