PodcastOne, XG Team For Hostage Negotiation Podcast

RADIO ONLINE | Wednesday, October 19, 2022 | 4:27pm CT

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PodcastOne has partnered with XG Productions for the new podcast series, "Talk to Me." Listeners will be taken into the inside story of the world's first hostage negotiation team, which was created inside America's largest police department, the NYPD in the early 1970s. The first episode, which tells the story of the infamous Attica prison riots, debuts on October 19.

Written and narrated by veteran South Bronx detective and author Edward Conlon, "Talk to Me" tells the inside story of how and why the field of hostage negotiations was created. In the wake of major 1970's tragedies such as the Attica prison riot, the massacre of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics, and the Brooklyn bank robbery that inspired the film "Dog Day Afternoon," the NYPD recognized an urgent need to develop a protocol for handling incendiary hostage incidents.

With news archives and first-hand accounts from hostage team founders Frank Bolz and Harvey Schlossberg, the podcast brings to life cases big and small to explore what worked - and what didn't. The world's first hostage negotiation team pioneered the use of psychology in saving lives and created a model that is still used around the world today.

"We made the decision to tell this exciting and important story with producer, XG Productions, because of its founders' backgrounds at the FBI, and the success XG has had in authentic true crime storytelling. And we partnered with PodcastOne because of their market leadership in the audio space," said retired NYPD Detective Edward Conlon. "This is an exciting and important story to tell, especially given the frequency with which hostage situations occur and how nonviolent tactics can be used to de-escalate those situations, and it all began at the NYPD."

"PodcastOne is excited for listeners to get an insider look at some of the most notorious hostage situations in history. Birdseye view storytelling, firsthand accounts and incredible research allows listeners to have a rare view of how the real-life heroes of the NYPD save lives by handling gripping negotiations in real time. This type of edge of your seat content has never been made available on this level and we cannot wait for audiences to embrace Talk to Me," adde PodcastOne President Kit Gray.