Podcasts by Serial
Serial is a podcast from Serial Productions, a New York Times company, 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.
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S01 Episode 01: The Alibi from 2022-02-22T14:12:27.250536
It's Baltimore, 1999. Hae Min Lee, a popular high-school senior, disappears after school one day. Six weeks later detectives arrest her classmate and ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed, for her murder. He sa...
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S01 Episode 02: The Breakup from 2022-02-22T14:12:27.249723
Their relationship began like a storybook high-school romance: a prom date, love notes, sneaking off to be alone. But unlike other kids at school, they had to keep their dating secret, because thei...
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S01 Episode 03: Leakin Park from 2022-02-22T14:12:27.248930
It’s February 9, 1999. Hae has been missing for three weeks. A man on his lunch break pulls off a road to pee, and stumbles on her body in a city forest. His odd recounting of the discovery makes D...
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S01 Episode 07: The Opposite of the Prosecution from 2022-02-22T14:12:27.245487
Adnan told Sarah about a case in Virginia that had striking similarities to his own: one key witness, incriminating cell phone records, young people, drugs - and a defendant who has always maintain...
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S01 Episode 10: The Best Defense is a Good Defense from 2022-02-22T14:12:27.243189
Adnan’s trial lawyer was M. Cristina Gutierrez, a renowned defense attorney in Maryland – tough and savvy and smart. Other lawyers said she was exactly the kind of person you’d want defending you o...
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S02 Episode 04: The Captors from 2022-02-22T14:12:27.238061
What's happening on the other side of the door?
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S01 Update: Day 01, Adnan Syed’s Hearing from 2022-02-22T14:12:27.236103
February 2016: Sarah Koenig ducks back into the Adnan Syed case for a few days. There’s a hearing in Baltimore—a court proceeding that’s been nearly sixteen years in the making. Syed’s attorney wil...
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S02 Episode 06: 5 O'Clock Shadow from 2022-02-22T14:12:27.234816
Why did Bowe Bergdahl walk off?
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S01 Update: Day 02, Adnan Syed’s Hearing from 2022-02-22T14:12:27.200168
February 2016: Sarah Koenig ducks back into the Adnan Syed case for a few days. There’s a hearing in Baltimore—a court proceeding that’s been nearly sixteen years in the making. Syed’s attorney wil...
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S01 Update: Day 03, Adnan Syed’s Hearing from 2022-02-22T14:12:27.199373
February 2016: Sarah Koenig ducks back into the Adnan Syed case for a few days. There’s a hearing in Baltimore—a court proceeding that’s been nearly sixteen years in the making. Syed’s attorney wil...
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S02 Episode 09: Trade Secrets from 2022-02-22T14:12:27.196869
You don’t make peace with your friends.
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S03 Episode 04: A Bird in Jail Is Worth Two on the Street from 2022-02-22T14:12:27.191890
What happens when the right evidence points to the wrong man?
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S03 Episode 08: A Madman’s Vacation from 2022-02-22T14:12:27.188597
A teenager decides to cooperate.
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The Trojan Horse Affair - Trailer from 2022-02-22T14:12:27.176518
A mysterious letter detailing a supposed Islamist plot to take over schools shocked Britain in 2014. But who wrote it? From Serial Productions and The New York Times, “The Trojan Horse Affair,” an ...
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The Improvement Association - Chap 5 from 2021-04-28T10:00:05
The Improvement Association PAC’s power in the county is threatened when an unlikely candidate enters the race for county commissioner. Plenty of people outside the PAC now have their own ideas abo...
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The Improvement Association - Chap 4 from 2021-04-28T10:00:04
With the PAC’s reputation suffering because of years of cheating accusations and resentment stirring within its ranks, a prominent member turns against the leadership. Nevertheless, Horace and his ...
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The Improvement Association - Chap 3 from 2021-04-28T10:00:03
Zoe delves into one of the most serious allegations against the Bladen Improvement PAC: an accusation about stealing votes from vulnerable people that goes back 10 years. In trying to track down th...
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The Improvement Association - Chap 2 from 2021-04-28T10:00:02
Zoe talks to people in the county who believe the Bladen Improvement PAC has been cheating for years. She tries to get beyond the rumors and into specifics, and comes face to face with the intense ...
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The Improvement Association - Chap 1 from 2021-04-28T10:00:01
Following a notorious case of election fraud in Bladen County, North Carolina, in 2018, the reporter Zoe Chace gets an invitation from Horace Munn, the leader of the Bladen County Improvement Assoc...
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A new show from Serial! from 2021-03-30T12:00
Listen to the trailer for our newest show, "The Improvement Association." From Serial Productions and The New York Times, hosted by Zoe Chace.
