Podcast
Hard Knox with Amanda Knox
Hosted by Knox Robinson Productions · EN
Amanda Knox has been many things—accused, convicted, exonerated, tabloid villain, true crime icon, best-selling author—and she's still figuring out what to make of it all. Hard Knox is warm without being soft, funny without being light, and intellectually serious without being academic. Amanda argues with her guests, changes her mind, and brings the kind of hard-won perspective that you can only get from someone who's a connoisseur of Italian prison food.
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Crisis Chemistry or Trauma Bonds?
Mar 300:39:48Tap to summarizeAmanda and Chris unpack the complicated idea of trauma bonds, from Amanda’s relationship with Raffaele during their wrongful imprisonment to the quieter survival mode of early parenthood. They explore how crisis can intensify connection, why Hollywood romanticizes trauma informed love, and what happens to relationships once the emergency ends. Along the way, they wrestle with whether trauma is objective or subjective, how identity shifts under pressure, and whether facing mortality together can create a bond that is destabilizing, transformative, or both. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Why the Arc of History Still Bends Toward Justice (Timothy Egan)
Feb 2401:04:34Tap to summarizeTim Egan is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, National Book Award–winning author, and longtime New York Times columnist who publicly challenged the media narrative around Amanda Knox’s case when few others would. In this episode, Amanda and Tim unpack how predatory journalism, cultural bias, and economic incentives fuel rushes to judgment, how misinformation erodes our ability to agree on basic facts, and why truth telling becomes harder and more necessary when narratives turn tribal. They also explore why history offers both warning signs and hope, and how ordinary individuals can still bend the arc toward justice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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How Cringe Becomes Art (Lauren Weedman)
Feb 1701:06:23Tap to summarizeLauren Weedman is an Emmy-nominated writer, comedian, and actor known her roles in HBO’s Looking, Hung and Hacks. She is also a renowned solo performer whose work is built on fearless honesty and dark humor. In this episode, Lauren gives Amanda a candid masterclass in solo storytelling, from why audiences hesitate to laugh at trauma, to how musical numbers, silence, and even a well timed cartwheel can unlock tension onstage. Along the way, they trade unforgettable moments about prison mugshots, shame, loneliness, and how a mother can balance the intense energy of a theatrical run with the demands of family life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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How Television Shapes Public Truth (Warren Littlefield)
Feb 1000:58:44Tap to summarizeWarren Littlefield is an award winning television producer and former NBC network president whose career spans landmark shows from Cheers to The Handmaid’s Tale and The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox. In this candid and behind the scenes conversation, Warren and Amanda revisit the making of the series together, sharing stories about freezing fog in Vancouver, impossible production schedules, and the tiny details like suitcases and pastries that carry enormous emotional weight. Along the way, Warren reflects on firefighting in the entertainment industry, replacing Johnny Carson, embracing change, and why protecting creative vision, listening to your gut, and questioning official narratives matter far beyond television. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Ask Amanda Anything: Pivots, Joy, Dance Floors
Feb 301:02:02Tap to summarizeIn this Ask Amanda Anything episode, Amanda and Chris tackle big, tender questions about career pivots, privacy, creativity, and what it means to live openly without losing yourself. They share raw and funny stories about quitting “soul sucking” jobs, being the first person on the dance floor, and relearning joy after it was taken away. The conversation moves from Taoist ideas about following life’s current to the ethics of oversharing, offering a look at how curiosity, connection, and courage help us begin again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Why Adaptation Is a Human Superpower (Maya Shankar)
Jan 2700:56:11Tap to summarizeMaya Shankar is a cognitive scientist, writer, and host of the podcast A Slight Change of Plans, whose new book The Other Side of Change explores who we become when life takes an unexpected turn. In this rich and intimate conversation, Maya and Amanda dig into moments ranging from Juilliard dreams cut short by injury to miscarriage. They talk about locked-in syndrome, prison poetry, and the surprising psychology of why uncertainty can feel worse than pain. Along the way, Maya shares practical tools offering listeners a hopeful and deeply human guide to navigating change without platitudes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Tending Your Garden in a Burning World
Jan 2000:25:40Tap to summarizeIn a moment when the news feels relentless and outrage is often treated as a moral obligation, Amanda reflects on what meditation is really for. Is sitting quietly a form of disengagement, or a way of learning how to respond without making things worse? Drawing on Zen practice, Buddhist history, and her own experience of trauma, activism, and family life, Amanda explores the false choice between rage and withdrawal, and makes the case for tending the quality of our own minds as a prerequisite for meaningful engagement. In a world on fire, this is an argument for care, clarity, and action that doesn’t multiply harm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Why Being Right Won't Set You Free (Michael Semanchik and Scott McMahon)
Jan 1301:16:26Tap to summarizeMike Semanchik is the executive director of the Innocence Center, and Scott McMahon is an American who spent more than five years imprisoned in the Philippines for a crime he did not commit. In this episode, Amanda, Mike, and Scott unpack how a justice system built on delay, corruption, and extortion can turn a single accusation into a life sentence without a verdict, how patience and tenacity become survival skills when truth is systematically ignored, and why refusing to pay for freedom can cost everything and still be worth it. Michael Semanchik is also the host of the podcast For The Innocent, where he tells the stories of those who have been unjustly imprisoned and the tireless efforts to bring them home. Read more about Scott's case here https://theinnocencecenter.org/case/scott-mcmahon/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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New Beginnings
Jan 601:01:59Tap to summarizeIn this episode of Hard Knox, Amanda is joined by her husband Chris for an intimate and surprisingly funny conversation about the practice of beginning again. Drawing from Zen practice, a New Year’s fight, and a walk in the woods, they explore how noticing momentum in our thoughts, moods, and arguments can interrupt downward spirals, how compassion and physical connection can reset conflict, and why beginning again is not about erasing the past but choosing wisely in the present. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Who's Right? - Can You Fake It Till You Make It?
Nov 2000:32:18Tap to summarizeIn this playful and revealing back-and-forth, Amanda and Chris debate the ethics, psychology, and survival-value of improvising your way through life. They touch on careers, creativity, parenting, identity, and confidence, while exploring why adaptability may now be the most essential human skill of all. How do you know when to “fake it till you make it”? Reach out to us at www.amandaknox.com or amandaknox.substack.com X: @amandaknox IG: @amamaknox Bluesky: @amandaknox.com Free: My Search for Meaning Waking Up Meditation App https://www.wakingup.com/Amandaknox Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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