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Final Thoughts: Jerry Springer

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From Leon Neyfakh and Prologue Projects — the award-winning team behind Slow Burn, Fiasco, Think Twice: Michael Jackson, and Backfired — comes Final Thoughts: Jerry Springer.

You may think you know Jerry Springer—the iconic TV host who presided over America's most controversial daytime talk show for 27 years. In that time, Springer’s name became synonymous with outrageous guests, taboo confessions, and vicious on-stage fights. But before The Jerry Springer Show made him infamous all over the world, Springer was something else entirely: a respected Midwestern politician whom many saw as a future leader in the Democratic Party. So how did this serious-minded idealist with lofty political aspirations take such a turn in such a radically different direction?

Final Thoughts: Jerry Springer tells the fascinating story of a Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany who became the beloved mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio before morphing into a symbol of cultural decline. Through dozens of intimate and revealing interviews with those who knew Springer best—from his big sister to his early political aides to the producers who shaped his show—listeners will be transported into the world of this singular figure’s rise to notoriety, and his fascinating struggle to reconcile his status as “the king of trash TV” with his lifelong dream of returning to politics.

Final Thoughts examines timeless questions about ambition, compromise, and whether we can ever truly separate who we are from what we do for a living. Was Jerry Springer a principled would-be statesman who took a detour into the gutter, or did his show reveal something essential about his character – not to mention ours?

Final Thoughts was hosted and produced by Leon Neyfakh. The senior producer was Sam Lee. The editor was Diane Hodson. Sound design by Andrew Parsons. Producers were Katherine Sullivan and Arlene Arevalo, with additional production by Dustin DeSoto and Madeline Kaplan.

Archival research by Laura Coxson, with additional archival research by Francis Carr. Fact-checking by Maggie Duffy, with additional fact-checking by Madeline Kaplan. Theme song composed by Billy Libby. Audio mix by Erica Huang. Andrew Parsons is the executive producer at Prologue Projects.

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Well told, good production and a nice mix of clips. Was never a fan of the guy but it is an interesting story.

Just found this story interesting

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Interesting bio about Jerry Springer. Good listen, great background music. Hits facts without being too long or getting boring.

Jerry Springer's Story

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Having gone to school in the Midwest, I knew the story of Jerry Springer and his hidden talent as a canny politician and also as a pretty good guy--attested to by my boyfriend in college who caddied for Mr Springer. But I never thought about any of this in the context of how virtue signaling brought down the democratic party. He could have been a Trump candidate who left the world a better place, but us dems were too sanctimonious to ever allow that to happen. For anyone who wants to condemn Springer for his show--breads and circuses. If he hadn't done it, someone else would have. Maybe at least now we can acknowledge that understanding how to work the media is a feature, not a bug of the successful candidate.

already knew much of this but in the context of trump....mind blown.

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It filled in a lot of holes in his life's story. Being from the Cincinnati area made it interesting.

A different view of a complex person!

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I grew up with Jerry Springer as trash tv and that was it. I had no idea that there was more. Turns out there was so much more. This story is heartbreaking and beautifully human. It’s worth a listen even if you don’t like him

The Humanity of it all

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I think what I find most interesting is at the end. He feel bad for the guy. And I think the conclusions are right. He took a gig and it became his life and defined him and he was never able to escape it. Well, with the listen

This is actually really interesting

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It was very interesting to hear Jerry Springer was more than just the ring master to his crazy circus of a talk show. This audiobook shows his human side, his intelligence and talant. So take care of yourself and each other

More than just a talk show host

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learned alot about a conflicting man. I learned new things about a subject I thought I knew

interesting

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I just finished Final Thoughts and am stunned. Being a clinical social worker (here we go, Jerry Springer said I'll be judged by what I do), I could probably analyze what happened to Springer and make a darned good theory of it - but that would ruin the story. The pain of the tragedy, the puzzlement at Springer's decisions, the concern for the American and global civilizations ... all of it would have been lost had I dwelled upon a psychoanalysis. Most of all, I would have lost what Springer's story means to me, which is still to come. There is so much to process, it will take me some time to figure this one out. I would encourage listeners to think about who ultimately benefitted from Springer's decisions and their contributions to an environment in which stories about Springer, the show runners and producers, show participants and audience, political parties and their faithfuls, Springer's friends and family, and us listeners were made possible. What are the invisible forces at work that haunt our lives?

"Not Selling Out But Settling In"

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This was basically a documentary about Jerry Springer, including interviews with those that knew him and had worked with him during his career, and even though I knew who he was, I did not know anything about him. I thought this was very informative and entertaining. I highly recommend it.

Learned a lot of new things about Jerry Springer

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