Show overview
Death's Grip the Podcast has published 19 episodes, alongside 1 trailer or bonus episode during 2024. That works out to roughly 15 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 41 min and 1h — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. The publisher flags most episodes as explicit, so expect adult themes or strong language throughout. It is catalogued as a EN-language Fiction show.
The catalogue appears to be on hiatus or wound down — the most recent episode landed 1.5 years ago, with no new episodes in over a year. Published by Ken L Gould.
From the publisher
A new science thriller from Naked Podium, Death's Grip is the story of a young woman in search of her father and a Tribune reporter in search of a story. As they sink deeper and deeper into their search for Dr. Hodges, a once-promising biochemist, now presumed dead, they find themselves trapped in a dark tale woven for them long before they began their search. This book-turned-podcast imagines one last big story of the century as the Chicago Tribune goes out, not with a whimper, but a bang
Latest Episodes
S1 Ep 17Episode 17: Some Truths Are Better Left Buried
EThe denouement. James starts work on his story of the century as the FBI comes and goes at Mercy Hospital, questioning him and Mindy Anderson, convalescing a few floors above him. The story has become a worldwide phenomenon. James can't escape the coverage as men in Hazmut suits go in and out of what's left of the warehouse. AUSA Mateo Morales and FBI agents appear on his doorstep, and Mateo gives him an offer he can't refuse: to get one last look inside the warehouse or, at least, the basement. It might give his book the ending it deserves. Or it might haunt him forever. Mentioned in this episode:https://www.nakedpodium.comContains adult language and situations. Please, be advised.
S1 Ep 16Episode 16: The Story of the Century
EThe climactic episode finds James, Sharon, Dr. Hodges, and Richard Bassett reunited on the roof of the warehouse. The FBI and a news helicopter are hovering not far from the scene that plays out beneath them. As Bassett's final plan to escape the claws of Justice ignites, a bullet from a sniper's rifle hurtles from the FBI Blackhawk. But an explosion rocks the building, and the bullet veers off course from its intended target. Mentioned in this episode:https://www.nakedpodium.comContains adult language and situations. Please, be advised.
S1 Ep 15Episode 15: Reality Has A Way Of Making Fools Of Us All
EAs the storm begins, Ned rescues James from the cops, and the Chicago police and Chicago fire department begin to search the warehouse for a reported gas leak. An explosion rocks the building and the mouth of the garage collapses, sending rescue teams in to search the rubble. James figures out which rock Bassett has crawled under and speeds on Sharon's bike to get his final interview. Only it doesn't exactly go as planned. Mentioned in this episode:Contains adult language and situations. Please, be advised. https://www.nakedpodium.com
S1 Ep 14Episode 14: I'm Just a Reporter!
EJames and Mindy break into the warehouse to free Sharon and finally find their way to the basement. But they might get more than they bargained for. Mentioned in this episode:Contains adult language and situations. Please, be advised. https://www.nakedpodium.com
S1 Ep 13Episode 13: Stories Are Written in the Real World
EThe story goes viral as James and Mindy work it together. But stories are written in the real world. As James begins to piece together Bassett's plan, James and Mindy escape the drudgery of the newsroom and make a stab at breaking into the warehouse, where James hopes to discover the final pieces to the puzzle. Meanwhile, Bassett has crawled under a rock to wait out the gathering storm. The question remains. Which rock?Mentioned in this episode:Contains adult language and situations. Please, be advised. https://www.nakedpodium.com
S1 Ep 12Episode 12: There's No Going Back Now
EWhat really happened to Mary Hodges? Part IIMentioned in this episode:https://www.nakedpodium.comContains adult language and situations. Please, be advised.
