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Podcast: The Parting Shot with H. Alan Scott
Episode: Crime Junkie’s Ashley Flowers' Passion for True Crime Lets Her ‘Give Back’
Description: For Ashley Flowers, host of the podcast ‘Crime Junkie,’ success was unforeseen. “I wasn’t expecting it to be what it is,” Flowers told Newsweek’s H. Alan Scott. And what it is, is the number one true crime podcast in the country. But if she had to pinpoint a reason, Flowers says it’s like “sitting down with their two best friends” (Flowers’ friend Brit Prawat co-hosts). Flowers views her work as a mission. “I’m like, the reason these people continue to get away with what they get away with is because nobody wants to talk about it.” The show’s success...