Still My Baby
Lemonada Media & Campaign Zero
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Still My Baby is a powerful, intimate limited series that tells the untold story of one of the most pivotal moments in modern American history - the murder of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. Told from the perspective of Lezley McSpadden, Mike Brown’s mother, this is not a courtroom drama or a political explainer. It’s a portrait of Mike’s family told by those closest to him. The series traces the years before August 9, 2014, when Lezley was a young mom and Mike was just a funny, big-hearted kid. Then, everything changed. And in the deafening noise that followed - public shaming, national outrage, and a 400+ day uprising - one family was left behind, trying to pick up the pieces in private. We look at what happened to that family in the immediate aftermath of Mike’s killing, how they longed for the ordinary after tragedy hit, and we’ll see how they built themselves back to where they are today.
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Recent Episodes
Featuring: Julia Gets Wise with Ruth Reichl
Because Thanksgiving is basically Ruth Reichl season (the holy trinity of food, family, and feelings) we’re serving you a special episode of Julia Louis-Dreyfus' lovely conversation with her from…
S4E3 Justice for Mike Mike
In this powerful series finale, we track the evolution of Lezley’s grief to understand how she rebuilt her life piece by piece, navigating pain and hope while supporting her children. Fueled by love…
S4E2 They Shot Mike Mike
August 9, 2014, changed the world. While the world mobilized, Lezley was navigating the deepest grief imaginable. What was it like to grieve in the public eye, while her son’s name became a rallying…
S4E1 Welcome to the World, Mike Mike
Before Michael Brown became a national symbol, he was simply Mike Mike – Lezley’s firstborn son. Her early years of motherhood in St. Louis were full of ups and downs: joy, struggle, sacrifices, and…
S4 Introducing: Still My Baby (Official Trailer)
After the police shot and killed her firstborn son, Lezley McSpadden was left trying to hold things together while the world turned her family's private tragedy into a public battleground. This…
S3E4 The Untold Story: Providing Access to Housing After Incarceration
Incarceration in the U.S. has profound flaws and consequences, but there are many people doing life-changing work to lessen its harm. In this special episode, Lemonada co-founder Stephanie Wittels…
S3 The Untold Story: Why we can’t incarcerate our way to public safety
There has been a lot of media coverage around recent spikes in violent crime. A LOT. Even though overall crime rates are at historic lows, many people are feeling unsafe and want solutions. Most…
S3E3 The Untold Story: Travon Unravels the Racist Roots of Excited Delirium
In this episode, host Travon Free uncovers the racist roots of the debunked medical term “excited delirium.” A study from Maryland in 2017 found that excited delirium was referenced in 11 percent of…
S3E2 The Untold Story: Travon Asks If Microphones Really Stop Bullets
Can you hear the difference between a firework and a gunshot? ShotSpotter says it can. It's a private sector company that uses microphones to detect gunfire and alert police to the scene. The company…
S3E1 The Untold Story: Travon Explores the Humanitarian Crisis on Rikers Island
Rikers is a pretrial detention center and while people await their day in court, the conditions at the island are simply inhumane due to violence, overcrowding and inadequate medical care. Rikers is…
S3 The Untold Story: Season 3, we're back!
From executive producer, Jay Ellis, and Lemonada Media, season 3 of The Untold Story drops October 25. Host Travon Free talks to real people about the injustices happening in your own backyard.See…
S2E3 The Untold Story: Jay Learns Who Really Pays for Prison Time
In all 50 states, people caught up in the criminal justice system can becharged fines and fees for everything from the cost of police transport duringarrests, to the cost of room and board for their…
S2E2 The Untold Story: Jay Learns that Forensic Science Isn't Very Scientific
Host Jay Ellis is a fan of crime scene investigation TV shows - he’s even acted inthem! But in this episode, he learns that all the fancy forensic science the heroesof those shows use to solve crimes…
S2E1 The Untold Story: Jay Learns that a Pair of Jeans Could Ruin Your Life
Host Jay Ellis has dealt with shoplifters first-hand, back when he was a teenaged retail manager at a high-end shoe store. But he never learned about the other side of the story - what motivates…
S2 The Untold Story is Back for Season 2
In season one of The Untold Story, host Jay Ellis (Insecure, Top Gun: Maverick, Mrs. America) took us on a journey to understand policing and its pitfalls. Now, he's back to tell you about some of…
S1E5 The Untold Story: Breonna Taylor, No-Knock Raids and What We Can Do
Jay Ellis is back, exploring no-knock raids through the eyes of a family who, unlike Breonna Taylor, survived a terrifying evening of mistaken identity. Joined by experts, Jay explores a system that…
S1E4 The Untold Story: Jay’s Ready to Nix the 6
It’s our solutions episode! Jay arrives at six things that have got to be eliminated in order to usher in substantial improvements to public safety and policing in America and he talks with Netta…
S1E3 The Untold Story: Jay Separates Fact from Pseudo-Science
From the 48-Hour Rule to the Law Enforcement Officers’ Bills of Rights, Jay talks with social scientists and legal experts about a criminal justice system that offers special protections to the…
S1E2 The Untold Story: Jay Finds Activists Who Bear Witness, Take Notes, and Make Change
Fueled with new information about the power of police union contracts, host Jay Ellis is determined to figure out if real change is even possible. So he heads to Austin, Texas where community…
S1E1 The Untold Story: Jay Learns Why Police Unions Matter
Police unions in America are powerful organizations that protect vulnerable, hard working Americans… except when they don’t. Host Jay Ellis shares his personal motivations for untangling the twisted…
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Still My Baby has published 20 episodes since July 2020, covering topics in Society & Culture, True Crime.
Still My Baby is currently dormant with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 39m.
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