Episodios

  • Kidnapped Elizabeth Smart (2026)

    Kidnapped Elizabeth Smart (2026)
    Mar 14 2026
    In this episode, Kelsey and Gen discuss the Netflix 2026 documentary Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart that revisits the 2002 abduction of Elizabeth Smart from her home in Salt Lake City and the nine months she spent in captivity before being recovered alive. Drawing on Elizabeth’s accounts, new interviews, news coverage from the time, and law-enforcement records, the documentary examines how the case quickly became a national media story and how early assumptions shaped both public perception and investigative priorities. Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart details a series of misjudgments by law enforcement and focuses on the efforts and experiences of Elizabeth’s family, who continued to push the search forward when progress stalled. Rather than retelling the crime itself, the documentary examines how the case was handled, how it was reported, and how those choices affected both the investigation and the public response.  Next up: We're covering Trainwreck: The Devil is Busy, streaming on HBO Max. Send us an email or a voice message to ⁠⁠⁠⁠theydidwhat@podcastica.com⁠⁠⁠⁠, connect with us on Podcastica’s discord at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/hUW632B9PB⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or look out for our episode comment posts on ⁠⁠⁠⁠facebook.com/groups/podcastica⁠⁠⁠⁠ or on Instagram ⁠https://www.instagram.com/tdw.podcast/⁠. We'd love to hear from you! Waiting for our next episode? Leave us a rating or review wherever you get your podcasts and help more people find us to join the fun! Then explore other great shows in the Podcastica network at ⁠⁠⁠⁠podcastica.com⁠⁠⁠⁠! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    55 m
  • Milano Cortina 2026 (Part 2)

    Milano Cortina 2026 (Part 2)
    Feb 26 2026
    Kelsey and Gen have gone fully rogue — no documentary this week, just pure Olympic chaos. From a wolf dog crashing the cross-country course to record-breaking medal counts, overtime hockey heartbreak (and triumph), Michaela Shiffrin’s redemption arc, and Alysa Liu’s joyful return to the top of figure skating, this is our wrap-up of Milano-Cortina 2026. Records fell. Tears flowed. Espresso martinis were consumed. We regret nothing. Next up: (For real this time) Kidnapped Elizabeth Smart, streaming on Netflix Send us an email or a voice message to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theydidwhat@podcastica.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, connect with us on Podcastica’s discord at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/hUW632B9PB⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or look out for our episode comment posts on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠facebook.com/groups/podcastica⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/tdw.podcast/⁠⁠⁠. We'd love to hear from you! Waiting for our next episode? Leave us a rating or review wherever you get your podcasts and help more people find us to join the fun! Then explore other great shows in the Podcastica network at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠podcastica.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    59 m
  • Qualified (2026) and Milano Cortina

    Qualified (2026) and Milano Cortina
    Feb 17 2026
    This week, Qualified gives Kelsey and Gen the perfect excuse to talk Winter Olympics. The short doc follows eight women battling for four spots on the 2026 U.S. Olympic moguls team, offering a quick but compelling look at camaraderie, pressure, and what it takes to qualify for the biggest stage in winter sports. From there? All bets are off. They unpack Milano Cortina’s biggest moments so far: surprise podiums, comeback crashes, lots of medals, snow art, curling controversy, and of course THAT post-race interview. Next up: Kidnapped Elizabeth Smart, streaming on Netflix Send us an email or a voice message to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theydidwhat@podcastica.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, connect with us on Podcastica’s discord at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/hUW632B9PB⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or look out for our episode comment posts on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠facebook.com/groups/podcastica⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/tdw.podcast/⁠⁠⁠. We'd love to hear from you! Waiting for our next episode? Leave us a rating or review wherever you get your podcasts and help more people find us to join the fun! Then explore other great shows in the Podcastica network at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠podcastica.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Mentioned: “The war dead pictured on banned Ukrainian athlete's helmet“ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnv63q1vpv1o Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h y 14 m
  • Surviving Ohio State (2025)

