A Date With Dateline

The Pocket Square Prince returns! In this very personal episode of The Mank Files, Josh Mankiewicz dishes on his brother Ben, the complete lack of Dateline merchandise in the "biased and failing" NBC store, and we ask him some questions from Patreons! And speaking of failing, Mank unknowingly opens a long-standing wound on Katie's soul that Kimberly wasn't even aware existed. Will their friendship...

Dateline Dames and Dukes, grab your eyebrow brushes and your completely unbending beliefs on a man's guilt and join us for a supersized episode of A Date With Dateline! On the docket in this episode are recaps of Dateline's Down the Back Staircase and Netflix's The Staircase. Kimberly and Katie also take a very special on air phone call with a mystery couple who have their own strong opinions abou...

The Mank Files returns with it's 4th installment- More Twisted Faith. Kimberly and Katie are lucky enough to get Josh Mankiewicz's expert opinion on Dateline's scandalous Twisted Faith episode . How was this pastor able to fool so many women, which of this cast of church-going characters declined their chance at a Dateline interview and really, what was Josh's reaction to bringing people back from...

It's that time again! Kimberly and Katie are happy to present the third installment of The Mank Files! Segment 3 is "The Favorite One" because Josh Mankiewicz opens up about, yes, you guessed it, the Dateline episode "The Favorite Son" (Season 26 Ep.11) . He discusses his new found friend Mickey, the ring, the cubic zirconia conundrum and more! If you are struggling to recall this tragic tale of f...

Secrets in Pleasant Grove is a rare Kimberly's AND Katie's Favorites and it just aired again on Dateline NBC. It's also launching our new Summer of Secrets Series! This episode has it all: a beauty queen, a literally unbelievable 911 call, a sinful religious pillar of the community, Keith spouting his special Keith poetry, a woman named Gypsy- launching the return of the infamous "mistress face",...

It's back! Presenting the second installment of Kimberly and Katie's series of interviews with the incomparable Josh Mankiewicz. In this episode of The Mank Files, we ask Josh about the Cowboy Church in The Pink Gun Mystery, the Missy Bevers case, Unraveled and… the wolfpack. That's right, we have a return to the Silver Lakes. Included with this segment is our recap of "Secrets in Silver Lakes" to...

Introducing a hot new summer series. Intrigue! Murder! Sweat! Cicadas! Sunburns! Pocket Squares! For 7 weeks only, the team behind A Date with Dateline is proud to introduce the season's summeriest new show, The Mank Files. Starring Dateline's Josh Mankiewicz answering questions and solving the mysteries of life with cameos from Kimberly and Katie. (Really The Mank Files is just a segments of A Da...

Join us and Queen Canning for a Kimberly's Favorite repeat recap! Learn along with us that paintball leagues are an actual thing, that defending yourself in court never fails except when it does and that when you change horses in midstream you run the risk of disappointing the most important judge of all… no, not Judy…Andrea. So pop in some chewing gum to make yourself look cool and issue a blanke...

What happens when you cross and hankie clad Mankie with a fancy southern cosmetologist, sprinkle in a few more hankies, then throw the whole thing off with a shockingly long rat tail? Well, my friends you get a Deadly Detour. Please enjoy this very, very, very special episode of A Date with Dateline. Official Description from NBC: When a prominent attorney claims to have accidentally shot his weal...

Our hero Keith meets a Hawaiian hero named Larry who spends almost a decade trying to put his daughter's murderer behind bars. In this very special UNCUT episode of A Date with Dateline Kimberly and Katie dissect what is behind a name, what's in a song and what paradise justice means to them. Please enjoy this very special recap of a very special Dateline: Island Edition. The Official Description...

Amid the pine trees and cedars on Bainbridge Island, Washington, near Seattle, you'll find a little church. In here the faithful practiced a Christianity that embraced what could be called the supernatural. They called it super spiritual. It was an emotional and visceral faith, and a faith that believed in hearing messages, prophecies directly from God. Some of this story is about God, and some of...

Join us for The Pink Gun Mystery where we discuss if there will ever be another good Jared, if a lonely dog named Rascal is hanging out in Amarillo, TX waiting for his Dateline interview, as well as if Ichabod Crane is the one with or without the head. Also, will Katie and Kimberly reach a conclusion on their beloved Manky's reaction to a woman being left by her man for an exotic dancer? Is this t...

