S37 E1: The Thing | The Expert Witness
5/18/202636 min
The city of Akron, Ohio reels from rising violence and stalled investigations until arrests suddenly begin to happen. A mysterious new AI-powered tool called Cyber Check has arrived. Criminal defense attorney Don Malarcik first encounters the technology when it’s used to implicate his young client in a murder. With no clear explanation of how it works, and no public record of its existence, Don and his team begin digging into Cyber Check, uncovering unsettling questions about whether this powerful new technology is delivering justice—or quietly reshaping it.
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Sam Mullins· Host0:33
[gentle music] Cheryll Rosbeck always knew what she wanted. She wanted a girl.
Cheryll Rosbeck· Guest0:41
Everybody that I know of my friends have daughters. All of them have daughters. I wanted to be a girl mom. I always wanted to have a girl.
Sam Mullins· Host0:53
Cheryll's worked in the same maternity ward for almost 30 years, so she has witnessed people being gifted her literal dream almost every shift. When she got pregnant for the first time, she thought that she could will a girl into existence. But when the baby came, it was a boy, a blessing, but a boy. When she got pregnant for the second time, she prayed, she wished, "Come on, girl, girl, girl."