Three Ear Worthy Podcasts: California Corruption; The Bright Side; Murder Homes

This week’s iHeart gems are indeed a motley crew, but all three are entertaining, informative, and, in the case of the last one, deeply troubling. I will also note that, after reading this article, if you search for the Fallen Angels podcast, please know that there is a podcast called Fallen Angel. That podcast is about the secrets of the Victoria’s Secret models, which actually sounds intriguing.

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First, we have Fallen Angels: A Story of California Corruption, which premiered last week, this new journalistic thriller delves into the shadows of sunny L.A. Every Thursday, “L.A. Times” investigative reporter Paul Pringle goes deeper and deeper into the intermingled world of power and privilege.

I love this concept because investigative reporters haven’t been a thing since Woodward and Bernstein. In addition, ever since some politicians started calling the media fake news every time reporters caught them in a lie, investigative journalists have dropped below car salespeople and Big Pharma in respectability.

The engaging aspect of this podcast is that Pringle doesn’t simply narrate this story. As Paul Pringle and his team of reporting colleagues, who joined forces in secret from their bosses, investigate the story, they meet obstacles and stonewalling at every turn — from USC, from the city, and more troubling still, from their own organization.