A leaked recording reveals the Kiwi founder of billion-dollar supplements firm AG1 misrepresented his criminal history in public statements and in a meeting with the company’s president and staff, just this year. Chris Ashenden’s high-powered American lawyer claimed he had never been charged with a crime, or convicted of a crime, or been the subject of an arrest warrant – but none of those things was correct.  We listen to the recording alongside Anita Mika, who lost her home in Chris’s property scheme. Her sister also lost her home – but she died without seeing justice done. ‘We can forgive, but we never forget,’ Anita says. Each episode is available first to subscribers to DELVE+. To listen early and ad-free to this show, to our bonus episodes, and to award-winning podcast The Boy in the Water and Melanie Reid’s latest investigation, Fractured, sign up to DELVE+.<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

A leaked recording reveals the Kiwi founder of billion-dollar supplements firm AG1 misrepresented his criminal history in public statements and in a meeting with the company’s president and staff, just this year. Chris Ashenden’s high-powered American lawyer claimed he had never been charged with a crime, or convicted of a crime, or been the subject of an arrest warrant – but none of those things was correct. We listen to the recording alongside Anita Mika, who lost her home in Chris’s property scheme. Her sister also lost her home – but she died without seeing justice done. ‘We can forgive, but we never forget,’ Anita says. Each episode is available first to subscribers to DELVE+. To listen early and ad-free to this show, to our bonus episodes, and to award-winning podcast The Boy in the Water and Melanie Reid’s latest investigation, Fractured, sign up to DELVE+. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A leaked recording reveals the Kiwi founder of billion-dollar supplements firm AG1 misrepresented his criminal history in public statements and in a meeting with the company’s president and staff, just this year. Chris Ashenden’s high-powered American lawyer claimed he had never been charged with a crime, or convicted of a crime, or been the subject of an arrest warrant – but none of those things was correct.&nbsp;&nbsp;We listen to the recording alongside Anita Mika, who lost her home in Chris’s property scheme. Her sister also lost her home – but she died without seeing justice done. ‘We can forgive, but we never forget,’ Anita says.&nbsp;Each episode is available first to subscribers to DELVE+. To listen early and ad-free to this show, to our bonus episodes, and to award-winning podcast The Boy in the Water and Melanie Reid’s latest investigation, Fractured, sign up to DELVE+. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

S5 | Powder Keg | Ep 5: A Flop And A Skip

DELVE SERIES 7 - FRACTURED SEASON 2: In this hard-hitting second season, Melanie Reid and her team&nbsp;take&nbsp;the x-rays that were used&nbsp;to convict a young mother&nbsp;and put them before international experts. Their findings challenge the Starship doctors’ original diagnosis, and ask whether there&nbsp;is a troubling pattern with a medical hypothesis&nbsp;that has led to wrongful convictions around&nbsp;the globe. Fractured&nbsp;Season Two doesn’t just tell one family’s story, it reveals a chilling phenomenon&nbsp;that could have far-reaching consequences. DELVE SERIES 6 – SATANIC PANIC: Peter Ellis, the Creche Case &amp; Me: In never-before-heard interviews, this gripping series takes you inside one of New Zealand’s most controversial legal cases, when a kind of madness gripped Christchurch, resulting in a miscarriage of justice that would take 30 years to put right. Satanic Panic is the first Melanie Reid podcast, now re-released and available on DELVE. DELVE SERIES 5 - POWDER KEG: Some stories grow from a green shoot; some explode like a powder keg. The global supplement market is worth $200 billion a year, and Chris Ashenden is a rock star of the industry. Yet in his home country of New Zealand, nobody had heard of him. Investigative journalist Jonathan Milne wanted to tell his story – but when Chris proved elusive, alarm bells began to ring. Listen to a story that will entangle the biggest names in audio, from Joe Rogan to Andrew Huberman to Gwyneth Paltrow. We follow the money, dig into the crimes and commission our own lab analysis. From the chill of the Southern Ocean to a record Mexican heatwave, from Colombia to the Caribbean, we chase down AG1’s founder to tell the story he didn’t want told.