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FBI Retired Case File Review

300: FBI Director Christopher Wray, Isabella Maldonado, Anne Beagan

FBI Retired Case File Review

Jerri Williams

True Crime, Interviews, Fiction, History, Fbi, Government, Truecrime

4.62.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2023

⏱️ 106 minutes

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Summary

In this epic 300th episode celebrating a milestone in my podcasting journey, we speak to FBI Director Christopher Wray, bestselling author and National Academy graduate, Isabella Maldonado, and retired agent and TV producer Anne Beagan.

FBI Director Christopher Wray speaks with authority to those who listen to learn more about the FBI.

Crime novelist Isabella Maldonado 48:03 addresses those listeners who follow the show because they are reading, watching, and writing crime dramas about the FBI and what to know what’s accurate and debunk cliches and misconceptions about Bureau policies and procedures found in books, TV, and movies.

For all the true crime fans, during my conversation with Anne Beagan 1:20:08, the producer of FBI True, we explore the popularity of the true crime industry and how to cover sensitive topics, especially cases involving violence and murder.

Thank you for listening to my 300 episodes featuring interviews with the case agents of the FBI’s major investigations, as well as fascinating but not as well-known FBI cases.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the 300th episode of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerry Williams.

0:12.8

I'm a retired agent on a mission to show you who the FBI is and what the FBI does through

0:21.0

my books, my blog and my podcast case reviews with former colleagues.

0:27.0

Today in this exclusive epic 300th episode, celebrating a mega milestone in my personal

0:35.9

podcasting career, we get to speak to FBI director Christopher Ray, best selling author

0:43.0

and national academy graduate Isabella Maldonado and retired agent and TV producer and

0:49.7

vegan.

0:50.7

I want to thank you for listening to my 300 episodes featuring interviews with the case

0:56.2

agents of the FBI's most major investigations as well as fascinating but not as well-known

1:03.0

FBI cases.

1:04.6

I selected today's guest to reflect your reasons for listening to and following FBI Retired

1:12.1

Case File Review over the last nearly eight years since the launch of the show on January

1:18.4

23, 2016.

1:21.2

FBI director Ray will speak with authority to those who listen to learn about the FBI.

1:27.0

I asked him the questions I thought you would want to know.

1:30.9

Prime novelist Isabella Maldonado addresses those listeners who follow the show because

1:36.6

they're reading, watching and writing crime dramas about the FBI and want to know what's

1:42.2

accurate and to debunk these shades and misconceptions about FBI policies and procedures found in

1:49.3

books, TV and movies.

1:51.2

And for all of the true crime fans, my conversation with Ann Began, the producer of the CBS series

1:58.8

FBI True, will explore the popularity of the true crime entertainment industry and how

2:05.4

we cover sensitive topics, especially the cases involving violence and murder.

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