Subjects/subject

Who Took Johnny

Every mention, in time. Each mark is a day — taller means more that day — and links to the moment.

Tim’s take

Germain forcing him to watch it "changed the trajectory of this podcast" 15:38. He brought the director and Johnny's mother Noreen Gosh onto the show, revisited the case a year later with author Nick Bryant, and treats it as what pushed him toward Franklin Scandal-style trafficking material generally 0:43 0:29 9:41. From there it becomes as much a running bit as a subject: he pitches a Who Took Johnny musical, jokes about casting and lawsuits, and uses the documentary's director as the benchmark for how gently he treats sensitive guests 27:00 40:00 2:08. He also holds it up as the reason nothing shocks him anymore, comparing it to fictional shows like Stranger Things and citing it as proof reality outpaces conspiracy theory 1:43:27 0:18 54:30.

References
17
Span
Sep 13, 2016 — Mar 14, 2021

Every Reference (17)