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EPISODE 346: Wrongful conviction.

Imagine you’re me for a second.

It’s last December. You’re at an upscale holiday party in New York. And you randomly get introduced to a guy you’ve never met before in a hoodie and glasses.

The guy kinda looks like John Turturro. And kinda sounds like Ray Romano. And the first thing he starts telling you about is his (former) addiction to sports betting.

But then you find out that this guy’s life has been most distinguished by making bets of a different kind.

Because here is an incomplete list of the musical acts signed by Jason Flom, the founder of Lava Records (and former chairman of Atlantic Records):

• Twisted Sister

• Skid Row

• Stone Temple Pilots

• Jewel

• Tori Amos

• Matchbox Twenty

• Kid Rock

• Trans-Siberian Orchestra

• Simple Plan

• The Corrs

• Paramore

• Katy Perry

• Thirty Seconds to Mars

• Lorde

• The Warning

And it goes on like that, for a while.

But none of it is why I wanted to sit down with Jason Flom — who also happens to be the host of a program called Wrongful Conviction — on the show this week.

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Time is running out. (See previous.)

Thanks,

Pablo