The Silver Linings Handbook
Join Jayson Blair for this podcast of interesting conversations with interesting people. In these conversations that inspire, Jayson interviews newspapers, experts, creators and regular people on pressing issues of the day and interesting insights. Jayson is a former reporter whose work has been published in The New York Times, the Boston Globe, The Washington Post, the Washington Times and other publications. He is a frequent guest on television, radio and other podcasts, where he discusses motivation, psychology, mental health and the media. His areas of focus include true crime, society and culture, mental health, leadership, the arts and underrepresented communities. At The Times, Jayson was responsible for a fabrication and plagiarism scandal that led to his resignation. Those events led to his own mental health journey, a rebirth as a mental health coach and business owner and this podcast.
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126. The Wrongful Conviction of Pablo Velez Jr. with Lisa Brat Martinez, Part 2 of 2
We return to our conversation with Lisa Brat Martinez, the advocate for Pablo Velez Jr., whose murder conviction is the most egregious case of wrongful conviction that I have ever seen. This is Part 2 of Pablo and Lisa's story where we dive more into the case, the things about our justice system that makes it difficult
125. The Wrongful Conviction of Pablo Velez Jr. with Lisa Brat Martinez, Part 1 of 2
Lisa Brat Marteniz, an advocate for Pablo Velez Jr., was sitting in her bathroom with a bottle of pills and did not want to live anymore. That's when she heard her phone ding. Soon, she was reading about Pablo Velez Jr., a man who was undoubtedly wrongfully convicted. They struck up a friendship and she began crusading
Sabrina Schnoor was a mom, a graduate of a high school in Owatonna, Minnesota and the kind of young woman who still loved to go fishing with her grandpa. On May 30, 2023, Sabrina agreed to meet her ex-boyfriend, Jason Horner, at his request for closure after they had recently broken up. When Sabrina did not return home
123. Murder on Campus: The Unsolved Death of Ginger Olson with Brian and Cameron Santana
On a Sunday morning in April 1973, a 19-year-old drama major at the University of North Carolina, Asheville got dressed and left her dorm to walk the trails to the Biltmore botanical gardens to study in quiet and beauty as she liked to do on most weekends. Hours later, two teenagers stumbled onto the scene of her bruta
Ken Kunken experienced near-total paralysis from the shoulders down while playing football at Cornell University. Ken went on to become one of the most celebrated prosecutors in the Nassau County, New York District Attorney's Office. In this episode, we discuss Ken's journey of resilience and learning to thrive with a
A revolution is occurring in using DNA analysis and forensic genetic genealogy to solve cases. David Mittelman, the co-founder of Othram Labs, and a pioneer in this work, joins to discuss recent cases his team has been involved in, the latest advances and more. To listen to David's wife and co-founder, Kristen Mittelma
