Season Two Of The Sunshine Place Premieres; In The Room W/ Peter Bergen On Election Trust

Frank Racioppi
Ear Worthy
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4 min readNov 1, 2024

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Today, we have two podcasts that shine the light on two disparate nooks of our society. The Sunshine Place investigates a tough-love teen rehab called Straight Incorporated. Then, journalist extraordinaire Peter Bergen restores our faith in election integrity with one Michigan clerk who is on a mission to restore the trust that’s been lost.

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Audacy Podcasts, in partnership with Team Downey and Wink Pictures, have announced the launch of the second season of the award-winning investigative documentary podcast series The Sunshine Place.

Season Two of The Sunshine Place tells the story of Straight Incorporated, unconventional and tough-love teen rehab that preyed on the fear of parents and the vulnerability of their children and spawned the troubled teen industry we know today. Synanon, the subject of Season One, is widely considered to be the original influence for Straight Inc. and for other rehab programs that employed similar tactics and behavior modification techniques.

The Sunshine Place Season Two is Executive Produced by Robert Downey Jr., Susan Downey, and Emily Barclay Ford for Team Downey, together with Josh McLaughlin for Wink Pictures, and Maddy Sprung-Keyser, Jenna Weiss-Berman, and Leah Reis-Dennis for Audacy Podcasts.

The Sunshine Place Season Two launched with the first two episodes on October 30…

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Frank Racioppi
Frank Racioppi

Written by Frank Racioppi

I am a South Jersey-based writer who manages Podcast Reports on Blogger and have a book available on Amazon about podcasts and podcasting called “Ear Worthy.”

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