Brit Prawat

I have a bit of a story incoming, and this might classify better as fan mail, but I feel the need to share this with you.

I've been listening to the podcast since the very early days.

I remember when Prophet of the Month and The Good segments were introduced and have never been able to press pause since then.

Because of this, I have noticed the Nina effect.

The Nina effect?

Do I swear more?

Ever since, the Crime Junkie team expanded enough to be able to have reporters making the calls and knocking on doors more than the production team could afford to in the early days.

The production team.

You.

There has been a humongous shift in the amount and precision of information you guys are able to cover for each case.

In my head, I call this the Nina Effect.

Because every time I'm in awe of something that you guys manage to find out, it is almost always preceded by the words, Thanks to our reporter, Nina.

Getting a bit personal, even though I now identify as non-binary, I was raised as a girl who always wanted to find out everything about everything.

I loved writing and asking questions and was often discouraged from digging into things.

Seeing the very real impact of Nina's work, both through the episodes and the real world, case-solving help they led to, all thanks to a determined and powerful woman who will not stop digging, has been leaving me awestruck for years now.

A few other crime junkies said the same when I talked to them about this.

I just wanted to let you all know that aside from the wonderful stuff you do daily and the insane amount of help you provided to so many over the years, you also inspire people who are halfway across the world to such a degree that sometimes they even question their chosen career track.

Thank you, Crime Junkie team.

And thank you, Nina.

Keep being yourselves and therefore awesome.