Death's Grip the Podcast

The denouement. James starts work on his story of the century as the FBI comes and goes at Mercy Hospital, questioning him and Mindy Anderson, convalescing a few floors above him. The story has become a worldwide phenomenon. James can't escape the coverage as men in Hazmut suits go in and out of what's left of the warehouse. AUSA Mateo Morales and FBI agents appear on his doorstep, and Mateo gives...

The climactic episode finds James, Sharon, Dr. Hodges, and Richard Bassett reunited on the roof of the warehouse. The FBI and a news helicopter are hovering not far from the scene that plays out beneath them. As Bassett's final plan to escape the claws of Justice ignites, a bullet from a sniper's rifle hurtles from the FBI Blackhawk. But an explosion rocks the building, and the bullet veers off co...

As the storm begins, Ned rescues James from the cops, and the Chicago police and Chicago fire department begin to search the warehouse for a reported gas leak. An explosion rocks the building and the mouth of the garage collapses, sending rescue teams in to search the rubble. James figures out which rock Bassett has crawled under and speeds on Sharon's bike to get his final interview. Only it does...

James and Mindy break into the warehouse to free Sharon and finally find their way to the basement. But they might get more than they bargained for. Mentioned in this episode: Contains adult language and situations. Please, be advised. https://www.nakedpodium.com

The story goes viral as James and Mindy work it together. But stories are written in the real world. As James begins to piece together Bassett's plan, James and Mindy escape the drudgery of the newsroom and make a stab at breaking into the warehouse, where James hopes to discover the final pieces to the puzzle. Meanwhile, Bassett has crawled under a rock to wait out the gathering storm. The questi...

What really happened to Mary Hodges? Part II Mentioned in this episode: https://www.nakedpodium.com Contains adult language and situations. Please, be advised.

What really happened to Mary Hodges? Mentioned in this episode: Contains adult language and situations. Please, be advised. https://www.nakedpodium.com

Dr. Zhang is on the run from a subpoena and the FBI. She has it all mapped out. The series of train stops she has to make. The car, purchased with cash, that will drive her over the border. The fake passport, the new identity. As she flees as fast as her little legs will carry her, James is back at Sharon's apartment committing a few felonies of his own. Mentioned in this episode: Contains adult l...

The federal case against Bassett heats up as Alderman Jerry Harris appears before the grand jury. And Dr. Zhang makes one final gambit. Mentioned in this episode: Contains adult language and situations. Please, be advised. https://www.nakedpodium.com https://www.nakedpodium.com

James gets another look at the warehouse while the investigation into Bassett heats up. Mentioned in this episode: https://www.nakedpodium.com Contains adult language and situations. Please, be advised.

Sharon sneaks into the warehouse on her own to search for her mother and discovers a strange room. Meanwhile, James Dysart finds himself surrounded by reporters asking questions as the story breaks in another paper. And a team of reporters at the Tribune piece together the next story of the century as they learn more about Dr. Hodges, Richard Bassett, and their activities. Mentioned in this episod...

Sharon disappears after their night together. James goes in search of her, but she isn't home. Instead, he seeks out an old friend, a priest, who happens to be in a bar, enjoying his Wednesday night singing Irish traditionals under the influence of Irish whiskey. James tells him a story as he figures out his next moves. Mentioned in this episode: https://www.nakedpodium.com Contains adult language...

James stumbles back home, only to find someone waiting for him. Richard Bassett will take him to the warehouse to witness the incredible things they have done, where he will witness the dawn of a new age in medicine, but only if he takes the bargain he is offered. Mentioned in this episode: Contains adult language and situations. Please, be advised. https://www.nakedpodium.com

James and Sharon stakeout a warehouse. James tells her a story of some rather unethical behavior with an alderman's wife. They spy a truck leaving the grounds. But the logo on the truck makes then more curious about what's in the warehouse than what's in the truck. Mentioned in this episode: Contains adult language and situations. Please, be advised. https://www.nakedpodium.com

James and Sharon take stock of their investigation, when James has an idea. As they dig deeper into the activities of Dr. Hodges before he went missing, they stumble on an address in an invoice that leads them to a warehouse in the South Side of Chicago. Mentioned in this episode: https://www.nakedpodium.com Contains adult language and situations. Please, be advised.

James Dysart visits the labs at Northwestern to interview Dr. Hodges' old advisor. Sharon tags along and keeps an old blind man busy while James investigates a house full of rats and a lot of scientific equipment. Some big boys chase them through the streets of Evanston. Mentioned in this episode: https://www.nakedpodium.com

Tribune staff reporter James Dysart does not great his new intern, Sharon Hodges, with welcome arms. He would prefer to be left alone. She shows him Chicago, Harley-style, and almost gets him killed in the process. Yet something about this young woman intrigues him, not the least of which is her dark past. Mentioned in this episode: https://www.nakedpodium.com

A girl of seventeen attends her father's funeral without a corpse. Death in absentia, they call it. She recalls the day he went missing. The violent storm. The blood on the boat.

Sharon Hodges wants to find her father. Tribune reporter James Dysart wants a story. Together, they set out to find the truth behind her father's disappearance. But some truths are better left buried. Mentioned in this episode: To learn more about this podcast and the team behind it, visit us at https://www.nakedpodium.com. Or follow us on Facebook. A Naked Podium podcast A Naked Podium podcast, a...