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Hosted by Jayson Blair · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 258 episodes
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Life has many layers. Whether it's true crime, the media spotlight, mental health, religion or any other part of a person’s journey, there are so many deeper truths underneath the surface. To truly understand them, you need to peel back those layers to find the depth, beauty, joy, suffering and struggles that become the silver linings. Join Jayson Blair each week for interesting conversations with interesting people from all walks of life. Artwork by Hannah Hill. https://www.instagram.com/serious_moonlite/?hl=en Production by Alyssa Miller. https://www.instagram.com/alyssarenee.co/?hl=en
Jayson Blair hosts The Silver Linings Handbook, a society show with 258 episodes published.
Jennifer Eskew picks up her story at the moment her career begins to accelerate. In Part 2, she walks us through the realities of undercover work in Virginia — the operations that shaped her, the risks she learned to man
Jennifer Eskew grew up in a small farming community in rural Virginia where violent crime was rare — until a 1968 shooting injured her mother, sister, and neighbors and set her on a lifelong path toward law enforcement.
In this episode, Dr. Paige Wilcoxson joins us to discuss what people often get wrong about forensic psychology, what it takes and costs, and what the work helps us understand about ourselves, criminal behavior, and the w
Aaron Habel, the host of the Generation Why podcast, joins me for our second and final conversation on his new podcast series, Framed, which explores the murder of Scott Macklem and the conviction of Fred Freeman, who ch
Aaron Habel, the host of the Generation Why podcast, joins me to discuss the murder of Scott Macklem and the conviction of Fred Freeman, who changed his name to Temujin Kensu. The case has been approached from many angle
In Part 2 of my conversation with former federal prosecutor Tad DiBiase, we dig into how investigators distinguish a missing‑persons case from a homicide, why the absence of evidence can be the most powerful clue, and ho
Tad DiBiase, a former federal homicide prosecutor, joins me to discuss his path to specializing in no-body homicide cases, how investigators recognize when a missing person may actually have been murdered, and the core c
Sadie Johnson spent three decades as a writer and editor in newspapers, magazines, and marketing. Storytelling comes naturally to her, and it’s the narrative of her family - and how it shaped who she became and refused t
Retired FBI profiler Julia Cowley, the host of The Consult, joins me to conclude our conversation on the disappearance of Ashley Loring HeavyRunner, a 20-year-old woman who disappeared in the mountains of the Blackfeet R
After a four-part series on The Consult podcast, the host, Julia Cowley, a retired FBI profiler, joins me to revisit the case of Ashley Loring HeavyRunner, a 20-year-old woman who disappeared in the mountains of the Blac
Why is change so hard? Victoria Grady, an organizational psychologist and expert in adult attachment theory, joins me to discuss the space in between, where you are letting go of one thing and grasping for something new.
Former Los Angeles Police Department Internal Affairs investigator Marlon Marrache and I continue our discussion on the role of those who police the police and the impact on officers on the street and communities on how
Marlon Marrache, a 24-year Los Angeles Police Department veteran who spent half that time investigating police misconduct, joins me to discuss how internal affairs is the first line of defense between a police department
Julie Barth is a mother, writer, trauma survivor and founder of a nonprofit that supports women-led households in crisis. She talks about raising a daughter with a rare genetic condition, losing her husband to cancer and
Emily Dufton joins me to talk about how the death of her high school friend after 15 years of escalating opioid use led her on a journey to uncover the origins of the American opioid crisis and our failure to treat patie
Geographic Profiler Doug MacGregor returns to conclude our conversation about the art and science of geographic profiling — and the blend of criminology, behavioral science, mapping technology and temporal data he uses t
I talk with Doug MacGregor about his background as a geographic profiler and the blend of criminology, behavioral science, mapping technology and temporal data he uses to help prioritize suspects in criminal investigatio
Bill Thomas and I conclude our conversation on the latest developments in the Colonial Parkways Murders. Bill walks us through the patterns, dead ends and new leads. Listen to part 1 of this series here. Listen to part 2
In this episode, Bill Thomas, the brother of Colonial Parkway murder victim Cathy Thomas, and I continue our discussion on the cases. We revisit how Alan Wade Wilmer Sr. became a major but mishandled suspect after the 19
In this episode, Bill Thomas, the brother of Colonial Parkways murder victim Cathy Thomas, and I examine the series of homicides that occurred in Virginia between 1986 and 1989. The case began in 1986, when Bill’s sister
Marlon Marrache
retired LAPD Internal Affairs Investigator
2 appearances on this show
Julie Barth
Author, and Founder of the Colin James Barth Outreach · Colin James Barth Outreach
1 appearance on this show
Emily Dufton
Drug Historian
1 appearance on this show
Bill Thomas
Founder and Chairman at Minka · Bespin Global
4 appearances on this show
Ellie Taylor
President & CEO · Alabama Grocers Association
1 appearance on this show
Adriene Caldwell
Author of “Unbroken: Life outside the lines”
2 appearances on this show
Kim Campbell
Former Prime Minister of Canada · US Fighter Pilot
1 appearance on this show
Morgan Scafe
1 appearance on this show
Bryan Kohberger
1 appearance on this show
Amanda Erickson
Flourishing Homes and Families
1 appearance on this show
Andrew-Ryan Profaci
1 appearance on this show
Robert Peters
founder of Coursing Justice, Director of Institutional Response at GRACE
1 appearance on this show
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