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Crooked Media Makes First Podcast Acquisitions: ‘Strict Scrutiny’ and ‘Hot Take’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorCrooked Media, the liberal-leaning podcast and media company founded by three ex-Obama aides, is expanding its political and news content lineup with its first podcast acquisitions: “Strict Scrutiny,” which follows the U.S.

Supreme Court, and “Hot Take,” covering the climate crisis.Financial terms of the deals were not disclosed. The pair of weekly talk shows will join the existing network of Crooked Media podcasts including production, advertising and merchandise.Under the pact, “Strict Scrutiny” hosts Leah Litman, Melissa Murray and Kate Shaw and “Hot Take” hosts Mary Annaïse Heglar and Amy Westervelt will regularly appear across Crooked Media programming, including the company’s flagship “Pod Save America” as well as shows like “What a Day” and “Lovett or Leave It.” Both podcasts deliver sharp commentary through a lens of humor and hope, which has been a trademark of Crooked Media’s programming, according to Sandy Girard, Crooked Media’s EVP of programming.“We are so excited and proud to add ‘Strict Scrutiny’ and ‘Hot Take’ and their incredible hosts to Crooked’s network,” Girard said in a statement. “These shows are covering two of the most important issues that we know our listeners want to hear more about: what’s happening in the legal system and the Supreme Court, which is even more crucial now that Justice Breyer is retiring; and the climate crisis, in a way that’s honest without being cynical.”“Strict Scrutiny” is helmed by law professors and Supreme Court experts Litman, Murray and Shaw.

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