729: Yvette Gentile and Rasha Pecoraro: Embracing the Spotlight and Facing Evil - a podcast by Sara Dean

Sisters Yvette Gentile and Rasha Pecoraro are primarily recognized as the co-hosts of the wildly popular podcast “Root of Evil: The True Story of the Hodel Family and the Black Dahlia,” a 2020 iHeartRadio ‘True Crime Podcast of the Year’ nominee. The dark story of their mother Fauna Hodel’s life became a six-episode limited television series “I Am The Night,” which premiered in January 2019.
Yvette and Rasha have returned to the airwaves with a new weekly podcast, Facing Evil. In their latest venture, the siblings bring their unique perspective of growing up in a family with a dark history, to true crime with a focus on the victims and individuals at the heart of the stories. Outside of podcasting, Yvette is also an actor, model, and sandal designer with her husband Gino. She is an avid yogi who trains for and practices classes specific to individuals confronting distress and long-term grief and pain. 
Rasha was a fierce competitor on “The Biggest Loser” in 2006. Since then, she’s advocated for beauty at any size as a plus-size model and married her wife Vanna in 2010. She is a proud LGBTQ+ advocate and activist, mother, as well as an actor and voiceover artist. Listen in to hear Rasha and Yvette share:

What it was like for Rasha to marry a man on national TV after being a contestant on the Biggest Loser - and then realize she was gay and come out out of the closet in a very public wayThe impact of their unique sister relationship of being a gay-straight passing blond woman and a black biracial woman - standing side by side as sisters

What it’s been like for both Rasha and Yvette to embrace the spotlight in a big way as the layers of their family story is shared across multiple media platformsThe impact and imprint of many tragic true crime stories on US history

How they have intentionally stayed away from sensationalism and salaciousness in true crime podcasting, and instead opted for sharing humanity, compassion, and empathy in their storiesLinks mentioned:

Podcast: Facing EvilFacing Evil on IG

Rasha on IGYvette on IG


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