9 episodes
Racket iHeartPodcasts
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- True Crime
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4.4 • 18 Ratings
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Racket: Inside the Gold Club, gives you unprecedented access to the notorious Atlanta strip club, known in its heyday as a bacchanal to the biggest names in sports and entertainment. But in 1999, the debauchery came crashing down after the club was raided by the FBI and slammed with a daunting racketeering indictment. Racket takes you on a salacious, character-driven romp to find out what took the Gold Club from champagne rooms to the courtroom.
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God's Club
What’s the verdict? Let's go to church.
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War Trial
The Gold Club defendants are paranoid as their fellow employees take the stand, while the courtroom gets a lifetime supply of blow job testimony from celebrities. Who said jury duty was boring?
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Tantrums and Torture
The trial starts with a bang and a legendary table dance by an inconceivable presenter… where do we have to go from here? As the jury would find out - with the courtroom antics, unforgettable witnesses and non-stop drama - very far.
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The Siren's Call
The Gold Club defendants are an emotional wreck. Turns out, when it comes to saving your own ass, sometimes your best friends become your worst enemies... Particularly when federal prison is on the line.
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The Magnificent Seven
Once you get past charges of prostitution, credit card fraud, and mob ties, all that’s left is… a laundry list of even more scandalous charges against the Gold Club. Yikes! The Gold Club’s owner Steve Kaplan hires a powerhouse team of prominent, though eccentric, criminal defense lawyers to defend him, his employees, and his infamous club.
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Dirty Money
Champagne escapades, sexual favors and now the mob?? The Sopranos may have been a hit, but this is real life. Prosecutor Art Leach breaks down the charges against the Gold Club and explains how the club’s money was funneled up the ranks of none other than... the Italian mafia.
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Customer Reviews
Great Podcast but annoying background music
The story is very interesting! But the buzzing background music is SO annoying and makes it almost unbearable at times.
Compelling story, but not a balanced or critical analysis
The content is compelling and well produced. Though salacious, the story that is told is certainly an interesting one!
However, as compelling as the narrator is, I find her vocal fry to be a tad bit distracting, and is not to my personal taste as a listener. At times, the music and sound effects can be excessive.
My biggest wish is that the podcast would have included more perspectives from the side of the prosecution or from independent, non-involved actors, and that they would have been more willing to ask their interviewees tough questions. Many defense attorneys, and even defendants themselves are interviewed, yet there is a lack of critical analysis of the stories that these individuals are telling, painting the episodes more like a tale from the perspective of the defense rather than an objective, critical take on the case. This is especially evident with the inclusion of many anecdotes from Ms. Bush (a defendant) with little to no questioning of the story Ms. Bush tells. I find myself wanting to learn more about whether Ms. Bush's character was truly as fantastic as the podcast makes it out to be, but sadly, the podcast does not provide those answers.