You Didn't See Nothin
by USG Audio
Introducing Mission K-Pop
About this podcast
The Pulitzer Prize and Peabody Award-winning “You Didn't See Nothin” follows Yohance Lacour as he revisits the story that introduced him to the world of investigative journalism. Part investigation and part memoir, Yohance examines how its ripple effects have shaped his life over the past quarter-century.
In 1997, Lenard Clark was beaten into a coma by a gang of older white teens simply for being Black in a white neighborhood. One of Lenard’s attackers was from a powerful Chicago family. The media quickly turned towards stories of reconciliation and racial healing, with cooperation by Black leaders and the attacker’s family.
Yohance wasn’t having any of it.
At the time of the attack, he was in his early 20s, writing plays, selling weed, and living at his dad’s house on the South Side of Chicago. Unable to stand by silently, he began working with a neighborhood newspaper to investigate the vicious hate crime. Reporting on the incident led him to grow increasingly disillusioned with journalism.
From USG Audio and the Invisible Institute – creators of the 2020 Pulitzer Finalist podcast “Somebody” – “You Didn't See Nothin” finds Yohance back in Chicago after a 10-year prison sentence, tracking down key players to examine how this story connects to our present moment.
Episodes
- Introducing Mission K-Pop · 40 minCaty Szeto is a woman with a dream: to become a K-Pop superstar. The 23-year-old Asian American is traveling from her home in LA to South Korea’s capital Seoul to attend a K-Pop…
- Crime Story: Yohance reflects on You Didn’t See Nothin · 43 minYohance sits down with Kathleen Goldhar, the host of CBC’s new podcast Crime Story, to talk about Lenard Clark’s case and the many questions he grappled with while making You…
- 7 - Staring Through My Rearview · 27 min · Episode 7Nearly 50-years-old now, Yohance tries to make sense of what forgiveness means in the face of endless racial violence.CreditsHost: Yohance LacourProducers: Bill Healy, Dana…
- 6 - Never Had a Friend Like Me · 36 min · Episode 6Yohance speaks to the Black minister about the notion that the attacker and his victim have become friends.CreditsHost: Yohance LacourProducers: Bill Healy, Dana…
- 5 - Who Do You Believe In? · 37 min · Episode 5The Black community becomes deeply divided over some of its leaders supporting the family of the attacker.CreditsHost: Yohance LacourProducers: Bill Healy, Dana Brozost-Kelleher…
- 4 - Point the Finga · 31 min · Episode 4As the trial approaches, a key witness goes missing and another is murdered. CreditsHost: Yohance LacourProducers: Bill Healy, Dana Brozost-Kelleher, Erisa Apantaku, Sarah…
- 3 - Heartz of Men · 29 min · Episode 3News stories about the beating zero in on reconciliation and racial healing, as the attacker’s parents meet with prominent Black leaders.CreditsHost: Yohance LacourProducers…
- 2 - Holler If Ya Hear Me · 34 min · Episode 2Yohance begins to investigate the beating for a neighborhood newspaper, when his reporting gets some unwanted attention.CreditsHost: Yohance LacourProducers: Bill Healy, Dana…
- 1 - Young Black Male · 32 min · Episode 1When a 13-year-old Black boy is attacked in Chicago’s Bridgeport neighborhood, Yohance rallies his crew to avenge the beating.CreditsHost: Yohance LacourProducers: Bill Healy…
- Trailer · 2 minPart investigation and part memoir, “You Didn't See Nothin” follows Yohance Lacour as he revisits the story that introduced him to the world of investigative journalism, and…
