Blindspot podcast

Blindspot

HIV and AIDS changed the United States and the world. In this series, we reveal untold stories from the defining years of the epidemic, and we’ll consider: How could some of the pain have been avoided? Most crucial of all, what lessons can we still learn from it today? Blindspot is a co-production of The HISTORYⓇ Channel and WNYC Studios.

HIV and AIDS changed the United States and the world. In this series, we reveal untold stories from the defining years of the epidemic, and we’ll consider: How could some of the pain have been avoided? Most crucial of all, what lessons can we still learn from it today? Blindspot is a co-production of The HISTORYⓇ Channel and WNYC Studios.

 

#26

There Was Love Here

In this final episode, we turn to people living with HIV today — longtime survivors of a p... more

22 Feb 2024

38 MINS

38:00

22 Feb 2024


#25

What If I Could Have Grown Old With My Brother?

In 1985, doctors at a methadone clinic in the South Bronx made the harrowing discovery: 50... more

15 Feb 2024

39 MINS

39:55

15 Feb 2024


#24

Respectability Politics and the AIDS Crisis

By 1986, almost 40 percent of people diagnosed with AIDS in the United States were either ... more

08 Feb 2024

47 MINS

47:44

08 Feb 2024


#23

'Women Don’t Get AIDS, They Just Die From It'

From the very earliest days of the epidemic, women got infected with HIV and died from AID... more

01 Feb 2024

44 MINS

44:05

01 Feb 2024


#22

If I Didn't Have HIV, I Wouldn't Have Met You

It’s the 1980s — Harlem, USA — and the 17th floor of the area’s struggling public hospital... more

25 Jan 2024

39 MINS

39:11

25 Jan 2024


#21

Mourning in America

Valerie Reyes-Jimenez called it “The Monster.” That’s how some people described HIV and AI... more

18 Jan 2024

35 MINS

35:08

18 Jan 2024


#20

Introducing Blindspot: The Plague in the Shadows

In this season of Blindspot: The Plague in the Shadows, we travel back to a pivotal moment... more

11 Jan 2024

03 MINS

03:46

11 Jan 2024


#19

Episode 6: The Lesson

The centennial of the massacre attracted international coverage; camera crews, T-shirt ven... more

02 Jul 2021

33 MINS

33:27

02 Jul 2021


#18

Episode 5: The Body

This episode contains descriptions of graphic violence. Ignored, erased, silenced… But Gre... more

25 Jun 2021

31 MINS

31:39

25 Jun 2021


#17

Episode 4: The Massacre

This episode contains descriptions of graphic violence and racially offensive language. Ov... more

18 Jun 2021

39 MINS

39:44

18 Jun 2021


#16

Episode 3: The Two Wars

This episode contains descriptions of graphic violence and racially offensive language. Wh... more

11 Jun 2021

39 MINS

39:17

11 Jun 2021


#15

Episode 2: The Rise of Greenwood

The people beyond Greenwood’s borders ensured that the neighborhood could not prosper for ... more

04 Jun 2021

35 MINS

35:19

04 Jun 2021


#14

Episode 1: The Past Is Present

This episode contains descriptions of graphic violence and racially offensive language. On... more

28 May 2021

35 MINS

35:05

28 May 2021


#13

Introducing Blindspot: Tulsa Burning

On May 31, 1921, the Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma was a thriving city within a ci... more

21 May 2021

01 MINS

01:00

21 May 2021


#12

Blindspot introduces Dead End: A New Jersey Political Murder Mystery

Blindspot introduces a new podcast:  [Dead End: A New Jersey Political Murder Mystery] (ht... more

02 Jun 2022

05 MINS

05:18

02 Jun 2022


#11

Revisiting 9/11

Twenty years after the attacks that changed our world, we revisit the evidence and questio... more

01 Sep 2021

02 MINS

02:01

01 Sep 2021


#10

Episode 8: The Ghost

“The Ghost” is the nickname that Port Authority Detective Matthew Besheer and FBI Special ... more

21 Oct 2020

52 MINS

52:29

21 Oct 2020


#9

Episode 7: The Falcon Hunt

It’s the late 1990s and the question tying policy makers at the highest levels of the U.S.... more

14 Oct 2020

55 MINS

55:00

14 Oct 2020


#8

Episode 6: The Choice

Osama bin Laden began his life as the son of a contractor made fabulously wealthy by the S... more

07 Oct 2020

45 MINS

45:50

07 Oct 2020


#7

Episode 5: The Idea

The World Trade Center was built with soaring expectations. Completed in 1973, its archite... more

30 Sep 2020

50 MINS

50:57

30 Sep 2020


#6

Bonus Episode: The Double Life

Emad Salem has been called one of the most successful undercover agents in the history of ... more

25 Sep 2020

34 MINS

34:27

25 Sep 2020


#5

Episode 4: The Sheikh

FBI informant Emad Salem is close to not only the Blind Sheikh but his trusted lieutenant,... more

23 Sep 2020

40 MINS

40:09

23 Sep 2020


#4

Episode 3: The Bomb

NYPD Detective Louis Napoli and FBI Special Agent John Anticev fear an attack is coming, b... more

16 Sep 2020

32 MINS

32:30

16 Sep 2020


#3

Episode 2: The Mole

In 1981, the radical cleric Omar Abdel-Rahman -- known as The Blind Sheikh -- inspires the... more

09 Sep 2020

45 MINS

45:03

09 Sep 2020


#2

Episode 1: The Bullet

The 9/11 attacks were so much more than a bolt from the blue on a crisp September morning.... more

09 Sep 2020

48 MINS

48:03

09 Sep 2020


#1

Introducing Blindspot: The Road to 9/11

Time has flattened our understanding of the 9/11 terror attacks. There’s a sense that they... more

31 Aug 2020

02 MINS

02:39

31 Aug 2020