S1 Ep 11Episode 11: Misery Begets Misery
EWhat really happened to Mary Hodges? Mentioned in this episode:Contains adult language and situations. Please, be advised. https://www.nakedpodium.com
S1 Ep 10Episode 10: Love Is A Dark Mistress
EDr. Zhang is on the run from a subpoena and the FBI. She has it all mapped out. The series of train stops she has to make. The car, purchased with cash, that will drive her over the border. The fake passport, the new identity. As she flees as fast as her little legs will carry her, James is back at Sharon's apartment committing a few felonies of his own. Mentioned in this episode:Contains adult language and situations. Please, be advised. https://www.nakedpodium.com
S1 Ep 9Episode 9: People Get Desperate When They're Cornered
EThe federal case against Bassett heats up as Alderman Jerry Harris appears before the grand jury. And Dr. Zhang makes one final gambit. Mentioned in this episode:Contains adult language and situations. Please, be advised. https://www.nakedpodium.comhttps://www.nakedpodium.com
S1 Ep 8Episode 8: We're All On Trial Now
EJames gets another look at the warehouse while the investigation into Bassett heats up. Mentioned in this episode:https://www.nakedpodium.comContains adult language and situations. Please, be advised.
S1 Ep 7Episode 7: Fireworks and Headlines
ESharon sneaks into the warehouse on her own to search for her mother and discovers a strange room. Meanwhile, James Dysart finds himself surrounded by reporters asking questions as the story breaks in another paper. And a team of reporters at the Tribune piece together the next story of the century as they learn more about Dr. Hodges, Richard Bassett, and their activities. Mentioned in this episode:Contains adult language and situations. Please, be advised. https://www.nakedpodium.comhttps://www.nakedpodium.com
S1 Ep 6Episode 6: This Girl Needs a Therapist
ESharon disappears after their night together. James goes in search of her, but she isn't home. Instead, he seeks out an old friend, a priest, who happens to be in a bar, enjoying his Wednesday night singing Irish traditionals under the influence of Irish whiskey. James tells him a story as he figures out his next moves. Mentioned in this episode:https://www.nakedpodium.comContains adult language and situations. Please, be advised. https://www.nakedpodium.com
S1 Ep 5Episode 5: Careful, Doctor, Your Wings Are Melting
EJames stumbles back home, only to find someone waiting for him. Richard Bassett will take him to the warehouse to witness the incredible things they have done, where he will witness the dawn of a new age in medicine, but only if he takes the bargain he is offered. Mentioned in this episode:Contains adult language and situations. Please, be advised. https://www.nakedpodium.com
S1 Ep 4Episode 4: Dead Men Can't Type
EJames and Sharon stakeout a warehouse. James tells her a story of some rather unethical behavior with an alderman's wife. They spy a truck leaving the grounds. But the logo on the truck makes then more curious about what's in the warehouse than what's in the truck. Mentioned in this episode:Contains adult language and situations. Please, be advised. https://www.nakedpodium.com
S1 Ep 3Episode 3: It's Only a Felony If You Get Caught
EJames and Sharon take stock of their investigation, when James has an idea. As they dig deeper into the activities of Dr. Hodges before he went missing, they stumble on an address in an invoice that leads them to a warehouse in the South Side of Chicago. Mentioned in this episode:https://www.nakedpodium.comContains adult language and situations. Please, be advised.
S1 Ep 2Episode 2: Those Are a Lot of Rats
EJames Dysart visits the labs at Northwestern to interview Dr. Hodges' old advisor. Sharon tags along and keeps an old blind man busy while James investigates a house full of rats and a lot of scientific equipment. Some big boys chase them through the streets of Evanston. Mentioned in this episode:https://www.nakedpodium.com
S1 Ep 1Episode 1: Meet Your New Intern
ETribune staff reporter James Dysart does not great his new intern, Sharon Hodges, with welcome arms. He would prefer to be left alone. She shows him Chicago, Harley-style, and almost gets him killed in the process. Yet something about this young woman intrigues him, not the least of which is her dark past. Mentioned in this episode:https://www.nakedpodium.com
Death's Grip the Prologue
EA girl of seventeen attends her father's funeral without a corpse. Death in absentia, they call it. She recalls the day he went missing. The violent storm. The blood on the boat.
Death's Grip the Trailer
trailerESharon Hodges wants to find her father. Tribune reporter James Dysart wants a story. Together, they set out to find the truth behind her father's disappearance. But some truths are better left buried. Mentioned in this episode:To learn more about this podcast and the team behind it, visit us at https://www.nakedpodium.com. Or follow us on Facebook. A Naked Podium podcastA Naked Podium podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts. Naked Podium, supporting independent voices everywhere. Contains adult language and situations. Please, be advised.