Surviving the Survivor
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The best guests in true crime come together each day to cover the most talked about cases in America. Hosted by Emmy award-winning former network news correspondent Joel Waldman and his Holocaust survivor mother, Karmela, the two get the lowdown from the most influential names in the true crime genre. #BestGuests include FBI profilers, legendary detectives, famed criminal defense attorneys, notable prosecutors, tough Navy SEALs, seasoned U.S. Marshals, and you - the smartest audience in true crime - #STSNation Find us anywhere you listen to podcasts. You can also become part of our YouTube membership program and support us...
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Its guest panels make investigative procedure legible while tracking the uncertainties inside developing high-profile cases.
Surviving the Survivor turns fast-changing cases into energetic panel discussions, with Joel Waltman pressing guests on what each new detail could mean and what remains uncertain.
One black glove, several possible DNA outcomes, and your urge to declare the case solved gets a workout.
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A reality-TV collapse turns into a disputed domestic-violence and custody story under public pressure.
Taylor Frankie Paul's reality-TV fallout is framed as a sudden legal and family-safety dispute, with ABC said to have pulled The Bachelorette shortly before its planned Sunday evening premiere as a restraining order surfaces in a custody fight.
A focused sentencing review of Juliana Perez Magalhaes's cooperation and testimony in the Brendan Banfield case.
Sentencing now hangs over Juliana Perez Magalhaes, the au pair who was having an affair with Brendan Banfield and admitted firing the fatal shot at Joseph Ryan.
A Barcelona death investigation centers on a floating wallet, a mysterious phone, and questions the episode leaves unresolved.
Surviving the Survivor turns a spring-break trip to Barcelona into a grim, tightly contained mystery after Catalan police confirm that the body recovered from the sea near the Xoco nightclub is 20-year-old University of Alabama student Jimmy Gracie.
A live panel tracks a 63-count conviction through sentencing, psychology, and strange detours around a volatile case.
A live true-crime panel centers on a woman convicted on 63 counts, using her case to talk through sentencing, motherhood, and possible psychological dimensions.
Doug McGregor uses Tucson roads, cameras, and exit routes to frame questions about Nancy Guthrie's disappearance.
Geographic profiling gives this Nancy Guthrie discussion its shape, shifting attention from a single reported sighting to the practical question of movement: what a man seen studying the street may have been doing before she vanished, and what roads, cameras, and routes might…
A live true-crime discussion balances the Guthrie family's anguish with Scott Duffy's call to keep focus on the investigation.
The episode is strongest when it stays with the question at the center of Nancy Guthrie's disappearance: how she could vanish from her own home in the middle of the night without anyone seeing anything.
A case-first panel about public grief, scrutiny, and a missing-person search playing out in public.
This episode centers on Savannah Guthrie's private message to her Today colleagues as the search for Nancy Guthrie reaches day 33, with Joel Waldman steering a true crime panel that feels loose but focused.
Fast-moving missing-person coverage that keeps the case front and center.
This episode follows Nancy Guthrie's disappearance in Tucson, with the case still moving on day 13, the reward up to $100,000, and Sheriff Chris Nanos walking through recovered gloves, lab testing, and FBI coordination.
Ashley Flowers and Britt Prawat revisit unsolved murders and cold cases as new evidence surfaces.
Two friends narrate true crime cases, listener stories, and archived live-tour shows.
Multi-part true crime narration, from BTK's Wichita letters to Australian cold-case disappearances.
ABC Audio's Theranos fraud series that also introduces its other true-crime podcasts.
LA Times reporter Christopher Goffard traces con man John Meehan's fraud, abuse, and its Bravo TV adaptation.
Federal judge Valerie E.
Surviving the Survivor centers on Corey Richens, a mother of three accused of killing Eric Richens with five times the lethal dose of fentanyl, while also promoting a grief-themed children's book with a ghostwriter.
Surviving the Survivor comes in hot as the search for Nancy Guthrie keeps widening.
Day 13 finds Nancy Guthrie still missing in Tucson.
Joel Waldman opens with Savannah Guthrie's private words to her Today Show colleagues, then sets them against the search for her mother, Nancy Guthrie, now in day 33.
Joel Waltman opens with a second TMZ demand letter tied to the search for Nancy Guthrie, a note that asks for one Bitcoin and claims payment could identify her kidnapper.
