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.

S04 - Ep. 2: The Special Project

March 28, 2024 00:47:09 8.76 MB ( 36.5 MB less) Downloads: 0

In 2002, an elite interrogation team secretly staged Guantánamo’s most elaborate intel operation — to try to get a single detainee to talk.

S04 - Ep. 1: Poor Baby Raul

March 28, 2024 00:41:11 7.79 MB ( 31.74 MB less) Downloads: 0

Maybe you have an idea in your head about what it was like to work at Guantánamo, one of the most notorious prisons in the world. Think again.

S04 - Trailer

March 21, 2024 00:02:22 0.44 MB ( 1.82 MB less) Downloads: 0

From Serial Productions and The New York Times, Serial Season 4 is a history of Guantánamo told by people who lived through key moments in Guantánamo’s evolution, who know things the rest of us don’t about what it’s like to be caught inside an improvised justice system. Episodes 1 and 2 arrive Thursday, March 28.

An Update From Sarah Koenig

March 01, 2024 00:00:59 0.94 MB Downloads: 0

News about an upcoming project.

The Kids of Rutherford County - Ep. 4: Dedicated Public Servants

November 16, 2023 00:39:19 37.75 MB Downloads: 0

The lawyers settle with the county, which agrees to pay the kids who were wrongfully arrested and illegally jailed; the hard part is actually getting the kids paid. From Serial Productions and The New York Times in partnership with ProPublica and Nashville Public Radio, “The Kids of Rutherford County” is reported and hosted by Meribah Knight, a Peabody-award winning reporter based in the South.

The Kids of Rutherford County - Ep. 3: Would You Like to Sue the Government?

November 16, 2023 00:47:54 45.99 MB Downloads: 0

Wes Clark reads a telling line in a police report about how Rutherford County’s juvenile justice system really works. He and his law partner Mark Downton realize they have a massive class action on their hands. From Serial Productions and The New York Times in partnership with ProPublica and Nashville Public Radio, “The Kids of Rutherford County” is reported and hosted by Meribah Knight, a Peabody-award winning reporter based in the South.

The Kids of Rutherford County - Ep. 2: What the Hell Are You People Doing?

November 16, 2023 00:32:50 31.53 MB Downloads: 0

A young lawyer named Wes Clark can’t get the Rutherford County juvenile court to let his clients out of detention — even when the law says they shouldn’t have been held in the first place. He’s frustrated and demoralized, until he makes a friend. From Serial Productions and The New York Times in partnership with ProPublica and Nashville Public Radio, “The Kids of Rutherford County” is reported and hosted by Meribah Knight, a Peabody-award winning reporter based in the South.

The Kids of Rutherford County - Ep. 1: The Egregious Video

November 16, 2023 00:27:52 26.75 MB Downloads: 0

A police officer in Rutherford County, Tenn., sees a video of little kids fighting, and decides to investigate. This leads to the arrest of 11 kids for watching the fight. The arrests do not go smoothly. From Serial Productions and The New York Times in partnership with ProPublica and Nashville Public Radio, “The Kids of Rutherford County” is reported and hosted by Meribah Knight, a Peabody-award winning reporter based in the South.

The Kids of Rutherford County - Trailer

October 19, 2023 00:03:56 3.79 MB Downloads: 0

For over a decade, one Tennessee county arrested and illegally jailed hundreds, maybe thousands, of children. A four-part narrative series reveals how this came to be, the adults responsible for it, and the two lawyers, former juvenile delinquents themselves, who try to do something about it. From Serial Productions and The New York Times, “The Kids of Rutherford County” is reported and hosted by Meribah Knight, a Peabody-award winning reporter based in the South. Get it everywhere you get your podcasts on Thursday, October 26th.

The Retrievals - Ep. 5: The Outcomes

August 17, 2023 00:53:45 51.61 MB Downloads: 0

In fertility treatment, a successful outcome is defined as a healthy baby. In this story, the outcomes are complicated for everyone involved. 

The Retrievals - Ep. 4: The Clinic

August 17, 2023 00:38:00 36.48 MB Downloads: 0

What we know about what happened at the clinic.

The Retrievals - Ep. 3: The Sentence

August 17, 2023 00:46:38 44.78 MB Downloads: 0

At the nurse’s sentencing hearing, the patients learn a shocking detail that forces them to confront the limits of their compassion.

The Retrievals - Ep. 2: The Nurse

August 17, 2023 00:33:05 31.76 MB Downloads: 0

The patients know what happened to them. Now they learn who did it. The story of the nurse whose own pain was also unseen.

The Retrievals - Ep. 1: The Patients

August 17, 2023 00:56:34 54.31 MB Downloads: 0

Patients at a fertility clinic experience excruciating, unexpected pain. For months the reason for that pain remains hidden. Then they get a letter from the clinic.

The Retrievals - Trailer

June 22, 2023 00:04:24 4.22 MB Downloads: 0

The patients in this story came to the Yale Fertility Center to pursue pregnancy. They began their I.V.F. cycles full of expectation and hope. Then a surgical procedure called egg retrieval caused them excruciating pain.Some of the patients screamed out in the procedure room. Others called the clinic from home to report pain in the hours that followed. But most of the staff members who fielded the patients’ reports did not know the real reason for the pain, which was that a nurse at the clinic was stealing fentanyl, and replacing it with saline.From Serial Productions and The New York Times, The Retrievals is a five-part narrative series reported by Susan Burton, a veteran staff member at “This American Life” and author of the memoir “Empty.”Susan details the events that unfolded at the clinic, and examines how the patients’ distinct identities informed the way they made sense of what happened to them in the procedure room. The nurse, too, has her own story, about her own pain, that she tells to the court. And then there is the story of how this all could have happened at the Yale clinic in the first place.Throughout, Burton explores the stories we tell about women’s pain. How do we tolerate, interpret and account for it? What happens when pain is minimized or dismissed?Episode 1 of The Retrievals arrives Thursday, June 29th.