
It takes us into New York City’s troubled criminal-justice system by following three characters: Pedro Hernandez, who, as a teen-ager, was picked up as a suspect in a Bronx shooting and held at Rikers Island for more than a year David Terrell, a zealous N.Y.P.D. On Monday, it released the entire first season of an investigative true-crime series, “Conviction,” which is hosted by Saki Knafo and based on his reporting for the Times Magazine.

Here’s what she recommended: Last Friday, news of the Brooklyn-based podcast company Gimlet’s possible acquisition by Spotify zipped through the podcast world meanwhile, on the earbud side of things, Gimlet continues putting out new material. View this email in your browser It’s the start of a new month, so we asked The New Yorker’s Sarah Larson to suggest three new podcasts for our readers. Plus, Emma Cline reads her short story from the magazine. Your Podcasts for the Week Jon Lee Anderson joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss the Presidential crisis in Venezuela.
