You Didn't See Nothin

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You Didn't See Nothin Podcast

The Pulitzer Prize and Peabody Award-winning “You Didn't See Nothin” follows Yohance Lacour as he revisits the story that introduced him to the world of investigative journalism. Part investigation and part memoir, Yohance examines how its ripple effects have shaped his life over the past quarter-century. In 1997, Lenard Clark was beaten into a coma by a gang of older white teens simply for being Black in a white neighborhood. One of Lenard’s attackers was from a powerful Chicago family. The media quickly turned towards stories of reconciliation and racial healing, with cooperation by Black leaders and the attacker’s family. Yohance wasn’t having any of it. At the time of the attack, he was in his early 20s, writing plays, selling weed, and living at his dad’s house on the South Side of Chicago. Unable to stand by silently, he began working with a neighborhood newspaper to investigate the vicious hate crime. Reporting on the incident led him to grow increasingly disillusioned with journalism. From USG Audio and the Invisible Institute – creators of the 2020 Pulitzer Finalist podcast “Somebody” – “You Didn't See Nothin” finds Yohance back in Chicago after a 10-year prison sentence, tracking down key players to examine how this story connects to our present moment.

Episodes

  1. Young Black Male

    EPISODE 1

    Young Black Male

    When a 13-year-old Black boy is attacked in Chicago’s Bridgeport neighborhood, Yohance rallies his crew to avenge the beating. Credits Host: Yohance Lacour Producers: Bill Healy, Dana Brozost-Kelleher, Erisa Apantaku, Sarah Geis Sound Design/Mixing and Music Supervision: Steven Jackson and Phil Dmochowski at the Audio Non-Visual Company Original Music: Taka Yasuzawa Executive Producers: Alison Flowers and Jamie Kalven (Invisible Institute) and Josh Bloch (USG Audio) Production Support: Jennifer Sears and Josh Laolagi Fact-checking: Angely Mercado Key Art: Kenneth L. Copeland, Jr. Special Thanks: The Sebring Crew (Earl, Peewee, Willie, Ro, Jamaz) Kanesha Broadwater, Michael Clark   Archival audio in this episode include (in order of appearance): C-SPAN, CBS Evening News, NPR/All Things Considered, MSNBC/NBC News, WBEZ, Dateline, CNN, WTTW, Universal Pictures, Columbia Pictures, NBC Evening News, NPR/Weekend Edition, YouTube, CBS Chicago, The Today Show, WMAQ, and Conus.   For more information, go to usgaudio.com.   To learn about the Invisible Institute’s human rights reporting, visit invisible.institute. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    32 min

  2. EPISODE 2

    Holler If Ya Hear Me

    Yohance begins to investigate the beating for a neighborhood newspaper, when his reporting gets some unwanted attention. Credits Host: Yohance Lacour Producers: Bill Healy, Dana Brozost-Kelleher, Erisa Apantaku, Sarah Geis Sound Design/Mixing and Music Supervision: Steven Jackson and Phil Dmochowski at the Audio Non-Visual Company Original Music: Taka Yasuzawa Executive Producers: Alison Flowers and Jamie Kalven (Invisible Institute) and Josh Bloch (USG Audio) Production Support: Jennifer Sears and Josh Laolagi Fact-checking: Angely Mercado Key Art: Kenneth L. Copeland, Jr. Special Thanks: Stacy Nzingha Hill   Archival audio in this episode include (in order of appearance): CBS Evening News; NPR/All Things Considered; YouTube; CNN; WMAQ; Sounds of Blackness; Twista, Faith Evans and Capitol Records; Mary J. Blige and MCA Records; The President’s Weekly Radio Address, WTTW, Dateline, NBC News, Fox Chicago, and Universal Pictures.   For more information, go to usgaudio.com.   To learn about the Invisible Institute’s human rights reporting, visit invisible.institute. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    34 min

  3. EPISODE 3

    Heartz of Men

    News stories about the beating zero in on reconciliation and racial healing, as the attacker’s parents meet with prominent Black leaders. Credits Host: Yohance Lacour Producers: Bill Healy, Dana Brozost-Kelleher, Erisa Apantaku, Sarah Geis Sound Design/Mixing and Music Supervision: Steven Jackson and Phil Dmochowski at the Audio Non-Visual Company Original Music: Taka Yasuzawa Executive Producers: Alison Flowers and Jamie Kalven (Invisible Institute) and Josh Bloch (USG Audio) Production Support: Jennifer Sears and Josh Laolagi Fact-checking: Angely Mercado Key Art: Kenneth L. Copeland, Jr. Special Thanks: Mindy Pugh and The Progressive Community Church Archives at the Illinois Institute of Technology   Archival audio in this episode include (in order of appearance): The President’s Weekly Radio Address, CNN, Fox News, Fox Chicago, WMAQ, CBS Chicago, Getty Images NBC News Archives, Boys II Men UMG Recording Inc. and Motown Record Company, and NPR/All Things Considered.   For more information, go to usgaudio.com.   To learn about the Invisible Institute’s human rights reporting, visit invisible.institute. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    29 min

  4. EPISODE 4

    Point the Finga

    As the trial approaches, a key witness goes missing and another is murdered.  Credits Host: Yohance Lacour Producers: Bill Healy, Dana Brozost-Kelleher, Erisa Apantaku, Sarah Geis Sound Design/Mixing and Music Supervision: Steven Jackson and Phil Dmochowski at the Audio Non-Visual Company Original Music: Taka Yasuzawa Executive Producers: Alison Flowers and Jamie Kalven (Invisible Institute) and Josh Bloch (USG Audio) Production Support: Jennifer Sears and Josh Laolagi Fact-checking: Angely Mercado Key Art: Kenneth L. Copeland, Jr. Special Thanks: James Cutler, Steve Bogira, Elizabeth Smith and the Cook Clerk of the Circuit Court Archival audio in this episode include (in order of appearance): WMAQ, Fox Chicago, Dateline, and WBEZ.   For more information, go to usgaudio.com.   To learn about the Invisible Institute’s human rights reporting, visit invisible.institute. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    31 min

  5. EPISODE 5

    Who Do You Believe In?

    The Black community becomes deeply divided over some of its leaders supporting the family of the attacker. Credits Host: Yohance Lacour Producers: Bill Healy, Dana Brozost-Kelleher, Erisa Apantaku, Sarah Geis Sound Design/Mixing and Music Supervision: Steven Jackson and Phil Dmochowski at the Audio Non-Visual Company Original Music: Taka Yasuzawa Executive Producers: Alison Flowers and Jamie Kalven (Invisible Institute) and Josh Bloch (USG Audio) Production Support: Jennifer Sears and Josh Laolagi Fact-checking: Angely Mercado Key Art: Kenneth L. Copeland, Jr. Special Thanks: Brother Randy Evans, Steve Bogira, the family of Joe Lattimore, Mindy Pugh and The Progressive Community Church Archives at the Illinois Institute of Technology, and Bob Berlin   Archival audio in this episode include (in order of appearance): CNN, Dateline, WBEZ, NPR, WMAQ, C-SPAN, and WTTW.   For more information, go to usgaudio.com.   To learn about the Invisible Institute’s human rights reporting, visit invisible.institute. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    37 min

  6. EPISODE 6

    Never Had a Friend Like Me

    Yohance speaks to the Black minister about the notion that the attacker and his victim have become friends. Credits Host: Yohance Lacour Producers: Bill Healy, Dana Brozost-Kelleher, Erisa Apantaku, Sarah Geis Sound Design/Mixing and Music Supervision: Steven Jackson and Phil Dmochowski at the Audio Non-Visual Company Original Music: Taka Yasuzawa Executive Producers: Alison Flowers and Jamie Kalven (Invisible Institute) and Josh Bloch (USG Audio) Production Support: Jennifer Sears and Josh Laolagi Fact-checking: Angely Mercado Key Art: Kenneth L. Copeland, Jr. Special Thanks: Mindy Pugh and The Progressive Community Church Archives at the Illinois Institute of Technology   Archival audio in this episode include (in order of appearance): CNN, NPR/All Things Considered, WMAQ, Paramount Pictures, and WBEZ.   For more information, go to usgaudio.com.   To learn about the Invisible Institute’s human rights reporting, visit invisible.institute. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    36 min

  7. EPISODE 7

    Staring Through My Rearview

    Nearly 50-years-old now, Yohance tries to make sense of what forgiveness means in the face of endless racial violence. Credits Host: Yohance Lacour Producers: Bill Healy, Dana Brozost-Kelleher, Erisa Apantaku, Sarah Geis Sound Design/Mixing and Music Supervision: Steven Jackson and Phil Dmochowski at the Audio Non-Visual Company Original Music: Taka Yasuzawa Executive Producers: Alison Flowers and Jamie Kalven (Invisible Institute) and Josh Bloch (USG Audio) Production Support: Jennifer Sears and Josh Laolagi Fact-checking: Angely Mercado Key Art: Kenneth L. Copeland, Jr. Special Thanks: Lenard Clark and Wanda McMurray   Archival audio in this episode include (in order of appearance): WTTW, CBS Chicago, Dateline, and MSNBC.   For more information, go to our website at usgaudio.com.   To learn about the Invisible Institute’s human rights reporting, visit invisible.institute. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    27 min

