Twenty-Five Acts

This week, Liza and Kara recap “Girl Dishonored” (Season 14, Episode 20), discuss a variety of college fraternity-related crimes, and interview the multi-talented musician and actor Skyler Day (Parenthood). SOURCES: Wikipedia - Clery Act Wikipedia - Murder of Laura Dickinson Wikipedia - Death of Lizzy Seeberg The Arizona Republic The Amherst Student ABC News National Catholic Reporter Buzzfeed Gothamist USA Today WHAT WOULD SISTER PEG DO: Know Your IX Next week’s episode will be “Honor” (Season 2, Episode 2). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kara and Liza break down “Twenty-Five Acts” (Season 14, Episode 3) and discuss the David Letterman blackmail scandal.  SOURCES: ABC News 1 ABC News 2 ABC News 3 ABC News 4 ABC News 5 Wikipedia - Stephanie Birkitt CBS News 1 CBS News 2 CNN Vanity Fair The New York Times The Washington Post WHAT WOULD SISTER PEG DO: Sexual Boundaries: How to Set Them Next week’s episode will be “Girl Dishonored” (Season 14, Episode 20).  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Liza and Kara recap “Penetration” (Season 12, Episode 8), revisit the case of Matthew Hale and his target Judge Joan Lefkow, and interview Scorcese and SVU regular, J.C. MacKenzie.  SOURCES: Wikipedia - Park51 Wikipedia - Joan Lefkow Park51.org The New York Times New York Post Los Angeles Times Chicago Tribune WHAT WOULD SISTER PEG DO: Southern Poverty Law Center Next week’s episode will be “Twenty-Five Acts” (Season 14, Episode 3). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week’s episode, Kara and Liza cover SVU’s “Stocks & Bondage” (Season 1; Episode 9), the cases of financial criminal Martin Frankel and homicide victim Sharon Lopatka, and talk with playwright, TV writer and Dick Wolf Universe regular, Geoffrey Nauffts. SOURCES: CNBC Hartford Courant Greenwich Time Toledo Blade Independent Washington Post - 1 Washington Post - 2 Wall Street Journal - 1 Wall Street Journal - 2 Wall Street Journal - 3 Wall Street Journal - 4 Wall Street Journal - 5 Wall Street Journal - 6 Wall Street Journal - 7 NY Times The Herald-Times CNN WHAT WOULD SISTER PEG DO: The Trevor Project - "Support for Self-Harm Recovery" Next week’s episode will be “Penetration” (Season 12, Episode 8). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, Liza and Kara cover “Missing Pieces” (Season 13, Episode 5) and the hoax perpetrated by Joseph Bales and Helene Lemay.  SOURCES: NY Times - 1 NY Times - 2 Washington Post Tampa Bay Times WHAT WOULD SISTER PEG DO: CDC: SIDS Next week’s episode will be “Stocks & Bondage” (Season 1, Episode 9).  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Kara and Liza recap “Crush” (Season 10, Episode 20), the Kids for Cash scandal, and interview the SVU character we all love to hate, Dale Stuckey, aka the wonderful Noel Fisher. SOURCES: Juvenile Law Center AP News - 1 AP News - 2 "Kids for Cash" Philadelphia Inquirer NBC News NY Times - 1 NY Times - 2 CNN WHAT WOULD SISTER PEG DO: "Kids for Cash" Documentary Next week’s episode will be “Missing Pieces” (Season 13, Episode 5).  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s episode, Liza and Kara cover the SVU episode “Perverted Justice” (Season 16, Episode 21) and the story of Chaneya Kelly. SOURCES: The New Yorker New York Magazine NBC News Change.org WHAT WOULD SISTER PEG DO: Innocence Project Next week’s episode will be “Crush” (Season 10, Episode 20).  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week’s episode, Kara and Liza break down “Cage” (Season 8, Episode 8), the cases of Michael & Sharen Gravelle and the tragic death of Candace Newmaker, and talk to the Dick Wolf Universe mainstay, Marlyne Barrett. SOURCES: NY Times - 1 NY Times - 2 NY Times - 3 NY Times - 4 NY Times - 5 NY Times - 6 NY Times - 7 NY Times - 8 NY Times - 9 NY Times - 10 NY Times - 11 Cleveland.com - 1 Cleveland.com - 2 CBS News NPR NY Post The News-Herald NBC News - 1 NBC News - 2 Washington Post The Lantern Sandusky Register LA Times WHAT WOULD SISTER PEG DO: Advocates for Children in Therapy Next week’s episode will be “Perverted Justice” (Season 16, Episode 21).  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Liza and Kara cover “Internal Affairs” (Season 15, Episode 4), the NYPD scandals uncovered by Adrian Schoolcraft, and talk with a very talented actor they serendipitously met on an airplane, Marc Menchaca. SOURCES: NY Times - 1 NY Times - 2 NY Times - 3 NY Times - 4 NY Times - 5 NY Post Village Voice Wikipedia 50-a.org - 1 50-a.org - 2 50-a.org - 3 50-a.org - 4 50-a.org - 5 WHAT WOULD SISTER PEG DO: ACLU - "Taking Action to Stop Police Sexual Violence" Next week’s episode will be “Cage” (Season 8, Episode 8).  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s episode, Kara and Liza recap SVU’s “Townhouse Incident” (Season 17, Episode 11) and break down the horrific Cheshire home invasion murders.  SOURCES: Washington Post Wikipedia NY Times - 1 NY Times - 2 ABC News NY Post The Cheshire Murders (HBO) New Haven Register WHAT WOULD SISTER PEG DO: Petit Family Foundation Next week’s episode will be “Internal Affairs” (Season 15, Episode 4).  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices