Talking Dateline: The Family Plot
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Talking Dateline: The Family Plot

B1IntermediateSeptember 30, 202636 min

Keith Morrison joins Josh Mankiewicz to discuss his episode, “The Family Plot,” about the murder of Matt Restelli, who was lured from California to Utah and shot to death inside his mother-in-law’s home. Josh and Keith dig into the twisted details of the case, the mistakes that quickly unraveled the family’s story, and the powerful hold prosecutors said mastermind Tracey Grist had over her children. They also highlight the striking similarities to another Dateline case, one Tracey herself had been searching online before Matt’s murder. Plus, Josh plays a podcast-exclusive clip from Tracey’s police interview the night Matt...

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Hi, I'm Kate Snow, NBC News anchor and host of the NBC News podcast The Drink. This month I'm sipping green tea with the incomparable Harry Connick Jr., musician, actor, composer, author. We talk about how he got started, playing for audiences in New Orleans at just five

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years old, and how a call from Rob Reiner to write music for When Harry Met Sally changed the course of his life. He also opens up about family, reflecting on losing his mom when he was only 13, how how that loss has shaped him and inspired an orchestral

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piece and a book in her honor it's all in this month's episode of the drink. I hope you listen and follow wherever you get your podcast. content only for subscribers.

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