Uploaded January 2019 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
There is still a huge representation gap for POCs in audio. New York Public Radio’s Karen Frillmann and Veralyn Williams break down some of the challenges and what needs to happen next.
You’re watching a compilation of some of the main stage sessions from the 2018 Werk It Festival. Both the festival and the Werk It podcast are produced by WNYC Studios and are made possible by a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Event sponsors for Werk It 2018 include Spotify, Capterra, Stitcher, ART19, Pandora, Himalaya, and Yale School of Management. You can find more information at wnycstudios.org/shows/werkit
There is still a huge representation gap for POCs in audio. New York Public Radio’s Karen Frillmann and Veralyn Williams break down some of the challenges and what needs to happen next.
You’re watching a compilation of some of the main stage sessions from the 2018 Werk It Festival. Both the festival and the Werk It podcast are produced by WNYC Studios and are made possible by a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Event sponsors for Werk It 2018 include Spotify, Capterra, Stitcher, ART19, Pandora, Himalaya, and Yale School of Management. You can find more information at wnycstudios.org/shows/werkit
![Dead End: A New Jersey Political Murder Mystery [Podcast Trailer]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IM-r0Cc8Tjg/mqdefault.jpg "Dead End: A New Jersey Political Murder Mystery [Podcast Trailer]
Dead End: A New Jersey Political Murder Mystery is a seven-part investigative podcast series that delves into the unsolved killing of John and Joyce Sheridan. Its a story of crime and politics in the Garden State. The first episode out now.
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Hosted by WNYC Senior Reporter Nancy Solomon, Dead End tells the tale of the high-profile murders that had inexplicable oversights in the original investigation, shines a light on new evidence, and raises troubling questions about power dynamics and corruption at the highest levels in New Jersey politics.
On September 28, 2014, former New Jersey Transportation Commissioner John Sheridan was found dead along with his wife Joyce Sheridan in their home in Skillman, New Jersey. The couple were prominent Republican donors who had relationships with some of the most powerful people in the state, including former Governor Chris Christie. Both suffered multiple stab wounds and their house was set on fire. Although authorities initially declared it a murder-suicide, the Sheridans’ eldest son, Mark, is consumed with questions and doubt, and takes it upon himself to search for the truth – but encounters roadblocks at every turn.
Solomon – who has been covering New Jersey politics for over two decades – takes up Mark’s inquiry. Through interviews with former governors, attorneys general, police detectives and a prosecutor who helped take down the New Jersey mob, Dead End examines how the deaths of such a politically connected couple could be ignored by top law enforcement agencies and left unresolved.
Dead End is the debut production of the WNYC Studios Documentary Unit, a new initiative led by WNYC Studios Vice President Emily Botein, dedicated to producing ambitious, highly-produced non-fiction long-form audio works.
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