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All episodes are available for free, with remastered ad-free episodes available for Wondery+ subscribers.Debra Newell is a successful interior designer. She meets John Meehan, a handsome man who seems to check all the boxes: attentive, available, just back from a year in Iraq with Doctors Without Borders. But her family doesn’t like John, and they get entangled in an increasingly complex web of love, deception, forgiveness, denial, and ultimately, survival. Reported and hosted by Christopher Goffard from the L.A. Times.
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Introducing Dirty John

Introducing Dirty John

2017-09-1103:3910

A true story about seduction, deception, forgiveness, denial, and ultimately, survival. Reported and hosted by Christopher Goffard from the L.A. Times.
The Real Thing

The Real Thing

2017-10-0239:415

Debra Newell, an interior designer in Southern California, meets John Meehan on an over-50 dating site. His profile looks exciting: Anesthesiologist, divorced, Christian. She falls in love fast. But her children dislike him and warn her that his stories don’t add up. A psychologist advises Debra to set firmer boundaries with her kids, saying she has a right to be happy.
Newlyweds

Newlyweds

2017-10-0235:344

After an intruder appears in John and Debra’s livingroom, John insists that they install security cameras. Debra begins to wonder whether he is spying on her. Her nephew, Shad, looks into John’s background and confronts him with what he finds. Debra’s vision of an idyllic marriage is shattered when she discovers a stash of paperwork in John’s home office.
Filthy

Filthy

2017-10-0446:556

Debra grapples with the question, “Who did I marry?” The story of John’s mysterious past unfolds through the eyes of his sisters, his law-school housemate, his ex-wife, and an Ohio cop who hunted him. The origins of John’s nickname are revealed. Bed-ridden in an Orange County hospital, he pleads with Debra to take him back.
Forgiveness

Forgiveness

2017-10-0542:232

Debra is in hiding, living out of hotels and disguising herself with a wig. Debra fears she will meet the fate of her sister Cindi, who was killed by her husband as she tried to escape a bad marriage. John has explanations for the accusations against him. He weeps and apologizes. Three decades earlier, that had helped Cindi’s killer walk out of prison.
Escape

Escape

2017-10-0746:532

Episode 5: John finds a lawyer and plots to unleash a blizzard of lawsuits against his enemies, with the aim of proving to Debra that he is the victim, in case after case. The lawyer believes her life is in danger. As her painful isolation from her family deepens, she secretly plans her escape from the marriage.
Terra

Terra

2017-10-0840:423

Jacquelyn and Terra Newell suspect that John has been watching them. When Jacquelyn tells her mother that he is in town, her mother believes she is mistaken. Jacquelyn warns Terra to carry her pocket knife. But Terra is preoccupied by a country-music concert, and she is watching for the wrong car.
In the months since “Dirty John” was released, more of John Meehan’s victims have told their stories. Carolina Miranda from the LA Times interviews Christopher Goffard, Debra and Terra Newell, and John Meehan’s first wife. Plus, a panel on coercive control and a special live performance by Tracy Bonham. Recorded live at the Ace Theatre.
In the first of three special episodes about the making of the Bravo limited series "Dirty John," Christopher Goffard talks with actor Eric Bana about his portrayal of John Meehan and the parallels between actors and con men.“Dirty John” premieres on Bravo at 10 p.m. on Sunday, November 25. LA Times Studios is participating as a producer on the Bravo series. You can also find the original L.A. Times series, plus 14 other pieces of narrative journalism, in a new collection called “Dirty John and Other True Stories of Outlaws and Outsiders” by Christopher Goffard, published by Simon & Schuster.
In the second of three special episodes, Connie Britton (“Friday Night Lights,” “Nashville”) talks about playing Debra Newell in the new Bravo series, and why the story feels timely. Julia Garner and Juno Temple, who play Newell’s daughters, discuss how they came to inhabit their roles, and the show’s production designer and costume designer share details of how they helped create the characters’ worlds.“Dirty John” premieres on Bravo at 10 p.m. on Sunday, November 25. You can also find the original LA Times series, plus 14 other pieces of narrative journalism, in a new collection called “Dirty John and Other True Stories of Outlaws and Outsiders” by Christopher Goffard, published by Simon & Schuster.
In the last of three special episodes, Alexandra Cunningham, showrunner of the new Bravo series "Dirty John," offers insight into how she approached the writing of the show and its titular psychopath. Jeffrey Reiner, who directed all eight episodes, discusses the creative team’s ambition to transcend the conventions of a traditional thriller.
Introducing 'Foretold'

