# Barbara Bradley Hagerty

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Likely Stories - Bringing Ben Home: A Murder, A Conviction, and the Fight to Redeem American Justice by Barbara Bradley Hagerty

I’m Joe Riley with KWBU, and this is Likely Stories.Every couple of weeks, I visit the Waco McLennan County Library and browse the New Book shelves. That’s where I saw Bringing Ben Home: A Murder, A Conviction, and the Fight to Redeem American Justice. Actually, it was the author’s name that first …

Inside the wrongful conviction of Ben Spencer

No witnesses. No physical evidence. An ironclad alibi. Nevertheless, a Texas jury sentenced Ben Spencer to life in prison for a murder he didn't commit. Journalist and author Barbara Bradley Hagerty shares what it took to set Spencer free. *** Thank you for listening. Help power On Point by makin…

Bringing Ben Home: A Story of Injustice and Redemption

In 1988, Ben Spencer was sentenced to life in prison for a murder he did not commit. He spent 34 years wrongfully imprisoned. Now, Ben has teamed up with award-winning journalist Barbara Bradley Hagerty to share his story – and larger story about the flaws in the legal system that allow mistakes to…

Welcome to Your Crisis-Free Midlife

When you hear “midlife,” do you picture a crisis: sports cars, dramatic career changes, chasing lost youth? The truth is, midlife doesn’t have to be a slump or a crisis. It can be a turning point toward deeper connection, self-awareness, and fulfillment. In this episode of Millennial Midlife, Cecel…

RE-RUN | Author Barbara Bradley Hagerty Discusses Her New Book: Bringing Ben Home

This episode is a re-run of a previously aired episode of Pursuing Justice, highlighting stories for Wrongful Conviction Day. Barbara Bradley Hagerty is a N.Y. Times best selling author and contributing writer for The Atlantic. She was a correspondent for NPR as well where she covered the Justice D…

Growing Bolder: Masters Track and Field Star Flo Meiler; Author Barbara Bradley Hagerty

We first met Flo Meiler 18 years ago. Now in her 90s, she’s still pole-vaulting, breaking records, and proving it’s never too late to reach new heights.

Crime-Obsessed Broads: An Interview With Rachel Monroe

Why do women love true crime? Wait, no—why do people love true crime? Author Rachel Monroe comes on the podcast to deconstruct our appetite for horrifying true stories. Also covered: relating to the Manson girls, why true crime is not the same as a bowl of oatmeal, the ethics of crime scene photos,…

Looking at Life through Bifocals

Barbara Bradley Hagerty, a New York Times best-selling author, says that Christians need to operate on two levels: the human and the spiritual. Just as bifocal lenses allow us to see the “far away” and the “up close”, so must we see things spiritually and humanly at the same time. Spiritual percept…

Enemies, Then Friends || Barbara Bradley Hagerty on Ben Spencer, Justice, and Reconciliation

Barbara Bradley Hagerty has spent a career asking why people do the things they do. The hardest answer she found runs through a wrongful conviction, thirty-four years lost, and a friendship between two men who had every reason to stay enemies. A New York Times bestselling author and contributing w…

Wrongful conviction harms victims, too

For every exonerated individual in the criminal justice system, there is another forgotten victim: the original victim’s family who now has no closure. Barbara Bradley Hagerty, contributing writer to The Atlantic, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss a case involving a man, Ben Spencer, who was wrongful…