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Podcast: The Cross Cut
Episode: The Release of Adnan Syed / If Beale Street Could Talk
Description: Hey! You like podcasts, right? Have you heard of a little podcast called Serial??? Yeah you have, and today we are getting into the conversation about the release of the protagonist of that very popular podcast, Adnan Syed. After over 20 years in prison, he was released after the prosecution determined they could no longer stand by the evidence of their original case.
To understand what this means, we take a look at both the history of the case, the multiple documentary projects that reported on it, and the 2018 Barry Jenkins film If Beale Street Could Talk. Based...