Absolute

Nick Berardini, Paul Solotaroff, Maggie Freleng, Lauren Bright Pacheco

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Booking Overview

Absolute is a documentary-style true-crime/tech-accountability series from Lava for Good Podcasts, using a single major case or industry story to explore ethics, power, and real-world consequences. It’s a strong pitch venue for leaders and experts connected to public safety, technology oversight, and institutional accountability.

Metrics

Episodes: 9

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.6/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

Contact Information

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Host

Nick Berardini - Host and documentarian Nick Berardini is presented as the driving obsessive/producer figure behind Absolute Season 1, centered on the Taser/Axon story—framing technology, policing, and accountabili...

Paul Solotaroff - Award-winning investigative journalist and longtime Rolling Stone Magazine contributor, leading entries in the Bone Valley anthology.

Maggie Freleng - Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and one of the hosts of Lava for Good’s Wrongful Conviction; hosts Bone Valley Season 3 | Graves County.

Lauren Bright Pacheco - Host of Wrongful Conviction, with a focus on how human connection can help individuals overcome injustices.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Investigative journalists, Pulitzer/award-winning reporters, attorneys and legal scholars, criminal-justice practitioners, policing/public-safety technologists, medical/forensic experts relevant to use-of-force outcomes, civil-rights advocates, and executives/engineers from public-safety technology companies (or their regulators) depending on season/case focus. Some guests may be directly affected individuals (victims/witnesses/wrongful conviction contributors) rather than public experts.
Required Achievements:  
Major investigative reporting or published work in top outlets, Pulitzer or equivalent journalism awards, Leadership roles in criminal justice reform, civil rights, or oversight bodies, Authorship of influential research/books on policing or tech accountability, High-profile involvement in litigation, policy, or regulatory actions

Recent Guest Discussions

Victoria Caldwell - Wrongful Conviction Narrative; Account Connected To The Conviction Of Quincy Cross Related To Jessica Currin.

Recent Topics

Policing, Technology, Accountability, Justice, Public Safety

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Absolute
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Introducing - Bone Valley Season 5 | The Devil's Quarry: Preview

June 10, 2026

In the woods outside Carmel, New York, a hunter finds the bones of a twelve-year-old girl. She had been missing. The people meant to protect her had looked the other way. Police set their sights on two teenage drug dealers, who are convicted of her murder and sent to prison.But this is just the beginning of the story. Now, buried records, ignored warnings, and a justice system that may have gotten it dangerously wrong are forced into the open, while the real killer bides his time, counting th...

Introducing - Bone Valley Season 5 | The Devil's Quarry

June 03, 2026

In the woods outside Carmel, New York, a hunter finds the bones of a twelve-year-old girl. She had been missing. The people meant to protect her had looked the other way. Police set their sights on two teenage drug dealers, who are convicted of her murder and sent to prison.But this is just the beginning of the story. Now, buried records, ignored warnings, and a justice system that may have gotten it dangerously wrong are forced into the open, while the real killer bides his time, counting th...

Introducing - Wrongful Conviction with Lauren Bright Pacheco | Season 2

November 13, 2025

Six new, inspiring episodes of Wrongful Conviction, hosted by Lauren Bright Pacheco, that celebrate the potential of human connection to empower ordinary people to overcome extraordinary odds and injustices. Real individuals who unexpectedly became one another’s personal heroes by turning tragedy into triumph. Wrongful Conviction with Lauren Bright Pacheco will be available every Thursday beginning November 13 wherever you get your podcasts. To hear episodes ad-free, subscribe to Lava f...

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