Ergebnis für "Killing Time" in Politik & Sozialwissenschaften

In 1984, John Thompson was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of a prominent white man in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was sent to Angola Prison and confined to his cell for 23 hours a day. However, Thompson adamantly proclaimed his innocence and just needed lawyers who believed that his trial had been mishandled and would step up to the plate against the powerful DA’s office. But who would fight for Thompson’s innocence when he didn’t have an alibi for the night of the murder and there were two key witnesses to confirm his guilt?

Meet Tim Smith, your not-so-average small town private eye from upstate New York. Author Donald Westlake, the mastermind behind the gripping Parker novels, introduces this unique character who shares a friendly bond with the citys high flyers, including the City Council and the Mayor. But Smiths relations arent just about camaraderie - hes sitting on a treasure trove of their darkest secrets, not that he has any intention of exposing them. However, when an assassination attempt shakes him up, Smith grows suspicious that his friends are threatened by the forthcoming political clean-up crew, ...

Navigating this modern world as a man is tricky, confusing, and often dangerous. Possibly more dangerous than ever. Prisons are packed to the rafters with men. Men provide nearly all the income for criminal and civil courts. Homeless camps are filled with lost, hopeless, and hollow men.

Almost every day it seems that our world becomes more fractured, more digital, and more chaotic. Sheila Liming has the answer: we need to hang out more. Starting with the assumption that play is to children as hanging out is to adults, Liming makes a brilliant case for the necessity of unstructured social time as a key element of our cultural vitality. The book asks questions like what is hanging out? why is it important? why do we do it? how do we do it? and examines the various ways we hang out-in groups, online, at parties, at work.

Welcome to Killing Time, the podcast that investigates the darkest moments in our past to shine a light on wider histories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our series debut is based on the disappearance and murder of wealthy Connecticut mother of five Jennifer Farber Dulos. Jennifer’s parents were well known in New York City’s philanthropic circles and her aunt and uncle created the Liz Claiborne fashion empire. She turned down a promising writing career in Hollywood and Broadway to marry a Connecticut luxury home builder and raise a family. The shocking case is still making headlines as Jennifer’s body has still not been found. Her estranged husband, Fotis Dulos, was considered the prime suspect in the case. Fotis’ alleged accomplices, ...

Join us as we assess the downfall of western civilization and dive into the good, the bad, and the ugly of various controversial movements, events, and people.