Leave Richard Simmons Alone

For all intents and purposes, Missing Richard Simmons, the new hit podcast by Dan Taberski, is investigative journalism. But Taberski isn’t investigating corporate corruption or political malpractice; he’s invading someone’s private life, a celebrity who left the public eye over two years ago for reasons that Taberski, and his burgeoning audience, are desperate to find out.
Within this investigative setup, there’s a strange lack of empathy in the show, which devotes time