    Surviving Ohio State (2025)
    Feb 9 2026
    In this episode, Kelsey and Gen get dark and personal discussing Surviving Ohio State, the HBO Max documentary directed by Eva Orner, in conjunction with writer/producer Jon Wertheim, writer of the 2020 Sports Illustrated article that this documentary is based on. Surviving Ohio State looks at the decades-long abuse scandal surrounding Ohio State University and team doctor Richard Strauss, and the athletes who were ignored when they tried to speak up. Through survivor testimony, investigative reporting, and institutional records, the documentary traces how complaints were buried, reputations were protected, and harm was allowed to continue. Next up: We're covering Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart, streaming on Netflix. Send us an email or a voice message to ⁠⁠⁠theydidwhat@podcastica.com⁠⁠⁠, connect with us on Podcastica’s discord at ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/hUW632B9PB⁠⁠⁠⁠, or look out for our episode comment posts on ⁠⁠⁠facebook.com/groups/podcastica⁠⁠⁠ or on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tdw.podcast/. We'd love to hear from you! Waiting for our next episode? Leave us a rating or review wherever you get your podcasts and help more people find us to join the fun! Then explore other great shows in the Podcastica network at ⁠⁠⁠podcastica.com⁠⁠⁠! Mentioned: 'Why Aren't More People Talking About the Ohio State Sex Abuse Scandel?' by Jon Wertheim for Sports Illustrated https://www.si.com/college/2020/10/05/ohio-state-sex-abuse-daily-cover Lex Wexner Subpoenaed in Ohio State Strauss Abuse Case https://www.ideastream.org/2026-01-13/judge-clears-way-for-les-wexner-to-be-subpoenaed-in-strauss-abuse-case Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penn_State_child_sex_abuse_scandal⁠⁠⁠ Larry Nasser sexual abuse scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Nassar Survivors of Ohio State https://survivorsofosu.com/ Where Are They Now? Dan Ritchie https://myfox28columbus.com/news/local/survivors-react-to-osu-ohio-state-university-sexual-abuse-hbo-documentary-while-attorneys-hear-update-on-lawsuits-dr-richard-strauss Mike Schyck https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-schyck-a798b0230/ Mark Coleman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Coleman Adam DiSabato https://www.instagram.com/adam_disabato/?hl=en Michael DiSabato https://www.facebook.com/michael.disabato/ Will Knight https://www.instagram.com/williknight/?hl=en Al Novakowski https://moviedelic.com/al-novakowski/ Rocky Ratliff https://www.wmfd.com/article/marion-attorney-shares-survivor's-story-in-hbo-documentary-'surviving-ohio-state'/20796 Steve Snyder-Hill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Snyder-Hill Fred Feeney https://www.facebook.com/frederick.feeney Jim Jordan https://www.ms.now/opinion/msnbc-opinion/ohio-state-wrestling-richard-strauss-jim-jordan-rcna214849 Russ Hellickson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Hellickson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h y 36 m
  • We Beat the Dream Team (2025)

    We Beat the Dream Team (2025)
    Dec 25 2025
    In this episode, Kelsey and Gen take on We Beat the Dream Team, highlighting a 1992 scrimmage where a group of “college players” beat the most famous basketball team ever assembled. These were the same players who would have gone to the Olympics if not for the rule change allowing NBA players to compete. Are there unexpected personal connections? Yes. Is there gratuitous side-eye? Also yes. Next up: We're going to take a little break for the holidays and see you guys in the New Year! Send us an email or a voice message to ⁠⁠theydidwhat@podcastica.com⁠⁠, connect with us on Podcastica’s discord at ⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/hUW632B9PB⁠⁠⁠, or look out for our episode comment posts on ⁠⁠facebook.com/groups/podcastica⁠⁠. We'd love to hear from you! Waiting for our next episode? Leave us a rating or review wherever you get your podcasts and help more people find us to join the fun! Then explore other great shows in the Podcastica network at ⁠⁠podcastica.com⁠⁠! Mentioned: ‘We Beat the Dream Team’ review by Stephen Silver ⁠⁠https://stephensilver.substack.com/p/we-beat-the-dream-team-is-a-delightful⁠ HBO’s “We Beat the Dream Team” Recounts One of Basketball’s Most Improbable Upsets by Mike Hall⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.usab.com/news/2025/02/hbos-we-beat-the-dream-team-recounts-one-of-basketballs-most-improbable-upsets⁠⁠ Where Are They Now? Chuck Daly ⁠⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Daly⁠⁠ Mike Krzyzewski ⁠⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Krzyzewski⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h y 17 m
  • Predators (2025)

