Chameleon:

In the fall of 2020, 14 men were arrested across three states in a series of FBI raids that shocked the nation. The government alleged that these men conspired to kidnap, and possibly even kill, the sitting governor of Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer. But is that really what happened?

On season 7 of Chameleon, we’ll explore that notorious plot to kidnap Governor Whitmer from its inception by taking listeners on an unprecedented journey inside the investigation. Through hundreds of hours of wire recordings that have never been heard by the public, you’ll ride along in the pocket of an FBI informant posing as a militia member, as he infiltrates an anti-government group that seems dangerous. But are they?

Was the plot to kidnap Governor Whitmer the sophisticated plan the government said it was, or just the stoned fantasies of a group of down-on-their-luck gun nuts? Did the FBI stop a dangerous plot in motion…or did it help to create it? 

A Campside Media & Sony Music Entertainment production.

Credits

Chameleon: The Michigan Plot is a production of Campside Media, in partnership with Sony Music Entertainment.

Hosts: Jessica Garrison and Ken Bensinger

Producer: Ryan Sweikert

Associate Producers: Callie Hitchcock and Henry Lavoie

Executive Producer: Josh Dean

Story Editor: Michael Canyon Meyer

Fact Checking: Annika Robbins

Additional Research provided by Julie Denesha 

Sound design and Mix by Yi-Wen Lai-Tremewan

Voice Coaching by Karen Given

Music by Blue Dot Sessions, Epidemic Sound, and APM

For Campside Media:

Executive Producers: Josh Dean, Vanessa Grigoriadis, Adam Hoff, and Matt Shaer

Operations Team is Doug Slawin, Ashley Warren, Sabina Mara, Emma Simonoff, Destiny Dingle & David Eichler