EPISODE 1
Afrikka Didn’t Need to Die
When Afrikka Hardy was strangled in 2014 it seemed completely random. But it wasn’t. It was part of a pattern. Lori Townsend reminisces about her daughter Afrikka, and journalist Thomas Hargrove says Afrikka’s death could’ve been prevented.
HOST
Ben Kuebrich
In 2020, during the start of quarantine, Ben Kuebrich heard about Thomas Hargrove’s algorithm. He was enthralled by the story: A man who spotted something dangerous lurking in the data, but then was ignored until it was too late. Previously Ben helped write and produce shows like Monster: DC Sniper, Monster: The Zodiac Killer, Broken Harts, and Science Vs. Before podcasting he worked in public radio and in neuroscience labs at MIT, Emory, and the University of Tokyo.







