Serial
Serial is a podcast from the creators of This American Life, hosted by Sarah Koenig. Serial unfolds one story - a true story - over the course of a whole season. The show follows the plot and characters wherever they lead, through many surprising twists and turns. Sarah won't know what happens at the end of the story until she gets there, not long before you get there with her. Each week she'll bring you the latest chapter, so it's important to listen in, starting with Episode 1. New episodes are released on Thursday mornings.
The Last 12 Weeks - Ep. 5
Days before the execution, the defense team scrambles to respond to an unexpected ruling, while the...
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To justify sentencing David Wood to death, prosecutors argued that he was a convicted rapist turned...
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In the final weeks before the execution date, the defense team has to decide just how far it’s willing...
ListenThe Last 12 Weeks - Ep. 2
The way the state constructed the case, there’s no one big shiny piece of evidence for the defense...
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In 1992, David Wood became El Paso’s most notorious convicted serial killer. He has been on death...
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In 1992, David Wood was convicted of murdering young women and girls and burying them in the desert...
ListenThe Idiot - Chapter 5
Allen will almost certainly be released in a few years. What should M.’s family do with a guy who...
ListenThe Idiot - Chapter 4
Allen finally agrees to talk … and talk and talk, for 35 hours of interviews. M. wants to understand...
ListenThe Idiot - Chapter 3
M. attends Allen’s trial in San Francisco. The FBI’s star witness, an agent who went by “David,"...
ListenThe Idiot - Chapter 2
M. seeks out Allen’s ex-wife, Priscilla, who tells her side of the story. It begins with a whirlwind...
ListenThe Idiot - Chapter 1
For decades, M. simply disliked Allen. They saw him as a fool, a pompous “international businessman”...
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The New York Times writer M. Gessen is widely known for their award-winning writing about totalitarianism,...
ListenThe Preventionist - Ep. 3
What’s the harm of “better safe than sorry” in cases where abuse is ambiguous? One mother’s...
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One pediatrician’s path to Pennsylvania, and the rise of a powerful new field in child medicine. Our...
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The story of how this extraordinary situation in the Lehigh Valley came to light — because it almost...
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In the summer of 2023, reporter Dyan Neary received a tip about a problematic doctor in Pennsylvania....
ListenThe Retrievals S02 Episode 4: The Solutions
Sometimes you can’t wait for research to tell you what to do — you just have to go ahead and do...
ListenThe Retrievals S02 Episode 3: The Guidelines
Pain during a cesarean section isn’t a new problem. But for a long time, it’s been a hidden one....
ListenThe Retrievals S02 Episode 2: The Speech
What went wrong with Clara’s delivery? And can Heather get doctors to talk about it? Our newest podcast,...
ListenThe Retrievals S02 Episode 1: The Case
Clara is a labor and delivery nurse, so she has a pretty good idea of what to expect when she delivers...
ListenThe Retrievals, Season 2 - Trailer
C-sections are the most frequently performed major surgeries in the world. So why do so many patients...
ListenThe Good Whale - Ep. 6
After a month at sea, Keiko pops up near a Norwegian fishing village, causing a stir among the residents...
ListenThe Good Whale - Ep. 5
Keiko disappears in Icelandic waters, swimming east for four weeks. Unobserved, with no human contact....
ListenThe Good Whale - Ep. 4
A fresh training team takes a hard-line approach and doubles down on breaking Keiko’s bond with humans....
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