    Predators (2025)
    Dec 19 2025
    Kelsey and Gen discuss Predators, directed by David Osit, released December 8th 2025 on Paramount+, as a product of MTV Entertainment, and revisits the cultural phenomenon of To Catch a Predator, the early-2000s Dateline NBC series that set out to publicly expose men seeking sexual contact with minors online. Using archival footage, behind-the-scenes material, and interviews with people involved on all sides, including Chris Hansen himself, Predators poses questions about accountability, spectacle, and the human cost of turning crime into content. Next up: “We Beat The Dream Team”, streaming on HBO Max Send us an email or a voice message to theydidwhat@podcastica.com, connect with us on Podcastica’s discord at https://discord.gg/hUW632B9PB, or look out for our episode comment posts on facebook.com/groups/podcastica. We'd love to hear from you! Waiting for our next episode? Leave us a rating or review wherever you get your podcasts and help more people find us to join the fun! Then explore other great shows in the Podcastica network at podcastica.com! Mentioned: IndieWire interview with David Osit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uI21Vvu7X1w NBC News article on Bill Conradt’s suicide https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna15592444 Roblox controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_safety_on_Roblox Chris Hansen’s Roblox controversy coverage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_safety_on_Roblox Charges dropped in internet sex-sting cases - Murphy, TX https://web.archive.org/web/20070609144452/http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/060707dnmetsexsting.36ff8b8.html Where Are They Now? Chris Hansen https://www.instagram.com/officialchrishansen?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw== https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/have-a-seat-with-chris-hansen/id1543252280 https://open.spotify.com/show/6ia78zSNRXH9n35pd4yNYf?si=336a23236f674268 Skeeter Jean https://www.youtube.com/@therealskeeterjean https://www.instagram.com/therealskeeterjean?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw== Support Resources: National Center for Exploited and Missing Children https://ncmec.org/theissues/trafficking US Dept of Justice - Criminal Division - Citizen's Guide To U.S. Federal Child Exploitation And Obscenity Laws https://www.justice.gov/criminal/criminal-ceos/citizens-guide-us-federal-child-exploitation-and-obscenity-laws International Protection Alliance - Stop Online Predators https://protectall.org/what-we-do-to-stop-online-exploitation/prevention/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h y 44 m
  • Long Shot (2017)

    Long Shot (2017)
    Dec 12 2025
    Kelsey and Gen discuss Long Shot, released in 2017 and directed by Jacob LaMendola, tells the story of Juan Catalan, a Los Angeles man wrongfully accused of murder and facing a possible life sentence for a crime he did not commit. His salvation ultimately comes from a rather unexpected source: background footage captured during the filming of the HBO show Curb Your Enthusiasm. The documentary walks through how easily Catalan is swept into the criminal justice system, how thin the evidence against him actually is, and how close he comes to being convicted before a fluke of timing, geography, and television production intervenes, raising uncomfortable question about how much luck is involved in proving our innocence on any given day. Next up: “Predators”, streaming on Paramount+ as of December 8th. Send us an email or a voice message to theydidwhat@podcastica.com, connect with us on Podcastica’s discord, or look out for our episode comment posts on facebook.com/groups/podcastica. We'd love to hear from you! Waiting for our next episode? Leave us a rating or review wherever you get your podcasts and help more people find us to join the fun! Then explore other great shows in the Podcastica network at podcastica.com! Mentioned: Beating the (false) Rap: Life After Netflix’s Long Shot https://lamag.com/news/long-shot/ 60 Minutes Australia interview with Juan Catalan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V5Cj8d43Yw&t=6s ⁠How Curb Your Enthusiasm Saved an Innocent Man from Jail https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od2XbwqLupQ Wrongful Conviction with Jason Flom https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wrongful-conviction/id1151670380 Where Are They Now? Juan Catalan https://www.instagram.com/onlyjuanwaytothetop31?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw== Todd Melnick https://www.instagram.com/toddmelnik?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw== Beth Silverman https://lacounty.gov/2025/07/14/samuel-haskell-jr-charged-with-2023-murders-of-wife-in-laws-dies-by-suicide-before-court-hearing/ Support Resources: Innocence Project ⁠https://innocenceproject.org/⁠ Exoneration Project https://www.exonerationproject.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h y 16 m
  • The Alabama Solution (2025)

