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Introducing: Sounds Gay
June 22, 2023 · 35 minStitcher Studios brings you a new documentary series, Sounds Gay! We call it a "mixtape" because every episode is its own self-contained story, but with a unifying theme: exploring the intersection of music and queerness. Check out this…
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Ernie's Secret | E10 Exposed
August 24, 2022 · 38 minThe FBI’s abusive domestic surveillance is exposed and after years of keeping his identity as an informant secret, Bill Lawrence and Ernest must testify under oath about their relationship. How far will they go to protect each other and…
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Ernie's Secret | E9 The Assassination
August 17, 2022 · 42 minDr. King returns to Memphis on April 3 to make good on his promise to lead a non-violent march. But first he has to get the militants on board. Ernest is relaying dozens of tips from inside every meeting and negotiation. Eye-witnesses…
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Ernie's Secret | E8 The Invaders
August 10, 2022 · 37 minWe begin the story of Martin Luther King Jr.’s last eight days alive. A sanitation workers' strike brings King to Memphis - but by this time, March 1968, the movement is splintered. A homegrown Black Power group called the Invaders wants…
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Ernie's Secret | E7 Harm / No Harm?
August 3, 2022 · 40 minErnest was an informant, but just how much damage did he actually cause? To what extent do the sins of the government fall on one man’s shoulders? Two people look over their FBI records and what Ernest revealed about them and arrive at…
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Ernie's Secret | E6 Informants
July 27, 2022 · 39 minThe FBI launches a massive, illegal intelligence dragnet to gather information that could be used to disrupt, discredit and damage people and groups it deems a threat. A lot of people get caught up in providing information to the law…
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Ernie's Secret | E5 On The Front Lines
July 20, 2022 · 35 minBeing on the front lines was dangerous - especially for a Black man with a camera. But Ernest puts himself at the center of the action. It’s easy to make friends with the Northern “agitators” pouring into West Tennessee and feed the FBI’s…
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Ernie's Secret | E4 Fayette County
July 13, 2022 · 32 minErnest’s relationship with the FBI blossoms in 1961 in Fayette County, Tennessee where Black sharecroppers are kicked off their land just for trying to vote. FBI Special Agent Bill Lawrence and Ernest show up to help, but end up seeing…