What do Angry Birds, large woodwind instruments, armpits, Ben Affleck and ugly shorts all have in common? You will have to listen to this very special episode of A Date With Dateline to find out. Please Note: There is some necessary toilet humor in this episode through no fault of the hosts. You have been warned. Official Description from NBC: A former marine, who once was the hero for a woman in...

Despite the title, there are no Bigfoot sightings in this episode. However, Andrea is back with a new otherworldly glow and Kimberly and Katie consider their future occupation as woodland bounty hunters. Official Description from NBC: A young Army medic based at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina goes missing. Police have a suspect, but can't solve the case, until an unorthodox private investigator steps i...

Dennis is enough Murphy walks us through the perilous parable of a predatory preacher from the Pennsylvania Pocono's, who uses the power of the pulpit to act as a philandering playboy with his female parishioners. But as the sinister ministers wives keep dying it becomes a very hairy situation indeed… spanning two families and a police department who want this man of God to pay for his sins once a...

Keith brings us back from the Olympics with the case of a missing new mom, juicy church gossip, a lukewarm black market coin trading operation, and the age old question… who is the true baby daddy? Kimberly also breaks down the Cold Case episode which investigates the same sordid tale. There are many morality lessons to be learned from Dateline's triumphant return. Katie learns the truth behind th...

In this very, very, very special BONUS episode Kimberly and Katie recap the ID Network Special "He Lied About Everything". Find out what the Pope, Elton John and Bill Clinton share in common. Find out if a tiny house can solve all your laundry problems. Find out if Kimberly is truly catching all the red flags she should be in Katie's marriage to the mysterious Dutchman. Pretty much, find a bunch o...

Dateline takes a break from murder to bring its viewers into the dangerous, thrilling yet gritty underground espionage world from across the pond. OK, so that's all a lie. But so is every word this week's title character The Mystery Man utters. Will almost 20 women across two continents really fall for his baloney? Does a New Jersey mom provide us with a deeper insight into the complicated interna...

In this special one off episode, Kimberly and Katie answer listener questions. Will Kimberly be able to finally tell her infamous Jacuzzi story (to its horrific conclusion)? Will listing all her favorite TV shows prove to be a task to far for Katie's fragile perfectionist psyche? Will Kimberly and Katie reveal their origin story and will it be pretty much a major disappointment? Which one of the h...

Has Dateline fooled us once again, interviewing a confident husband who reveals himself to be a knave, literally, running from the truth? Will the real chill in this winter's tale be from Andrea Canning's icy stare toward an adulterous couple? What does a person's scent say about them, and can you tell a white knight from a mere jester by his choice of cologne? Is Polo Sport still a thing? Will Ka...

In this Part 2 of an in-depth dive into the Laci Peterson Story, Kimberly and Katie delve into the A&E Docu-series "The Murder of Laci Peterson" as Katie presents all the alternative theories in an attempt to make Kimberly's head explode with over-info sharing. Also up for debate in this second episode: who is the mysterious other friend of Laci's, why do there appear to be no actual treatments ha...

As NBC has decided that the Winter Olympic Games were more important to viewers than their beloved Dateline mysteries, Kimberly and Katie are digging into the vault and came out with an obscure, rarely publicized case to discuss to help water Dateline fans in this Olympic Dateline drought. In this special Dateline Investigative report, Keith digs deep into the mayhem surrounding the Laci and Conne...

Will Dennis take corniness to new levels in this farm centered episode of Dateline? Is faking burglaries the hot new trend for murders, or is it simply a classic theme that Dateline keeps returning to for its endless supply of not-so-smart killers? Does the term wrongful death suit have a duel meaning for an Iowa attorney? Will a painful tooth be the end of Katie's career as a punny lady? And most...

What happens when the poster child for a University is suddenly the main suspect in the murder of a young single mom? Will his girlfriend leave him high and dry? (SPOILER! no…no she won't). What hi-jinx did Dennis get up to in his Alaskan adventure? If you rob a man in a purple top hat will you really receive 6 years of bad luck? Will Kimberly and Katie finally reach the friendship breaking point...

Will Dennis uncover the truth of the mystery behind a CVS trip, a bathtub Jacuzzi and self-tying knots in this Texas who-done-it? Will Kimberly and Katie uncover the truth of the mystery behind the clinking sound coming from inside the house during this podcast? With no real evidence and many suspects not interviewed is the wrong person behind bars? Will a bar of Toblerone prove to be the undoing...