    The Alabama Solution (2025)
    Dec 3 2025
    Kelsey and Gen take on HBO’s The Alabama Solution, a documentary that drags the Alabama prison system out of the shadows and into full, brutal light. Through hidden cell-phone footage, inmate testimonies, and interviews captured at enormous personal risk, the film exposes violence, corruption, and conditions that defy any notion of rehabilitation. They break down the men who spoke up, the failures of the system around them, and the human cost the state would rather you never see, but it’s impossible to unsee once you have. Next up: "The Long Shot" on Netflix, a short 40 minute Netflix doc from 2017 about a man wrongly accused of murder and exonerated via footage from the TV show Curb Your Enthusiasm. Send us an email or a voice message to ⁠theydidwhat@podcastica.com⁠,or look out for our episode comment posts on ⁠facebook.com/groups/podcastica⁠. We'd love to hear from you! Waiting for our next episode? Leave us a rating or review wherever you get your podcasts and help more people find us to join the fun! Then explore other great shows in the Podcastica network at ⁠podcastica.com⁠! Mentioned: The Business with Kim Masters at KCRW interview with the filmmakers, Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte KaufmanApple Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-business/id73330606?i=1000735737607 Spotify Podcast https://open.spotify.com/episode/5OFaujqzWadpJujV5fUc1D?si=vikI80tMQfu5BphQVOLBXw Alabama Reflector article https://alabamareflector.com/2025/09/04/analysis-says-alabama-department-of-corrections-received-5-billion-in-state-funding-in-five-years/ https://alabamaappleseed.org/news/alabama-department-of-corrections-5-billion-in-spending-in-five-years/ Where Are They Now? Robert Earl Council (Kinetik) https://thecinemaholic.com/the-alabama-solution/ https://www.thekinetikjusticeproject.com/ https://www.change.org/p/justice-for-robert-earl-council-reopen-his-case-now?utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=mobileNativeShare&utm_campaign=share_petition&recruited_by_id=e2cc3780-94f8-11f0-ab8e-0744652ddffc Melvin Ray https://moviedelic.com/melvin-ray/ https://thecinemaholic.com/the-alabama-solution/ Raoul Poole https://thecinemaholic.com/the-alabama-solution/ Sandy Ray https://abc3340.com/news/abc-3340-news-iteam/state-lawmaker-demands-firing-of-officer-after-documentary-exposes-prison-beating-death Roderick Gadson https://www.alreporter.com/2025/10/16/petition-calls-for-federal-investigation-into-killing-of-inmate-steven-davis/ Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_Ivey https://www.theplainsman.com/article/2019/02/blackface-racist-photos-among-those-in-pages-of-old-glomerata-yearbooks https://s3.amazonaws.com/snwceomedia/atp/c9c85d24-7aae-4f34-8770-5ba91627ffab.original.pdf Support Resources: Families for justice reform https://famm.org/ Civil liberties in prison https://www.aclu.org/issues/prisoners-rights/civil-liberties-prison Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h y 27 m