The Generation Why Podcast

The Generation Why Podcast


Latest Episodes

Listen Now: Spellcaster: The Fall of Sam Bankman-Fried
June 05, 2023

From Wondery and Bloomberg, the makers of The Shrink Next Door, comes a new story of incredible wealth, betrayal, and what happens when doing good goes really, really bad.When nerdy gamer Sam Bankman-Fried rocketed to fame as the worlds richest 29-ye

Marie Carlson - 523
June 04, 2023

October 17th, 2011. Fort Walton Beach, Florida. The congregation of Calvary Emerald Coast Church thought that Pastor James Flanders and his wife Tanya invited Marie Carlson to live with them because she had left an abusive relationship and was pregnant. W

Michael Keetley - 522
May 28, 2023

November 25, 2010, Ruskin, Florida. On Thanksgiving Day, 2010 a man dressed as a law enforcement officer approached a house in the early morning hours and shot at a group of men, killing two of them and wounding four. Soon after, there were rumors that th

Morgan Patten - 521
May 21, 2023

November 8, 2019. Jacksonville, North Carolina. Morgan Patten, 24, had traveled to North Carolina to visit her fiance, Phillip Brandon. He was a U.S. Marine and would be able to see her the following day. In the meantime, she walked from her hotel room to

Wondery Presents - Flipping The Bird: Elon vs Twitter
May 15, 2023

When Elon Musk posted a video of himself arriving at Twitter HQ carrying a white sink along with the message let that sink in! It marked the end of a dramatic takeover. Musk had gone from Twitter critic to Chief Twit in the space of just a few months

Lana Clarkson - 520
May 14, 2023

February 3, 2003, Alhambra, California. Famous record producer Phil Spector invited a woman named Lana Clarkson home to his mansion for a drink. Not long after they arrived, he walked back outside and told his driver, “I think I killed someone.” The woman

Janice Trahan - 519
May 07, 2023

July 23, 1996. Lafayette, Louisiana. Janice Trahan was diagnosed with HIV in January 1995. She later told the authorities that she believed her former romantic partner, Dr. Richard Schmidt, injected her with the virus in August 1994 after she ended their

Wondery presents The Vanished: The Disappearance of Beau Mann
May 05, 2023

Its hard to imagine losing a loved one. A wife. A husband. A child. For many, it is their biggest fear. From Wondery, The Vanished is a podcast that tells stories of often overlooked and unsolved missing persons cases. In the most recent episodes, The Va

AJ Armstrong - 518
April 30, 2023

July 29th, 2016. Bellaire, Texas. 16-year-old AJ Armstrong called the police to report that he heard gunshots inside his home. Both of his parents were found in their bed with fatal gunshot wounds. Suspicion immediately fell on AJ, who claimed he saw a ma

Kalief Browder pt. 4 - 517
April 26, 2023

In the fourth and final episode, a judge finally takes action to free Kalief from the terrible years long string of continuances, but the damage is done and he struggles on the outside. Even with the support of celebrities and getting national attention K