Podcast Junkies

David Ridgen is a Toronto-based filmmaker for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and host of Someone Knows Something, a true crime podcast that digs deep to uncover the truth of unsolved crimes. Trained as a documentary storyteller as a filmmaker, David takes those same skills and applies them to SKS to deliver a podcast that is very well produced, investigated, and meticulously crafted. His experience as an investigator and journalist serves him well and he no doubt has helped catapult the rising interest of true crime podcasts. 05:50 - His true crime podcast, Someone Knows Something (SKS) 08:41 - The difference between making a podcast and an investigative film 09:56 - Why he doesn’t listen to podcasts or watch documentaries 11:36 - The unfamiliarity of podcasts in Canada 13:12 - Why he stepped away and felt hesitant returning to work on SKS 16:30 - How he copes and decompresses from the heavy subject matter of SKS 18:32 - His background with investigative journalism 19:53 - How he approaches as