  8. 12/29/2022

    Trailer

    Part investigation and part memoir, “You Didn't See Nothin” follows Yohance Lacour as he revisits the story that introduced him to the world of investigative journalism, and examines how its ripple effects have shaped his life over the past quarter-century. In 1997, Lenard Clark was beaten into a coma by a gang of older white teens simply for being Black in a white neighborhood. One of Lenard’s attackers was from a powerful Chicago family. The media quickly turned towards stories of reconciliation and racial healing, with cooperation by Black leaders and the attacker’s family. Yohance wasn’t having any of it. At the time of the attack, he was in his early 20s, writing plays, selling weed, and living at his dad’s house on the South Side of Chicago. Unable to stand by silently, he began working with a neighborhood newspaper to investigate the vicious hate crime. Reporting on the incident led him to grow increasingly disillusioned with journalism. From USG Audio and the Invisible Institute – creators of the 2020 Pulitzer Finalist podcast “Somebody” – “You Didn't See Nothin” finds Yohance back in Chicago after a 10-year prison sentence, tracking down key players to examine how this story connects to our present moment. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    2 min

  9. BONUS

    Crime Story: Yohance reflects on You Didn’t See Nothin

    Yohance sits down with Kathleen Goldhar, the host of CBC’s new podcast Crime Story, to talk about Lenard Clark’s case and the many questions he grappled with while making You Didn’t See Nothin.  Every week, Crime Story brings you a true crime case told by the storyteller who knows it best. Find more Crime Story episodes in your podcast app, or using this link: https://link.chtbl.com/H4ag6cIN See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    43 min
  10. You Might Also Like: The Confessions of Anthony Raimondi

    BONUS

    You Might Also Like: The Confessions of Anthony Raimondi

    In 1978, Pope John Paul I was found dead in his bed just 33 days after he was elected. The official story is that he suffered a fatal heart attack. But in the years since his death, some have claimed he was murdered to cover up crimes in the Vatican. The question of the Pope’s death has never been definitively answered, but there is one man who claims to know the truth. A man from one of New York City’s crime families who has deep ties to the Italian mafia. He was there the day of the Pope’s death and witnessed his murder firsthand. Or, at least, that’s what he says. His name is Anthony Raimondi, and these are his confessions. From USG Audio and Truth Media in association with Clockwork Films. For more episodes of The Confessions of Anthony Raimondi, visit here. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    33 min
  11. Introducing Ear Hustle - Episode 1: That World

    BONUS

    Introducing Ear Hustle - Episode 1: That World

    Ear Hustle is prison slang for eavesdropping, and that’s what listening to the show feels like: a raw, often funny, and always surprising peek into the reality of life inside prison. Hosts Nigel Poor and Earlonne Woods co-created the show that launched in 2017 while Earlonne was incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison, where Nigel was a volunteer teaching photography. Since Earlonne’s release in 2018, the show has expanded to include stories from prisons across the state, including the California Institution for Women, as well as stories about getting out of prison and starting over, post-incarceration. From finding romance, to grappling with a life sentence, to trying to parent via 15-minute phone calls, Ear Hustle stories deliver what This American Life host Ira Glass calls a “very real” and “untragic” take on prison life. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    46 min

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The Pulitzer Prize and Peabody Award-winning “You Didn't See Nothin” follows Yohance Lacour as he revisits the story that introduced him to the world of investigative journalism. Part investigation and part memoir, Yohance examines how its ripple effects have shaped his life over the past quarter-century. In 1997, Lenard Clark was beaten into a coma by a gang of older white teens simply for being Black in a white neighborhood. One of Lenard’s attackers was from a powerful Chicago family. The media quickly turned towards stories of reconciliation and racial healing, with cooperation by Black leaders and the attacker’s family. Yohance wasn’t having any of it. At the time of the attack, he was in his early 20s, writing plays, selling weed, and living at his dad’s house on the South Side of Chicago. Unable to stand by silently, he began working with a neighborhood newspaper to investigate the vicious hate crime. Reporting on the incident led him to grow increasingly disillusioned with journalism. From USG Audio and the Invisible Institute – creators of the 2020 Pulitzer Finalist podcast “Somebody” – “You Didn't See Nothin” finds Yohance back in Chicago after a 10-year prison sentence, tracking down key players to examine how this story connects to our present moment.

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