Missing and Murdered (podcast)

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Missing and Murdered is a true crime podcast investigating the disappearances of Indigenous people in Canada, also known as the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women crisis. It is produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and hosted by Cree journalist Connie Walker (Okanese First Nation{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/aboriginal/meet-our-team-connie-walker-1.2449140|title=Meet our team: Connie Walker|author=Duncan McCue|date=2013-12-04|accessdate=2014-04-04|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131210112606/http://www.cbc.ca/news/aboriginal/meet-our-team-connie-walker-1.2449140|archivedate=2013-12-10|url-status=live|publisher=CBC News}}{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/connect/2009/10/meet-connie-walker.html|title=Meet Connie Walker|date=2009-10-26|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100214143254/http://www.cbc.ca/connect/2009/10/meet-connie-walker.html|archivedate=2010-02-14|url-status=dead|publisher=CBC News}}).{{Cite web |date=September 21, 2022 |title=From Serial to In the Dark: the true crime podcasts that changed their subjects' lives |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/sep/20/serial-true-crime-podcasts-adnan-syed |access-date=January 15, 2023 |website=the Guardian |language=en|quote=Missing and Murdered is another show in the rare and elusive non-exploitative true crime podcast genre, investigating disappearances of Indigenous people in Canada. In its second season, Finding Cleo...}}

The show won Best Serialized Story at the 2018 Third Coast International Audio Festival{{Cite web |title=Missing and Murdered: Finding Cleo |url=https://www.thirdcoastfestival.org/feature/missing-and-murdered-finding-cleo |access-date=January 15, 2023 |website=www.thirdcoastfestival.org}} and Kari Paul wrote in The Guardian that the show is a "rare and elusive non-exploitative true crime podcast".

Overview

The podcast is produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation,{{Cite web |last=Quah |first=Nicholas |date=August 3, 2018 |title=The Biggest Questions Producers Ask Themselves While Making a True-Crime Podcast |url=https://www.vulture.com/2018/08/true-crime-podcast-producers-biggest-questions.html |access-date=January 15, 2023 |website=Vulture |language=en-us}} producer Marnie Luke,{{Cite web |title=Using true crime to teach Indigenous history: Reporter Connie Walker on 'Finding Cleo' |url=https://www.cjr.org/q_and_a/finding-cleo.php |access-date=January 15, 2023 |website=Columbia Journalism Review |language=en}} and hosted by Cree journalist Connie Walker (Okanese First Nation).{{Cite web |title=Missing, murdered, and marginalized: 7 true crime podcasts about Indigenous people |url=https://podsauce.com/articles/missing-murdered-and-marginalized-indigenous-true-crime-podcasts/ |access-date=January 15, 2023 |website=Podsauce |language=en-US}} Walker worked on the 8th Fire project, which led to the creation of section of the CBC specifically dedicated to coverage of Indigenous issues.{{Cite web |last=Steinert-Evoy |first=Sophia |date=February 6, 2019 |title=In Conversation with CBC's Connie Walker |url=https://podcastreview.org/interview/connie-walker/ |access-date=January 15, 2023 |website=Podcast Review |language=en-US}} The podcast has also discussed the Sixties Scoop.{{Cite magazine |last=Barcella |first=Laura |date=December 31, 2018 |title=Best True-Crime Podcasts of 2018 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/best-true-crime-podcasts-of-2018-773359/ |access-date=January 15, 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}

Seasons

=Season one: ''Missing and Murdered: Who Killed Alberta Williams?''=

Beginning in 2016, the eight-part first season examines the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women crisis in Canada though the lens of a specific case, the murder of Alberta Williams in 1989 along the Highway of Tears in British Columbia. The series was nominated for a Webby Award.{{cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/webby-nominees-2017-1.4054424 |title=Webby Awards: CBC's Missing & Murdered podcast, NFB's Seances vie for online prize |work=CBC News |df=mdy-all |access-date=2017-04-21 |language=en |archive-date=April 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407055620/http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/webby-nominees-2017-1.4054424 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Halushak |first1=Maureen |url=http://www.flare.com/culture/meet-the-woman-behind-a-new-must-listen-podcast-on-canadas-mmiw/ |title=Meet the Reporter Behind a New, Must-Listen Canadian Crime Podcast |date=2016-10-20 |publisher=Flare |df=mdy-all |access-date=2017-03-30 |language=en-US |archive-date=January 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109175953/http://www.flare.com/culture/meet-the-woman-behind-a-new-must-listen-podcast-on-canadas-mmiw/ |url-status=live }}

=Season two: ''Missing and Murdered: Finding Cleo''=

Airing in 2018, the second season investigates the disappearance of Cleopatra Semaganis Nicotine from the Little Pine First Nation in Saskatchewan, Canada.{{Cite web |last=Buckley |first=Elena Saavedra|date=January 2, 2019 |title=How Indigenous reporters are elevating true crime |url=https://www.hcn.org/issues/51.1/tribal-affairs-how-indigenous-reporters-are-elevating-true-crime |access-date=January 15, 2023 |website=www.hcn.org |language=en-us}} The United States Department of Justice has reported that Indigenous women are 10 times more likely to be murdered than the national average and that one out of three Indigenous women will be victims of sexual violence in their lifetime.{{Cite news |last=Lett |first=Phoebe |date=July 25, 2020 |title=True Crime Podcasts at the Intersection of Race |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/25/at-home/coronavirus-true-crime-podcasts-race.html |access-date=January 15, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}

=Season three: ''Missing and Murdered: True Consequences''=

In 2019 the podcast continued coverage of the MMIWG crisis and featured an interview with Cheyenne Antonio from the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women.{{cite web |url=http://trueconsequences.libsyn.com/missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women-and-girls-0 |title=True Consequences: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls |website=trueconsequences.libsyn.com |language=en |df=mdy-all |access-date=2019-12-24 |archive-date=December 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191224145225/http://trueconsequences.libsyn.com/missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women-and-girls-0 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Meet Our Staff |date=May 12, 2015 |url=https://www.csvanw.org/about-us/meet-our-staff/ |publisher=Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women |access-date=January 12, 2020 |archive-date=September 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190928133530/https://www.csvanw.org/about-us/meet-our-staff/ |url-status=live }}