
Origin Stories: Connie Walker Discusses Stolen
17/9/2025 | 32 min
Hear more from Connie Walker in this week’s episode of Origin Stories. About Origin Stories Have you ever wondered how your favorite movie, book, podcast, TV series, or documentary came to be? Each week, veteran journalist Matthew Shaer sits down with a writer or director to unpack the creation of a work close to their hearts (and ours). The conversations cover everything — the frustrations and the joys, the setbacks and the breakthroughs. Intimate and eye-opening, Origin Stories is the ultimate podcast for anyone curious about the creative process. In this episode Connie Walker, the award-winning Cree journalist and host of Stolen, shares the backstory of Stolen: Surviving St. Michael's — her deeply personal investigation into Canada’s Indian residential school system. Reported while she was at Gimlet, then the biggest podcast company in the world, the series earned her both a Pulitzer Prize and a Peabody Award in the same year — the first podcaster to do so. To Connie, all great audio documentaries begin with a central question: “It doesn't have to be the question you end up asking the whole way through,” she explains. “But initially, you have to start with that.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An Unfinished Rug
18/4/2024 | 36 min
An unexpected development in Ella Mae’s case raises questions around justice and closure for families like hers, and Kristina’s. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Carrizo Mountains
16/4/2024 | 39 min
As we go deeper into Kristina’s circle, a surprising connection takes us back to the start of our investigation, back to Sweetwater. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Shooting
09/4/2024 | 33 min
Violence erupted at home not long before Kristina went missing. Could her disappearance be an act of retaliation? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Farm Road
02/4/2024 | 41 min
Jiní news, nunchucks, and a gruesome discovery near where Kristina Carrillo lived. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices



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