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15/10/2025

The Violence, Drugs and Women at the Center of Model Wars

This is an episode of Inside the Tent, a podcast going behind the scenes of Campside’s award winning shows. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. On the surface, the modeling industry in the 80s was about parties and pretty clothes, but underneath the flash, there were drugs, sex, and violence. And Paul Fisher, a former straight-A student from the San Fernando Valley, rose to prominence amidst the turmoil. After a chance encounter with an alleged mobster, Paul suddenly found himself with a million dollars in funding and the chance to start a modeling agency in New York City. The city was then embroiled in a “model war” between industry titans Eileen Ford and John Casablancas, and Paul tried to make his mark. But even as Paul thrived in the party-heavy culture of the time, burning cash like a furnace, he came face to face with the darkest forces in the industry. Vanessa and Anthony start by giving credit to film producer Rachel Winter (Dallas Buyers Club) who brought Paul Fisher to Campside to tell his unbelievable story. Paul took the unusual step of truly opening up, telling wild stories about the modeling industry that make him look unsympathetic, to put it mildly. And they tackle this confounding question: how do you end up rooting for someone you definitely shouldn’t root for? It starts with the surprising number of people willing to participate in the show, who give a sense of all the sides of Fisher, for better or worse. And Vanessa discusses the goal of entertaining listeners without exploiting the characters in the story, many of whom were women preyed upon. They finish up by wondering who is the Paul Fisher of today, in the world of influencers. Listen to Inside the Tent on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. Email us with questions or comments: questions@campsidemedia.com. We hope to see you inside the tent again soon. Subscribe now for updates on all of Campside’s hit shows. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit join.campsidemedia.com

15/10/2025

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18 min
27/02/2025

The Terrifying Sounds of Run, Fool!

This is an episode of Inside the Tent, a podcast going behind the scenes of Campside’s award winning shows. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. Out of the terrifying mind of Rodney Barnes comes Run, Fool!, weekly tales guaranteed to make you scream. And while those tales start with Rodney’s incomparable voice, the monsters, demons and vampires are brought to life by Kevin’s sound design. Garrett and Kevin discuss the art and science of finding the right sound week after week and how making mix tapes as teenagers hinted at their work to come. Kevin admits he’s got a couple favorite episodes - including The Phantom Hitchhiker (which you can listen to ad free by joining the Run, Fool! community). You’ll hear references to Hitchcock, David Lynch and even Tom Waits, who said, “I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.” He might have been referencing Kevin’s work on this series! You can also read the origin story of Run, Fool! while imagining how a swarm of radioactive hornets might sound. So join us to hear a new breed of modern ghost story, and if you get too scared ... Run, Fool! Run, Fool! is a production from Ballen Studios, At-Will Media & Campside Media. Listen to Inside the Tent on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. And let us know what you think: questions@campsidemedia.com We hope to see you inside the tent again soon. Subscribe now for updates on all of Campside’s hit shows. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit join.campsidemedia.com

27/02/2025

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23 min
14/11/2025

Trust and Betrayal at the Heart of Chameleon

This is an episode of Inside the Tent, a podcast going behind the scenes of Campside’s award winning shows. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. It feels like everyone has an angle. Everywhere you turn, someone’s trying to scam you. Campside’s newest weekly series, Chameleon, takes you inside incredible, stranger-than-fiction stories about people pretending to be something, or someone, they aren’t. Josh and Jo go back to the beginning, to talk about Campside’s first-ever limited series podcast Chameleon: Hollywood Con Queen and how it gave rise to a franchise. Over multiple seasons, the Campside team learned there is an endless fascination with cons and frauds. Jo starts by wondering what drives someone to pretend to be something they’re not. It might be about money, sex and power. But Josh flags there’s not always a clear reason why. Still, listeners are sure to be fascinated by the scammer. And sympathize with the victim. Josh and Jo jump into the range of stories you’ll hear in the new weekly show. While today, it’s easier than ever to scam and be scammed, there are endless stories to be mined from the past. Sadly, of course, it starts with trust, a willingness to be betrayed. You’ll hear about fake Zombies - the band, not the undead - and a teenager who posed as a police officer. You’ll travel around the world and wonder why scammers and frauds - chameleons! - take these risks, often for very little upside. Josh even teases an update on Hollywood Con Queen, the story that launched the franchise five years ago. Listen to Inside the Tent on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. Email us with questions or comments: questions@campsidemedia.com. We hope to see you inside the tent again soon. Subscribe now for updates on all of Campside’s hit shows. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit join.campsidemedia.com

