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Podcast: The Parting Shot with H. Alan Scott
Episode: Oscar-winner Octavia Spencer on How This Season of âTruth Be Toldâ is âOur Bestâ
Description: It isnât every day you get to speak with an Oscar winner, but today is your lucky day. Octavia Spencer joined Newsweekâs H. Alan Scott on the latest episode to talk about her hit Apple TV+ series âTruth Be Told,â where she keeps her Oscar, and so much more. She said playing Poppy Scoville-Parnell, a true-crime podcaster out to solve crimes on Truth Be Told (January 20 on Apple TV+), was always in the cards for Octavia Spencer. âI've had this affinity for true-crime and investigative journalism. So it was just a natural progression.â Now in its third season, Spence...