Josh Mankiewicz enjoys a storied career in journalism, a fabled Hollywood family history and he's joining us to look back on 25 years of legal and true crime reporting on Dateline plus his new podcast Motive for Murder. We discuss the surge in true crime interest, the challenges in sharing a family’s agonizing heartbreak and and what he’s learned through years of interviewing crime victims and convicted murderers. Plus, Josh shares his memories of growing up with his dad, press secretary to Robert Kennedy, how COVID has affected criminal proceedings, Tiger King, Dirty John and much more.

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Dateline NBC

Motive For Murder Podcast

Tiger King

I’ll Be Gone In The Dark

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi

Dirty John

The Brothers Mankiewicz