In our final episode, law professor Maneka Sinha and criminology professor Nicholas Scurich join host Molly Hermann to talk about lessons learned from the series and how the criminal justice system can make forensic science more reliable.CSI O

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Introducing: Founding Son John Quincy Adams America

Apr 13th, 2023 3m 27s

Bob Crawford of The Avett Brothers explores the post-presidential legacy of America’s sixth president: John Quincy Adams. Though often only seen as a failed one-term president and the son of a Founding Father, Adams spent his final decades in C

CSI On Trial: Ep 7 - Arson Investigations

Apr 11th, 2023 40m 6s

Warning: This episode contains details of violence against children. New science in the 1990s advanced the understanding of how fires work, but it took years for substantive change to follow. That had a huge impact on those already sitting in

CSI On Trial: Ep 6-Shaken Baby Syndrome

Apr 4th, 2023 40m 40s

Warning: This episode contains details of violence against children. Shaken baby syndrome is a hypothesis that has been around for decades, rooted in the mechanics of whiplash. Medical academics, law enforcement, and prosecutors all agree tha

CSI On Trial: Ep 5 - Footwear Analysis

Mar 28th, 2023 41m 45s

Warning: This episode contains details of graphic violence and sexual assault against children. Before he was drafted into the NBA, Chris Paul experienced a tragic loss: the murder of his grandfather Nathaniel Jones. Five teenagers were ultima

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Introducing: Half-Hour History: Secrets of the Medieval World

Mar 28th, 2023 1m 43s

Join award-winning historian and Professor of History at Kean University, Dr. Christopher M. Bellitto, Ph.D. to explore some of the most powerful ideas, tensions, and political struggles that shaped the modern world in the new podcast Half-Hour

CSI On Trial: Ep 4 - Bloodstain Pattern Analysis

Mar 21st, 2023 41m 22s

Warning: This episode contains details of gun violence against children.The man who taught police departments around the country how to analyze bloodstain patterns went on to testify in one of the most famous cases of the 20th century: The OJ

CSI On Trial: Ep 3 - Firearms Analysis

Mar 14th, 2023 35m 45s

Warning: This episode contains details of gun violence. The gangster era of the 1920s led to breakthroughs in firearms used as evidence in criminal trials. But many studies now show that matching cartridge casings from a crime scene leaves roo

CSI On Trial: Ep 2-Bitemarks

Mar 7th, 2023 34m 56s

Warning: This episode contains details of graphic violence and sexual assault. Using bitemarks to investigate crimes dates back centuries to the Salem Witch Trials, but it became famous in the modern era during the prosecution of Ted Bundy. Bi

CSI On Trial: Ep 1 – The Flaws of Forensic Science

Mar 5th, 2023 33m 47s

Popular TV shows and high-profile televised trials have made forensic science famous…but what’s the science and history behind it? Host and filmmaker Molly Hermann traces the roots of these tools and the questions surrounding their accuracy.CS