The True Story of a Daughter Investigating her Father’s Crimes
Investigative Poetics is a riveting expose that unearths painful truths about a beloved community member and father, whose complex psyche caused irreparable damage to those who trusted him most.
Season 1
Teaser
1 min.
Investigative Poetics is the true story of a daughter investigating her father’s crimes.
1. The Blast
21 mins.
Episode 1: “The Blast” narrates the the day my father, Brien Gardiner, committed suicide. Even when you know tragedy is coming, you never expect it to happen today.
2. Above The Fold
26 mins.
“The Blast” narrates the the day my father, Brien Gardiner, committed suicide. Even when you know tragedy is coming, you never expect it to happen today.
3. The Truth About An Educator
21 mins.
The Truth About An Educator” attempts to reconcile my father’s reputation as an educational leader with the realities of his crimes. Written in response to an Op-Ed published days after his suicide, this episode is a complex character study that weaves together legal findings and community responses in a search for the truth.
4. Old News
26 mins.
Old News goes back to the 1990s and examines early clues that something was wrong, and my father was not entirely as he seemed.
5. Big Time
25 mins.
BIG TIME explores my experiences at the Philadelphia Academy Charter School and the dysfunction I witnessed working on the “inside.”
6. Complicit
25 mins.
Complicit is the dark center of the investigation, detailing how and when I knew that my father was stealing—and implicating me in his crimes.
7. Inevitable
8. Haunted
32 mins.
“Haunted” traces the aftermath of my father’s suicide and examines the relationship between personal and public tragedies.
9. Faith
10. Bonus Episode: Inside the Investigative Process
13 mins.
Go behind the scenes of Investigative Poetics with this Q&A between creator Even Christine Gardiner and Sound Engineer Michael Lesko.
Season 2
Season 2 Teaser
1 min.
Just when you think you know where the story is going, you take a wrong turn and discover the story has only begun.
2.1 Justice
50 min.
What would you do if someone knocked on your door and handed you a black armored box full of cash? Would you take the high road? Or would you take the money and run?
2.2 The High Priestess
34 min.
In Season 2, Episode 2, the investigation goes psychic and takes the listener behind the veil into the secret world of a Brooklyn fortune teller.
2.3 The Three of Swords
58 min.
Join author EVEN Christine Gardiner as she examines the price of shame and the consequences of our lies because “poetry is what survives.”
2.4 Ace of Pentacles
32 min.
S2, E4 returns to Brooklyn amid a whirlwind of dark secrets and profound revelations. In her search for the truth, the author explores the true cost of redemption with a mysterious storefront psychic.
Midseason Recap: Investigative Poetics Returns
22 min.
Go inside the Investigation in this candid, behind-the-scenes conversation with series creator Even Christine Gardiner. Together we’ll explore the stakes, discuss the creative process, recap what’s happened, and hint at what’s to come.
2.5 The Moon
44 min.
S2, E5 explores the true cost of redemption and the tension between spiritual awakening and “lunacy.”
2.6 Ace of Wands
34 min.
S2, E6 explores generational curses, rituals, and the true cost of freedom.
2.7 Judgement
38 min.
S2, E7 This episode explores our worst nightmares and what is on the other side of facing our deepest fears.
Bonus Interview: Inside the Investigation
29 min.