Introducing 'Foretold'

2023-05-1809:083

"Foretold" is the newest podcast from the L.A. Times, and we're sharing a preview of the first episode with you here today.In the fall of 2019, reporter Faith E. Pinho received a tip from a woman named Paulina Stevens. Paulina claimed she had grown up in an insular Romani community in California, where she was raised to be a wife, mother and fortuneteller — until she decided to break away. That first call unraveled a story spanning multiple continents, hundreds of years, and complex metaphysical realities.  Follow "Foretold" to hear new episodes every Tuesday.   
EPISODE 1: Minot

EPISODE 1: Minot

2024-01-1115:361

Following a wave of cyber attacks against the U.S., news anchor Maria Mason finds herself at the center of an escalating crisis where the International Space Station emerges as a strategic foothold. ‘SIGN OFF’ is a scripted, branded podcast from LA Times Studios paid for by Bleecker Street and LD Entertainment in support of the film ‘I.S.S.’ only in theaters January 19th.
EPISODE 2: Moscow

EPISODE 2: Moscow

2024-01-1114:102

Reporting dire news out of America and at home, Russian news anchor Viktor Antonov attempts to guide his audience through what may be the beginning of the end. Everywhere is a battlefield. ‘SIGN OFF’ is a branded podcast from LA Times Studios paid for by Bleecker Street and LD Entertainment in support of the film ‘I.S.S.’ only in theaters January 19th.
Comments (587)

Lisa Stone

Wow so judgmental we are here. This was a 12 yr old grown up in a society that bred women. what 12 yr old can make a adult decision. Are brains sent fully developed until our20's.

Jul 21st
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D.T.W.,ll

far out

Oct 22nd
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Victoria Bert

Why did this need to three short episodes. Absurd.

Oct 4th
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mohsen

Please bring the voice of Iranian people to the world #مهسا_امینی #MahsaAmini

Sep 25th
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꧁WupperElfe꧂

11year old Chad heard that his mom was killed by his dad - and one of the first things he allegedly said to his grandmother was "Abraham Lincoln didn't have a mom and look what he turned out to be"? Once you start listening to Arlene's stories, it gets clearer by the minute why Debra is the way she is... her daughters may be weird / arrogant but at least they seem to possess common sense and aren't as fixated on a man's approval as their mother is. Guess they can thank their nannies for that.

Sep 19th
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꧁WupperElfe꧂

Deb already had 4 divorces under her belt - and she marries this guy she barely knows, who is intent on driving a wedge between her and her family, right from the start?! How desperate for intercourse can you possibly be... I find it hard to muster up any pity, especially when I hear her fake laugh, sorry.

Sep 19th
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꧁WupperElfe꧂

The 24-year old daughter collects Birkin bags? That smells like sugar baby...

Sep 18th
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Andrea

I just can’t. This narrator needs nasal surgery.

Jul 13th
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Dee Smith

What’s with the Zombie 🧟‍♂️ Us she 9yrs old

May 12th
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Dee Smith

Her daughter sounds NQR Not Quite Right

May 12th
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Zoila A

I just can't with these two stupid women. One forgives her daughter's killer the other one's immaturity almost cost her child's life. Love, love, love. Shut the hell up. Christians 🙄give me a break. And all that stupid laughing ugh. Her daughter has to live with the trauma of killing someone. 🤬

Mar 3rd
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Megan

".....that's where things went wrong....." no sir! that's where things, finally and for once, went RIGHT. Very, very right.

Jan 3rd
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Leah

Congratulations to everyone in these comments on never having been the victim of coercive control! Here’s hoping you never end up with a guy like John, who is, you seem to have forgotten, the actual villain.

Dec 29th
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Leah

Congratulations to everyone in these comments on never having been the victim of coercive control! Here’s hoping you never end up with a guy like John, who is, you seem to have forgotten, the actual villain.

Dec 29th
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Jaime Casper

this is what happens when the only thing you truly are looking for is a handsome/pretty face 🤦🤷

Dec 10th
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Dre

She was brainwashed. This guy was a narcissist and he took advantage of a sweet person. For all those calling her an idiot, look up narcissistic abuse. Mmmk?!

Nov 11th
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Fleetwood McDuecen25

that airhead 4th married dolt deserves everything she got. What a loser.

Sep 15th
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Cindy Anderson

nno no nnoonknmn

Aug 3rd
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Андрей Трембич

P me .maybe tm km is a bit more than a lot of them 645ol llk you 90 6 6

Aug 1st
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Андрей Трембич

Thank 8m6 m

Aug 1st
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