Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
The game show "The Moment of Truth" dares contestants to reveal some of their deepest darkest secrets in exchange for big cash prizes. Here in the U.S., the program didn't fare too well, but it was a big deal when it came to Peru.
Their first contestant was a 19-year-old woman named Ruth Thalía Sayas Sánchez. What happened to her on the show changed her life forever.
It's a harrowing story Daniel Alarcón wrote about for the new publication California Sunday Magazine.
Alarcón is the author of "At Night We Walk in Circles," a finalist for the 2014 PEN/Faulkner Award, and the executive producer of Radio Ambulate.