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New audio tales include one about an American man who listened to thousands of confessions and an examination of a 1950s British haunting.
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New audio tales include one about an American man who listened to thousands of confessions and an examination of a 1950s British haunting.
Facebook With the arts world “largely in hibernation”, the launch of a major podcast is “as close as we get to a big cultural event these days”, said Robert Jackman in The Spectator. The Apology Line, from Amazon-owned Wondery, was released last week and shot straight to the top of the “most downloaded” charts. It is about a conceptual artist named Allan Bridge, who in the 1980s invited New York’s criminal classes to record anonymous confessions on an unmanned phone line. The idea was to shed voyeuristic light on the city’s darkest corners. It is narrated by Marissa Bridge, Al...
The Apology Line: Inside the life of 'Mr Apology' Allan Bridge 31 Jan, 2021 11:20 PM 4 minutes to read The Apology Line is now a podcast. Photo / Facebook news.com.au By: Hannah Paine When Allan Bridge started The Apology Line, he wanted to help people unburden themselves from past regret – a feeling he was all too familiar with. The struggling artist had the idea to created a hotline people could share their wrongdoings after stealing art supplies he couldn't afford when he moved to New York – a secret that ate away at him. Wracked by guilt, Bridge began to think of all the other people ...
The tragic life of 'Mr Apology': How NYC artist behind anonymous 'apology hotline' that murderers, molesters, and thieves used to secretly confess to their crimes saw his life 'unravel' under weight of 'dark' calls and death threats Allan Bridge was known as Mr. Apology in the '80s and early '90s when he ran The Apology Line, a hotline for confessions He posted flyers around Manhattan encouraging people to call and apologize anonymously for things they'd done People confessed to infidelity, theft, racist thoughts, domestic violence, bestiality, child molestation, murder, and more An artist...
To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. While the events that marked the start of 2021 have made the year already feel like it’s lasted an entire decade, we are, in fact, just getting started. Which means there is still time—so much time!—for good things to happen, and dare we say, even things to look forward to. Like these 21 podcasts, all of them premiering in the first half of 2021 and bringing something new for fans of true crime, self-help, comedy, television, spirituality, and politics. It should be an auspicious year for audiophiles, even if the jury is...