iHeartPodcasts to Launch Macro’s First-Ever Podcast “Shattering the System"

The 10-episode series airs every Thursday beginning August 3, 2023

Listen to the official audio trailer now

“Shattering The System” investigates a variety of crimes and the systems and structures that make them possible. Hosted by pioneering audio journalist Sonari Glinton, the series looks into the true crimes of our day to tell the stories and dig into the issues that affect us all. Drawing from his decades covering politics and the economy, Sonari and his team expose systems that make it possible for criminals of all kinds to get away with the unthinkable. Using expert interviews, victim testimonials, evidence and the innovative use of sound, Sonari unveils the ugly truths, injustices and loopholes within society.

Season one tells what happens in West Hollywood when the party’s over and what doesn't happen, when gay black men turn up dead in the same apartment. This 10-episode podcast delves into the strange, twisted world of Ed Buck. It’s a story that has implications far beyond Hollywood or the gay world. Shattering The System is doing something different, and telling stories from a fresh perspective while taking a hard look at what happens when the system isn’t just broken but shattered.

“Shattering The System” is distributed by iHeartPodcasts and will be available on the iHeartRadio app and everywhere podcasts are heard.

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About Sonari Glinton:

Pioneering audio journalist Sonari Glinton has covered everything from corruption at Cook County’s Juvenile Jail to the ascent of Barack Obama to breaking the Volkswagen diesel scandal. In his almost two decades of work in public radio, he’s proudly done “nearly every job.” He’s produced segments for This American Life, directed NPR’s All Things Considered, reported for NPR's business and politics desks and guest hosted the ground-breaking podcast Planet Money and Fresh Air with Terry Gross. In 2004, he co-created The Rundown, one of the first and longest-running daily news podcasts. Whether he’s organizing his colleagues in public media, working with youth journalists from YR Media, or co-creating virtual camp for teens, Sonari has shown his commitment to fostering the next generation of journalists and creating more diverse and inclusive newsrooms. Currently, he sits on the national board of Mikva Challenge, which funds and supports civic education and participation for teens.

About MACRO:

Launched in 2015 by Founder & CEO Charles D. King, MACRO is a multi-platform media company representing the voice and perspectives of Black people, indigenous people and people of color. The company’s multiple business verticals include film (MACRO Film Studios) and television studios (MACRO Television Studios) that finance, develop and produce theatrical and streaming features and premium television, a wholly-owned talent, brand management and entertainment strategy firm (UNCMMN) and an in-house branding and creative agency (Brand MACRO). In addition, MACRO has a majority interest in the company’s joint venture—a full-service talent management firm (M88) and affiliated venture firm (MaCVenture Capital). The company’s film projects have fifteen Oscar nominations and three wins. MACRO Film Studios co-financed the critically acclaimed Judas and the Black Messiah, Mudbound, Fences, Roman J. Israel, Esq., Just Mercy, Sorry to Bother You, Nine Days, Farewell Amor, Blast Beat, The Land and Blue Bayou. MACRO Television Studios has two critically-acclaimed Netflix series— Raising Dion and the Peabody Award nominee Gentefied; as well as Emmy nominated FX docu-series Dear Mama: The Saga of Afeni and Tupac Shakur. It will also launch its first podcast, Shattering The System, with iHeartMedia in August 2023. https://www.staymacro.com/about