About
The Plot Thickens

Angela Carone has worked in audio and video storytelling for almost 20 years. She came to TCM from the NPR affiliate in San Diego, CA where she worked as an award-winning radio reporter and producer. Angela moved to Atlanta to produce short documentaries for FilmStruck. She still makes documentaries for broadcast on TCM.

Michael Voulgaris started his career as an editor at Turner in 2000. He has worked on short video content for TCM such as “How Bogart Became a Star,” “Julie Andrews: At Home in Hollywood” and “Blackface & Hollywood,” to name a few. The Plot Thickens is his first time editing a podcast. His favorite film is 2001: A Space Odyssey, album is Steely Dan’s Aja, and book is The Cormorant by Stephen Gregory.

Charles Tabesh is senior vice president of programming and production for Turner Classic Movies (TCM). In this capacity, he is responsible for managing programming, scheduling and acquisition selection strategies for the brand. Tabesh also leads the programming for the network’s annual TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood.

Joanne Faryon is an investigative reporter and producer. She is the creator of the hit podcast “Room 20,” from the L.A. Times, which debuted at number one on iTunes in the U.S. and Canada in 2019. Faryon is also a professor at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism where she teaches reporting and an investigative podcast class.

James Sheridan joined the TCM team for The Plot Thickens: Lucy. James is the co-author (with Barry Monush) of Lucille Ball FAQ: Everything Left to Know About America’s Favorite Redhead, which was published one month after he graduated from Fordham University. He also works on a variety of New York-based television productions.

Yacov Freedman has been a producer for HLN, Entertainment Tonight, and a bunch of other TV shows – but his first love has always been the movies.  He has degrees in film studies from Northwestern and Emory Universities, and since 2015 he’s been working at Turner Classic Movies, the greatest network in the world.

Shari Okeke is creator of the Peabody-nominated podcast, Mic Drop. She’s an award-winning Canadian journalist with 24 years’ experience in television, radio and online at Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Shari recently joined the faculty of the School of Journalism at Toronto Metropolitan University, where she teaches Advanced Podcasting and Radio Documentary.

Rachel J. Pilgrim is a multimedia investigative journalist who has covered social justice, crime, race and culture stories. Her experience is in radio, podcasting, long-form writing, scriptwriting, and both audio and video production. You can find her words and voice in the New York Times, Audible, HuffPost, The Root and more.