I'm honored to share that Pulse: The Untold Story, my Audible Original documentary podcast series, has won a Peabody Award in the Podcast/Radio: Documentary category.
The Peabodys — among the most prestigious honors in media — recognize stories that illuminate pressing social issues with depth, integrity, and impact.
Released in July 2024, Pulse: The Untold Story reexamines the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting — the deadliest attack on the LGBTQIA+ community in U.S. history and the worst terrorist act on American soil since 9/11. Forty-nine people were killed and 53 wounded in what was widely reported as a hate-fueled attack by a closeted gunman.
But the official story left too much unexplored.
My investigation revealed that the FBI had a long and complicated history with both the shooter, Omar Mateen, and his father. To obscure that relationship, the Bureau advanced a misleading narrative — one that many news outlets amplified — about Mateen’s motives. What Pulse uncovered was a far more disturbing truth: that federal agents may have missed opportunities to stop the massacre.
Produced by Western Sound and told across eight episodes, the series examines how secrecy, surveillance, and systemic failure converged in one of the most devastating acts of domestic terrorism in recent history.
You can listen to Pulse: The Untold Story now on Audible.
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