PodcastOne launches Cheating with Jillian Hamilton

PodcastOne, a leading podcast platform and a subsidiary of LiveXLive Media (NASDAQ: LIVX), announced today the podcast launch of Cheating: When Love Lies from host Jillian Hamilton. Cheating: When Love Lies, which is sold and distributed by PodcastOne, is a deep dive into the complex emotions surrounding these secret unions. The podcast, which debuts on July 20, is available on PodcastOne, Apple, Spotify, Facebook, Amazon and wherever podcasts are heard.

Creator and host, Hamilton, delves into the taboo topic of cheating and asks the hard questions about affairs: how common are they, who’s having them, and why? These questions illicit unexpected answers that reveal both men and women as people actively seeking something - validation, escape, understanding, vengeance, thrill, love, sex, and romance - outside of committed partnerships. Cheating: When Love Lies resists the condemnation of affairs as uniquely wrong or bad and instead considers their usefulness in learning as much about relationships as we learn about ourselves.

“I hope that with Cheating: When Love Lies, listeners find a place where we can talk about affairs in an effort to understand them and not solely to judge them. I’m thrilled to be at PodcastOne, the leader in the podcast space,” said Hamilton.

“Jillian thoughtfully tackles a topic that has crossed everyone’s minds in one way or another. The stories are fascinating, interesting and provide great perspective for people that might help with their own lives and relationships and entertain them at the same time. It’s an intriguing program and Jillian will bring another element of storytelling to the PodcastOne network,” said Kit Gray, President of PodcastOne.

Uniquely on the podcast, Hamilton narrates her short fictional stories about cheating based on true life events. The narration is followed by a roundtable discussion with everyday people who react to the story and share their own thoughts on infidelity. Hamilton also conducts interviews with cheaters and betrayed partners which are raw and real - and at times maddening and heartbreaking.

Hamilton, who has an extensive career in broadcast both as a journalist and a host with various international outlets such as FOX, FX, TLC, Discovery and the French national network M6, developed the concept for Cheating during the height of Covid as she was consuming reported statistics on how marriages were falling apart during the pandemic, and how hanky-panky was proliferating online. Her curiosity was piqued and Cheating: When Love Lies was created.