After serving time in jail, actor Allison Mack opens up about her experiences in a group with links to sex trafficking. Plus, a deep dive into Jane Austen
Smallville actor Allison Mack (pictured above) is best known these days for the part she played in the NXIVM sex cult (HBO’s series The Vow offers a comprehensive primer). Fresh from a prison sentence for racketeering, is she somebody who should be platformed on a podcast? Gladly. Natalie Robehmed’s CBC series asks difficult questions, as it considers whether Mack was a victim, perpetrator, or somewhere in between. Hannah J Davies
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Ever had your pub quiz interrupted because of potentially harmful bioluminescent algae? That is just one of the offbeat details in this charming Hat Trick series about life as a doctor in Antarctica, and efforts to keep the continent Covid-free as the pandemic raged. Dr Rachel Varnam is our guide to an isolating but extraordinary period. HJD
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