What Happened to the Children? S.28 Ep.28

The Pocket Square Prince returns! In this very personal episode of The Mank Files, Josh Mankiewicz dishes on his brother Ben, the complete lack of Dateline merchandise in the “biased and failing” NBC store, and we ask him some questions from Patreons! And speaking of failing, Mank unknowingly opens a long-standing wound on Katie’s soul that Kimberly wasn’t even aware existed. Will their friendship recover? It’s possible, but Kimberly probably needs to take Katie to Chili’s for apology appetizers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

19 Aug 201813min

Dateline Dames and Dukes, grab your eyebrow brushes and your completely unbending beliefs on a man’s guilt and join us for a supersized episode of A Date With Dateline! On the docket in this episode are recaps of Dateline’s Down the Back Staircase and Netflix’s The Staircase. Kimberly and Katie also take a very special on air phone call with a mystery couple who have their own strong opinions about what happened in a case with owls, escorts, Germany, flip flops and yet another Peterson. Please enjoy this sorta cerebral and certainly special episode of A Date with Dateline. NBC Official Description: In a new, two-hour Dateline, Dennis Murphy sits down with Michael Peterson in his first network television interview since his release from prison in 2011. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

19 Aug 20181h 47min

The Mank Files returns with it’s 4th installment- More Twisted Faith. Kimberly and Katie are lucky enough to get Josh Mankiewicz’s expert opinion on Dateline’s scandalous Twisted Faith episode . How was this pastor able to fool so many women, which of this cast of church-going characters declined their chance at a Dateline interview and really, what was Josh’s reaction to bringing people back from the dead as part of a highly unorthodox ministry program? Stay tuned after our very special Mank Files segment for a refresher course on just what the heck was going on in the Kimberly’s Favorites: Twisted Faith episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

12 Aug 20181h 5min

It’s that time again! Kimberly and Katie are happy to present the third installment of The Mank Files! Segment 3 is “The Favorite One” because Josh Mankiewicz opens up about, yes, you guessed it, the Dateline episode “The Favorite Son” (Season 26 Ep.11) . He discusses his new found friend Mickey, the ring, the cubic zirconia conundrum and more! If you are struggling to recall this tragic tale of family scandal, a recap of this episode is included at the end of the segment. Please enjoy this very, very special segment of The Mank Files! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

4 Aug 201858min

Secrets in Pleasant Grove is a rare Kimberly’s AND Katie’s Favorites and it just aired again on Dateline NBC. It’s also launching our new Summer of Secrets Series! This episode has it all: a beauty queen, a literally unbelievable 911 call, a sinful religious pillar of the community, Keith spouting his special Keith poetry, a woman named Gypsy- launching the return of the infamous “mistress face”, and a murder in a bathtub with a trial battle for the ages. Was there something else you wanted from a Dateline classic? If so you might need to check yourself. And speaking of checking yourself, isn’t it time you check out Secrets resort? We hear the food and scandal is delicious! Please enjoy this very special, rare, and did we say special? episode of A Date with Dateline. Official NBC Description: A former beauty queen turns 50 and decides to have plastic surgery. The decision changes everything in her picture perfect life. Keith Morrison reports.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

3 Aug 20181h 16min

It’s back! Presenting the second installment of Kimberly and Katie’s series of interviews with the incomparable Josh Mankiewicz. In this episode of The Mank Files, we ask Josh about the Cowboy Church in The Pink Gun Mystery, the Missy Bevers case, Unraveled and… the wolfpack. That’s right, we have a return to the Silver Lakes. Included with this segment is our recap of “Secrets in Silver Lakes” to refresh your memory on the wolfpack, the trial and what the bible says about reasons that it may or may not be OK to commit murder. Please enjoy this very special episode of A Date with Dateline: The Mank Files. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

29 Juli 20181h 2min

Introducing a hot new summer series. Intrigue! Murder! Sweat! Cicadas! Sunburns! Pocket Squares! For 7 weeks only, the team behind A Date with Dateline is proud to introduce the season’s summeriest new show, The Mank Files. Starring Dateline’s Josh Mankiewicz answering questions and solving the mysteries of life with cameos from Kimberly and Katie. (Really The Mank Files is just a segments of A Date with Dateline podcast in which Kimberly and Katie have their first interview with Sir Mankie with the Hankie himself). Without further ado, please enjoy our first very, very special segment of The Mank Files! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

21 Juli 201829min

Join us and Queen Canning for a Kimberly’s Favorite repeat recap! Learn along with us that paintball leagues are an actual thing, that defending yourself in court never fails except when it does and that when you change horses in midstream you run the risk of disappointing the most important judge of all… no, not Judy…Andrea. So pop in some chewing gum to make yourself look cool and issue a blanket apology to your family- you’re busy listening to A Date With Dateline’s latest most specialist of special episodes The Killing in Cobb County (with a side of French dressing and murder)! Official Description from NBC: A beautiful young mother, Karmen Smith is murdered. Her 5 year old son, Nick, is also attacked and fights for his life. Their upstairs neighbor Lottie Spencer alerts the police that she believes she knows who did it—her teenage stalker Waseem Daker. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

14 Juli 20181h 27min