Watchdog Writers Group

Journalist Pamela Colloff and author Christopher Leonard talk about how conman Paul Skalnik’s fabricated jailhouse testimony landed a Kansas man on death row for four decades.

Pulitzer Prize finalist Shoshana Walter joins investigative journalist Christopher Leonard for a discussion of her new book about the country’s failed response to the opioid crisis, and the malfeasance, corruption, and snake oil that blight the drug rehabilitation industry.

Journalist and professor Caleb Gayle’s new book tells the story of Edward McCabe, who worked in the late 1800s to create a state within the Union governed by and for Black people. Gayle speaks with investigative journalist Christopher Leonard about McCabe’s life and vision, and, ultimately, his thwarted plans.