Apple has today released a brand new podcast series under the TV+ banner, titled ‘Hooked’, with the first two episodes of nine now available in the Podcasts app.
The new Apple Original tells the story of how a successful airplane engineer became one of the most notorious bank robbers in American history and takes a look at the country’s opioid epidemic in the process.
When Tony Hathaway was arrested outside a Seattle bank in February 2014, it brought an end to one of the most prolific bank robbery streaks in American history. Hathaway robbed 30 banks in a single year, all within a 30-mile radius of his suburban home. But that’s not the most surprising part of this story. Before Hathaway was a masterful bank robber—a shape-shifting professional who confounded multiple police departments and the FBI—he was a top design engineer at Boeing, one of America’s most important companies. Hathaway traveled the world in business class, working on the 747, while hiding a gigantic secret: an OxyContin addiction that ultimately unraveled his life. Based on three years of conversations between Hathaway and journalist Josh Dean, Hooked is a different kind of crime story that takes listeners on an exceptional and very personal tour of America’s opioid epidemic.
The podcast is produced by Campside Media and narrated by co-founder Josh Dean, who revealed on Twitter that he initially wrote to Hathaway in prison after reading about his story. It’s a fascinating thread that is well worth a read as you delve into the podcast.
’Hooked’ is the latest podcast to be released as part of the TV+ channel within the Apple Podcasts app. It joins ‘Foundation: The Official Podcast’, ‘The Line’, ‘The Problem with Jon Stewart: The Official Podcast’ and ‘For All Mankind: The Official Podcast’, which are are all available to listen to now. Unlike the other shows, however, there’s currently no announced TV+ show or docuseries to accompany the release of ‘Hooked’.
You can follow ‘Hooked’ and listen to the first two episodes now in the Apple Podcasts app.