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The Improvement Association - Trailer from 2021-03-30T10:00
Listen to the trailer for our newest show, "The Improvement Association." From Serial Productions and The New York Times, hosted by Zoe Chace.
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Nice White Parents - Ep. 5 from 2020-08-20T09:00
An unexpected last chapter. Some white parents start behaving differently.
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Nice White Parents - Ep. 4 from 2020-08-20T08:59
Is it possible to limit the power of white parents?
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Nice White Parents - Ep. 3 from 2020-08-20T08:58
We saw what happens when white families come into the school. What happens when they stay out?
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Nice White Parents - Ep. 2 from 2020-08-20T08:57
White parents in the 1960s fought to be part of a new, racially integrated school. Where’d they go?
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Nice White Parents - Ep. 1 from 2020-08-20T08:56
A group of parents take one big step together.
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S03 Episode 09: Some Time When Everything Has Changed from 2018-11-15T10:30
The state of Ohio decides where Joshua belongs.
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S03 Episode 07: The Snowball Effect from 2018-10-25T09:30
If you listen closely to the trash-talking, you start to get the message.
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S03 Episode 05: Pleas Baby Pleas from 2018-10-11T09:30
Don’t tell the judges, but the prosecutors have the most power in the building.
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S03 Episode 03: Misdemeanor, Meet Mr. Lawsuit from 2018-09-27T09:30
The smell of raw marijuana + acting nervous + hands in pockets = ?
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S03 Episode 02: You’ve Got Some Gauls from 2018-09-20T09:30
When a judge believes he knows you better than you know yourself.
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S03 Episode 01: A Bar Fight Walks into the Justice Center from 2018-09-20T09:15
A young woman at a bar is slapped on the butt. So why’s she the one in jail?
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S02 Episode 11: Present for Duty from 2016-03-31T09:30
The Season Two finale: What is Bowe’s fault, and what isn’t?
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S02 Episode 07: Hindsight, Part 1 from 2016-02-18T10:30
It makes sense if you’re Bowe Bergdahl.
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S02 Episode 05: Meanwhile, in Tampa from 2016-01-21T10:30
CIA, FBI, YouTube, the Portland PD? There was no handbook for getting Bergdahl back.
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S02 Episode 03: Escaping from 2015-12-24T10:30
Bergdahl’s first year in captivity starts with an escape and ends with an escape. In between, he learns necessary, twisted lessons of survival.
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S02 Episode 02: The Golden Chicken from 2015-12-17T10:30
On the move with Bergdahl, the Taliban slip past the U.S. Army’s massive effort to find him. During those days and weeks, each side is asking, what is Bergdahl worth to us?
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S02 Episode 01: DUSTWUN from 2015-12-10T11:00
In the middle of the night, Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl grabs a notebook, snacks, water, some cash. Then he quietly slips off a remote U.S. Army outpost in eastern Afghanistan and into the dark, open desert...
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S01 Episode 12: What We Know from 2014-12-18T10:30
On January 13, 1999, Adnan Syed was a hurt and vengeful ex-boyfriend who carried out a premeditated murder. Or he was a bewildered bystander, framed for a crime he could never have committed. After...
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S01 Episode 11: Rumors from 2014-12-11T10:30
Almost everyone describes the 17-year-old Adnan the same way: good kid, helpful at the mosque, respectful to his elders. But a couple of months ago, Sarah started getting phone calls from people wh...
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S01 Episode 09: To Be Suspected from 2014-11-20T10:30
New information is coming in about what maybe didn’t happen on January 13, 1999. And while Adnan’s memory of that day is foggy at best, he does remember what happened next: being questioned, being...
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S01 Episode 08: The Deal with Jay from 2014-11-13T10:30
The state’s case against Adnan Syed hinged on Jay’s credibility; he was their star witness and also, because of his changing statements to police, their chief liability. Naturally, Adnan’s lawyer t...
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S01 Episode 06: The Case Against Adnan Syed from 2014-10-30T09:30
The physical evidence against Adnan Syed was scant - a few underwhelming fingerprints. So aside from cell records, what did the prosecutors bring to the jury, to shore up Jay's testimony? Sarah wei...
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S01 Episode 05: Route Talk from 2014-10-23T09:30
Adnan once issued a challenge to Sarah. He told her to test the state’s timeline of the murder by driving from Woodlawn High School to Best Buy in 21 minutes. It can’t be done, he said. So Sarah an...
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S01 Episode 04: Inconsistencies from 2014-10-16T09:30
A few days after Hae’s body is found, the detectives get a lead that opens the case up for them. They find Jay at work late one night and bring him down to Homicide. At first, he insists he doesn’t...
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