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The Ryan family tree was fractured in the early 1970s. The patriarch of the family became Mike Ryan who expressed little interest in discussing family history, passing on only a short story about his father being Mayor of Massillon, Ohio, to his son, Scott. The story of Mayor Ryan was eventually passed on to Mike's grandson, Alexander J. Ryan, the author of Myth or Mayor: The Search For My Family's Legacy. With no family members to inquire about Mayor Ryan and no references of him on Google, the efficacy of Mayor Ryan remained ambiguous but unquestioned until the Summer of 2021. Myth or ...

State of North Carolina vs. Charles Ray Finch is a story that takes us back to the Civil Rights Era American South, a tale formed in the cauldron of racial tensions in rural North Carolina that erupts when a white country store owner is gunned down in a robbery.  

State of Florida vs. Krishna Maharaj is an investigative journey that spans 30 years in the American justice system, beginning when a British-Trinidadian businessman was arrested for a grisly double murder in 1980s Miami. 

VOLLMANNIA is a show about the books of William Tanner Vollmann, with hosts Ryan Alexander & Jordan Rothacker. Episodes feature substantive conversations with guests about each work in Vollmann's bibliography.

The Black Movie Podcast, where we celebrate black culture through its cinema by reviewing and discussing black-led films from a range of different genres and time-periods. Hosts: James Alexander, Andre' Barbour, Lauren Budde & Ryan Henyard