&nbsp; DELVE SERIES 4 - FRACTURED SEASON 1: A baby taken, a mother jailed, a couple forced apart and facing deportation without their daughter.&nbsp;Crushed by the weight of multiple government departments working in lockstep, what happens when the dream of a new country becomes an unimaginable nightmare?&nbsp;In this new investigation, Melanie Reid and her team&nbsp;take&nbsp;the x-rays that were used&nbsp;to convict a young mother&nbsp;and put them before international experts,&nbsp;who tell us this case is just the tip of the iceberg of a factitious medical phenomenon&nbsp;leading to injustice around&nbsp;the globe. DELVE SERIES 1-3 - THE BOY IN THE WATER SEASONS 1-3: Melanie Reid's chart topping podcast takes you inside a small town harbouring a big mystery. After the lifeless body of three-year-old Lachie Jones is found floating in an oxidation pond in the Southland town of Gore, police rule his death a tragic accident. But nothing is what it seems. Melanie has spent three years covering this case, revealing multiple flaws in the police investigation and uncovering new evidence that casts serious doubt about the circumstances surrounding Lachie’s death. In The Boy in the Water, Melanie unravels the case – and the secrets – in an attempt to find out what really happened to little Lachie Jones.&nbsp; Sign up to our premium service DELVE+ on Apple, Spotify or your favourite podcast platform. DELVE+ subscribers get Early Release, Ad Free listening. Led by investigations editor, Melanie Reid. Listen to journalism that matters. Discover more on the Melanie Reid Investigates <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MelanieReidInvestigates/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/melaniereidinvestigates/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a> pages, and on Newsroom.co.nz. (Android and Spotify listeners can also <a href="https://newsroom.supportingcast.fm/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sign up to DELVE+&nbsp;</a>.)<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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DELVE SERIES 7 - FRACTURED SEASON 2: In this hard-hitting second season, Melanie Reid and her team take the x-rays that were used to convict a young mother and put them before international experts. Their findings challenge the Starship doctors’ original diagnosis, and ask whether there is a troubling pattern with a medical hypothesis that has led to wrongful convictions around the globe. Fractured Season Two doesn’t just tell one family’s story, it reveals a chilling phenomenon that could have far-reaching consequences. DELVE SERIES 6 – SATANIC PANIC: Peter Ellis, the Creche Case & Me: In never-before-heard interviews, this gripping series takes you inside one of New Zealand’s most controversial legal cases, when a kind of madness gripped Christchurch, resulting in a miscarriage of justice that would take 30 years to put right. Satanic Panic is the first Melanie Reid podcast, now re-released and available on DELVE. DELVE SERIES 5 - POWDER KEG: Some stories grow from a green shoot; some explode like a powder keg. The global supplement market is worth $200 billion a year, and Chris Ashenden is a rock star of the industry. Yet in his home country of New Zealand, nobody had heard of him. Investigative journalist Jonathan Milne wanted to tell his story – but when Chris proved elusive, alarm bells began to ring. Listen to a story that will entangle the biggest names in audio, from Joe Rogan to Andrew Huberman to Gwyneth Paltrow. We follow the money, dig into the crimes and commission our own lab analysis. From the chill of the Southern Ocean to a record Mexican heatwave, from Colombia to the Caribbean, we chase down AG1’s founder to tell the story he didn’t want told.  DELVE SERIES 4 - FRACTURED SEASON 1: A baby taken, a mother jailed, a couple forced apart and facing deportation without their daughter. Crushed by the weight of multiple government departments working in lockstep, what happens when the dream of a new country becomes an unimaginable nightmare? In this new investigation, Melanie Reid and her team take the x-rays that were used to convict a young mother and put them before international experts, who tell us this case is just the tip of the iceberg of a factitious medical phenomenon leading to injustice around the globe. DELVE SERIES 1-3 - THE BOY IN THE WATER SEASONS 1-3: Melanie Reid's chart topping podcast takes you inside a small town harbouring a big mystery. After the lifeless body of three-year-old Lachie Jones is found floating in an oxidation pond in the Southland town of Gore, police rule his death a tragic accident. But nothing is what it seems. Melanie has spent three years covering this case, revealing multiple flaws in the police investigation and uncovering new evidence that casts serious doubt about the circumstances surrounding Lachie’s death. In The Boy in the Water, Melanie unravels the case – and the secrets – in an attempt to find out what really happened to little Lachie Jones.  