14/11/2025

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22 min
13/02/2025

The Forest Defender Movement and Echos of the January 6th Capitol Attack

This is an episode of Inside the Tent, a podcast going behind the scenes of Campside’s award winning shows. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. Campside’s most recent show follows Vienna, who travels to the Atlanta forest to protest the construction of a facility critics call “Cop City.” She finds a community, love - and a cause. But over the ensuing months, tensions mount between forest-dwelling activists and a state intent on their removal. Matt and Tommy discuss how you can admire the passion of those willing to move across the country to protest, while also wondering if these are just aimless kids struggling to find direction. And they turn their attention to the purpose of Cop City - better training for police. What does better training mean: More effective deescalation? More highly militarized operations? Matt and Tommy also examine the long process of making We Came to the Forest. When the team unexpectedly received a trove of files near the end of production, it made the final weeks even more chaotic than usual. So they were faced with a choice: weave in the new information or simply allude to it at the end. Last week Matt wrote about the odyssey of trying to access the official Georgia Bureau of Investigation file on the shooting of one of the protesters. That was the start of a journey where the team learned how idealism can dangerously collide with reality. We Came to the Forest is a co-production from Wondery, Campside Media, and Tenderfoot TV. Listen to Inside the Tent on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. And let us know what you think: questions@campsidemedia.com We hope to see you inside the tent again soon. Subscribe now for updates on all of Campside’s hit shows. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit join.campsidemedia.com

13/02/2025

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34 min
19/12/2024

Touch DNA and the Origins of Suspect Season 1

This is an episode of Inside the Tent, a podcast going behind the scenes of Campside’s award winning shows. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. Happy holidays - see you in 2025! When Matt received a letter from a man awaiting trial for a murder he swore he hadn't committed, a certain type of evidence was particularly noteworthy: "Touch" DNA — traces of human matter so small and complex that they require algorithmic software to make sense of. This was a crime that received little press coverage, yet featured a deadly Halloween party and the potential perils of evidence collection. Matt and Eric talk about the podcast company that passed on Suspect - big mistake! - and the desire to always do more reporting for a show. Matt has shared in the past a letter from the suspect, Emanuel Fair, and notes in the episode what a difference just one individual can make, especially a juror. They discuss the intersection of race, policing and the justice system. And the shocking admission by a prosecutor interviewed in Suspect who believed a second person was involved in the murder. Listen now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. And let us know what you think: questions@campsidemedia.com We hope to see you inside the tent again soon. Subscribe now for updates on Suspect and all of Campside’s hit shows. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit join.campsidemedia.com

19/12/2024

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24 min
26/09/2024

Go Inside the Tent with Jake Adelstein, Host of the Hit Podcast, Night Shift

This is an episode of Inside the Tent, a podcast going behind the scenes of Campside’s award winning shows. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. Night Shift reinvestigates a 1992 case involving a series of suspicious deaths at a VA hospital that seemed to all have one very disturbing thing in common. A nurse may have murdered dozens of veterans. But rather than investigate the deaths, the hospital leadership seemed only to care about keeping the case quiet. Journalists Jake Adelstein (author of Tokyo Vice) and Shoko Plambeck go back to Jake’s hometown of Columbia, Missouri to investigate the crimes, the families and the cover-up. And they talk to the whistleblowers — including Jake’s own father, Eddie Adelstein. Campside Co-founder Josh Dean and Jake talk about what drew Japan-based Jake back home, why retired FBI employees are willing to speak to reporters… and what really happened on the night shift. Thanks for listening. Let us know what you think: questions@campsidemedia.com We hope to see you inside the tent again soon. Subscribe now for updates on Night Shift and all of Campside’s hit shows. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit join.campsidemedia.com

26/09/2024

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19 min
17/09/2025

Gubernatorial Candidate Turned Murder Suspect

This is an episode of Inside the Tent, a podcast going behind the scenes of Campside’s award winning shows. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. Just as Ashley Fantz was leaving CNN, a headline caught her attention, and she was determined to follow up. A conversation with Matt turned into a pitch, which turned into the second season of the hit franchise Suspect. Jonelle Matthews was abducted in December, 1984. She was one of the first kids featured on milk cartons, drawing national attention to the missing girl. Suspect Steven Pankey was finally indicted for murder and kidnapping in 2020. Ashley tells Matt what it’s like to report on a case that is still being adjudicated - both the challenges and opportunities. On the one hand, the trial helped to clearly establish the facts of the crime. But only certain people were willing and able to talk to Ashley. Was she able to speak with the victim’s sister and parents? What about the detectives who investigated the case in the 1980’s? And the suspect’s ex-wife? Ashley describes the reporter rules she follows - what’s on the record and how to treat sources delicately. Finally, listen to find out Pankey’s response to Ashley’s letter five years ago and what she’d ask him now if given the chance. Listen to Inside the Tent on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. Email us with questions or comments: questions@campsidemedia.com. We hope to see you inside the tent again soon. Subscribe now for updates on all of Campside’s hit shows. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit join.campsidemedia.com

