Variety and iHeartPodcasts Team Up to Launch New True Crime Podcast ‘Variety Confidential’
variety.comWilliam Earl Variety, the iconic entertainment publication, and iHeartPodcasts, the No. 1 podcast publisher globally according to Podtrac, announced Wednesday the co-production of an exciting new true crime podcast, “Variety Confidential.” The podcast dives into Variety’s archives exploring stories of sex, money and murder in the entertainment industry.
The podcast was created by Jon Ponder, Tracy Pattin, as well as Variety’s Chief Operating and Marketing Officer Dea Lawrence and the publication’s EVP of Content and Executive Editor Steve Gaydos.
Pattin will host and Sydney Kramer, Managing Director and Senior Executive Producer for the Variety Content Studio, will produce along with Ponder and Pattin.
Ponder and Pattin have previously teamed on Wondery’s “Hollywood & Crime.” The six-episode first season, “Sex for Fame, Hollywood’s Dirtiest Game” examines the notorious casting couch through the decades.
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