Sign up to our premium service DELVE+ on Apple, Spotify or your favourite podcast platform. DELVE+ subscribers get Early Release, Ad Free listening. Led by investigations editor, Melanie Reid. Listen to journalism that matters. Discover more on the Melanie Reid Investigates Facebook and Instagram pages, and on Newsroom.co.nz. (Android and Spotify listeners can also Sign up to DELVE+ .) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

DELVE SERIES 7 - FRACTURED SEASON 2: In this hard-hitting second season, Melanie Reid and her team&nbsp;take&nbsp;the x-rays that were used&nbsp;to convict a young mother&nbsp;and put them before international experts. Their findings challenge the Starship doctors’ original diagnosis, and ask whether there&nbsp;is a troubling pattern with a medical hypothesis&nbsp;that has led to wrongful convictions around&nbsp;the globe. Fractured&nbsp;Season Two doesn’t just tell one family’s story, it reveals a chilling phenomenon&nbsp;that could have far-reaching consequences. DELVE SERIES 6 – SATANIC PANIC: Peter Ellis, the Creche Case &amp; Me: In never-before-heard interviews, this gripping series takes you inside one of New Zealand’s most controversial legal cases, when a kind of madness gripped Christchurch, resulting in a miscarriage of justice that would take 30 years to put right. Satanic Panic is the first Melanie Reid podcast, now re-released and available on DELVE. DELVE SERIES 5 - POWDER KEG: Some stories grow from a green shoot; some explode like a powder keg. The global supplement market is worth $200 billion a year, and Chris Ashenden is a rock star of the industry. Yet in his home country of New Zealand, nobody had heard of him. Investigative journalist Jonathan Milne wanted to tell his story – but when Chris proved elusive, alarm bells began to ring. Listen to a story that will entangle the biggest names in audio, from Joe Rogan to Andrew Huberman to Gwyneth Paltrow. We follow the money, dig into the crimes and commission our own lab analysis. From the chill of the Southern Ocean to a record Mexican heatwave, from Colombia to the Caribbean, we chase down AG1’s founder to tell the story he didn’t want told.&nbsp; DELVE SERIES 4 - FRACTURED SEASON 1: A baby taken, a mother jailed, a couple forced apart and facing deportation without their daughter.&nbsp;Crushed by the weight of multiple government departments working in lockstep, what happens when the dream of a new country becomes an unimaginable nightmare?&nbsp;In this new investigation, Melanie Reid and her team&nbsp;take&nbsp;the x-rays that were used&nbsp;to convict a young mother&nbsp;and put them before international experts,&nbsp;who tell us this case is just the tip of the iceberg of a factitious medical phenomenon&nbsp;leading to injustice around&nbsp;the globe. DELVE SERIES 1-3 - THE BOY IN THE WATER SEASONS 1-3: Melanie Reid's chart topping podcast takes you inside a small town harbouring a big mystery. After the lifeless body of three-year-old Lachie Jones is found floating in an oxidation pond in the Southland town of Gore, police rule his death a tragic accident. But nothing is what it seems. Melanie has spent three years covering this case, revealing multiple flaws in the police investigation and uncovering new evidence that casts serious doubt about the circumstances surrounding Lachie’s death. In The Boy in the Water, Melanie unravels the case – and the secrets – in an attempt to find out what really happened to little Lachie Jones.&nbsp; Sign up to our premium service DELVE+ on Apple, Spotify or your favourite podcast platform. DELVE+ subscribers get Early Release, Ad Free listening. Led by investigations editor, Melanie Reid. Listen to journalism that matters. Discover more on the Melanie Reid Investigates <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MelanieReidInvestigates/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/melaniereidinvestigates/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a> pages, and on Newsroom.co.nz. (Android and Spotify listeners can also <a href="https://newsroom.supportingcast.fm/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sign up to DELVE+&nbsp;</a>.) Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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