17/09/2025

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21 min
20/09/2025

The Truth About the Sugar You Eat

This is an episode of Inside the Tent, a podcast going behind the scenes of Campside’s award winning shows. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. Many argue that the massive sugar industry has somehow managed to avoid the scrutiny that oil and tobacco have faced for decades. Campside has partnered with Weekday Fun Productions and Imagine Audio to present the re-release of Big Sugar, a series that takes you deep inside the secretive, multi-billion dollar sugar industry. Listeners will hear the dramatic story of the court battle that exposed how the addictive substance is grown, cultivated and sold. Josh and Celeste discuss why this series was a such a perfect fit for her as a journalist, author and host. But, Celeste didn’t come to the series knowing the backstory, the impact of the millions of tons of sugar we eat every year. It all started with a Vanity Fair article by Marie Brenner. That inspired Big Sugar, a surprising true crime story that touches on our health, the environment, government subsidies and workers’ rights. Celeste specifically describes to Josh the conditions cane cutters faced everyday in the hot, Florida sun. And she recounts trying to track down the Fanjul brothers, whose wealth and power seemed to insulate them from having to answer questions about the industry that made them fabulously wealthy. Finally Celeste tells Josh what it was like standing in an elementary school parking lot as the sugar fields nearby were burned in preparation for harvesting. Listen to all episodes of "Big Sugar" wherever you get your podcasts. And you can find Inside the Tent on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube and more. We hope to see you inside the tent again soon. Email us with questions or comments: questions@campsidemedia.com. And subscribe now for updates on all of Campside’s hit shows. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit join.campsidemedia.com

20/09/2025

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23 min
01/10/2025

Mimi Leder on The Morning Show

Mimi Leder is a producer, director, and two-time Emmy winner. Among her credits are films like Deep Impact and On the Basis of Sex and television programs like The Morning Show, a critically-acclaimed drama now entering its fourth season on Apple TV. In this episode of Origin Stories, she talks to Matthew about the establishing the tone of The Morning Show, the importance of creative synergy with actors and staff, and learning to honor both her experience and her gut instinct. “It’s really a process,” she says, “because something that may work on set doesn't always work editorially. Or maybe a sequence becomes something completely different than what you imagined it to be. Or it becomes even better than you thought it would be. It's very interesting: You make a movie three times. You write it, you direct it, and then you edit it. And you're remaking it every single time.” See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

01/10/2025

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32 min
8 JAN

One Ortiz Brother Chose a Life of Crime and the Other Became a Cop

This is an episode of Inside the Tent, a podcast going behind the scenes of Campside’s award winning shows. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. The Brothers Ortiz is the story of two brothers, both successful, but in very different ways. Gabe Ortiz becomes the third-highest ranking officer in all of Texas while his younger brother Larry climbs the ranks in Puro Tango Blast, a notorious Texas Prison gang. Gabe doesn’t know all the details of his brother’s nefarious dealings, and he’s made a point not to ask, to protect their relationship. But when Larry is murdered during a home invasion in a rented beach house, Gabe has no choice but to look into what happened that night. To solve Larry’s murder, Gabe, and the whole Ortiz family, must ask each other the toughest of questions. Matt and Sean begin by discussing how Sean and Gabe Ortiz first connected. There was little press coverage of the brothers’ story, and Gabe may have found recounting the story was therapeutic. Matt asks how to convince people to speak about their private lives and how to respect the wishes of those who won’t participate. Sean highlights the surprising source for videos of Larry and how the small production team decided on the best way to structure the show. And Sean considers the questions at the heart of The Brothers Ortiz: Can you be a career criminal and good person at the same time? What lengths will you go to protect your family? Finally, Matt and Sean wonder what it takes to keep a listener interested and acknowledge that you have just a few minutes each episode to convince someone to stick with it. Listen to Inside the Tent on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. Email us with questions or comments: questions@campsidemedia.com. We hope to see you inside the tent again soon. Subscribe now for updates on all of Campside’s hit shows. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit join.campsidemedia.com

8 Jan

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17 min

In partnership with the world's best journalists and creators, Campside produces inspiring, critically acclaimed shows. Its limited and weekly series span true crime, pop culture, sports, history and more. Shows like Wild Boys, Chameleon, Infamous and Origin Stories have been listened to 125 millions times and counting.

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