podcast

Through The Cracks

by WAMU

Through The Cracks Presents: Motive

07.04.2022 • 00:41:46

This week we’re bringing you a story from our friends over at the Motive podcast from WBEZ Chicago. This season, they’re investigating the hidden wor...

Through The Cracks Presents: Ídolo: The Ballad of Chalino Sánchez

03.03.2022 • 00:24:41

Through The Cracks is proud to present the English language version of the first episode of Ídolo: The Ballad of Chalino Sánchez from Sonoro and Futur...

Episode 8: New Year, Old Wounds

18.03.2021 • 00:29:05

In the season finale of Through The Cracks: What’s changed since Relisha disappeared in 2014? And has the city done enough to prevent more Relishas? ...

Episode 7: "No Good Mother"

11.03.2021 • 00:35:21

On the penultimate episode of Through The Cracks, we consider the role Shamika Young played in her daughter Relisha Rudd’s life. How was she blamed fo...

Episode 6: The Search

04.03.2021 • 00:35:23

On the day the District went public with their search for Relisha Rudd, she had already been missing for over two weeks. What’s it like to search for ...

Episode 5: Janitor, Doctor, Godfather

25.02.2021 • 00:29:37

Who was Kahlil Tatum? Was he a loving husband and surrogate father? A cold killer? We dig into the past of the janitor who served families at D.C. Gen...

Episode 4: Almost Like Jail

18.02.2021 • 00:25:37

How did 8-year-old Relisha Rudd go from living in an apartment, to a motel, to a shelter inside an “abandoned hospital”? Host Jonquilyn Hill explores ...

Episode 3: Kicked Out

11.02.2021 • 00:27:50

Before Relisha moved into a homeless shelter, her family lived together in an apartment near Congress Heights. But a chain of events led them to landl...

Episode 2: Ties That Bind

04.02.2021 • 00:30:54

A child’s family is their first safety net. When she disappeared in 2014, 8-year-old Relisha Rudd was living with her family at a homeless shelter in ...

Episode 1: Relisha Goes Missing

28.01.2021 • 00:32:00

When 8-year-old Relisha Rudd disappeared from a homeless shelter in Washington, D.C. in 2014, nobody noticed. By the time police appeared at the homel...