CBS 5 Phoenix reports that investigators now believe the Nancy Guthrie case was a burglary gone wrong, not an intended kidnapping, and says DNA from a Range Rover near Culver's is being tested.
Day 31 of the Nancy Guthrie disappearance drives the discussion.
Joel Waltman opens on Nancy Guthrie's disappearance.
The show opens with a sponsor read for mood.com, then moves into Savannah Guthrie's account of her mother, Nancy Guthrie, and the missing-person case at the center of it.
Nancy Guthrie has been missing for two weeks.
The show opens on day 51 of the search for Nancy Guthrie.
Joel Waldman and Dr.
Surviving the Survivor: #BestGuests in True Crime focuses on the new FBI suspicion that a Wi‑Fi jammer may have been used the night Nancy Guthrie went missing.
Surviving the Survivor: #BestGuests in True Crime focuses on the Nancy Guthrie disappearance and the reported review of 5 to 10,000 hours of surveillance video by the FBI and Pima County Sheriff's Office.
Surviving the Survivor covers Savannah Guthrie’s Today Show interview about her missing mother on day 55, with the panel focusing on what Savannah said about the home, the investigation, and her return to NBC on April 6.
Caleb Flynn, a former American Idol contestant and former music pastor, is now facing aggravated murder charges in the death of his wife Ashley Flynn, a 37-year-old teacher, volleyball coach, and mother of two.
Host Joel Waltman covers the sentencing hearing of Juliana Perez-Magalese in the high-profile 'Au Pair trial' involving the murder of Joseph Ryan and Christine Banfield.
Joel Waldman opens by describing the disappearance of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie from her Catalina Foothills home in Tucson, Arizona, and says investigators have already reviewed surveillance footage, forensic testing, and thousands of videos.
True crime investigation special focusing on Nancy Guthrie's disappearance in Tucson, Arizona, now in its second month.
Investigators are reportedly focusing on January 11 and January 24 in the Nancy Guthrie case, weeks before her January 31 disappearance.
Joel Waldman centers this Surviving the Survivor episode on Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance, a new billboard push around Tucson, and the public fight over how to get “porch guy” seen.
Phil Waters says the 40 minutes inside the house suggests something went wrong and the suspects had to figure out what to do next.
This episode provides a detailed update on the federal sex trafficking trial of the Alexander brothers, real estate moguls accused of using their wealth and luxury lifestyle to drug and assault women over a decade.
Surviving the Survivor centers this episode on the Guthrie family in Tucson, Arizona, after Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance, with Joel Walker and Carm shifting attention from ransom notes and surveillance video to the family’s stress.
Surviving the Survivor focuses on newly surfaced Ring footage from a homeowner in Tucson’s Catalina Foothills, about 2.5 miles from Nancy Guthrie’s home, showing multiple vehicles moving through the area between midnight and 6 a.m.
Joel Waldman interviews Gigi McKelvey, who attended the closing arguments and verdict in the Kouri Richins murder trial, providing insider details on courtroom tension, Corey's physical reactions, and the prosecution's strong case.
Surviving the Survivor turns the Alexander brothers verdict into a survivor-focused discussion after a Manhattan jury convicted Tal, Oren, and Alon Alexander on all 10 counts.
Catalan police in Barcelona confirmed that the body recovered near the Xoco nightclub was 20-year-old University of Alabama student Jimmy Gracie.
A true crime podcast episode investigating the suspicious death of social media influencer Ashley Jeunet in Zanzibar.
The episode covers the arrest of R&B singer David Anthony Burke in connection with the murder of 15-year-old Celeste.
The episode covers the disappearance of Lynette Hooker in the Bahamas, featuring expert analysis from a CBS News correspondent and a retired police chief.
The episode discusses the disappearance of Lynette Hooker in the Bahamas, questioning her husband's account.
The episode covers the disappearance of Michigan woman Lynette Hooker in the Bahamas, featuring expert commentary and case details.
The episode covers the imminent release or charging of Brian Hooker in the Bahamas, with hosts and guests awaiting the outcome.
The episode covers the latest developments in the Nancy Guthrie missing person case, featuring an all-star panel of true crime experts.
The episode tells the story of Raycon, a former ATF informant who helped remove crime guns but was later betrayed by the system.
After ads, the episode introduces a case of six people tied to sensitive work who have gone missing.
The episode previews oral arguments in Charlie Adelson's appeal in the Dan Markell murder-for-hire case.