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  Serial Productions & The New York Times  

Serial Productions makes narrative podcasts whose quality and innovation transformed the medium. “Serial” began in 2014 as a spinoff of the public radio show “This American Life.” In 2020, we joined the New York Times Company. Our shows have reached many millions of listeners and have won nearly every major journalism award for audio, including the first-ever Peabody Award given to a podcast. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest Serial Productions news: https://bit.ly/3FIOJj9 Have thoughts or feedback on our shows? Email us at serialshows@nytimes.com

Serial Productions makes narrative podcasts whose quality and innovation transformed the medium. “Serial” began in 2014 as a spinoff of the public radio show “This American Life.” In 2020, we joined the New York Times Company. Our shows have reached many millions of listeners and have won nearly every major journalism award for audio, including the first-ever Peabody Award given to a podcast. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest Serial Productions news: https://bit.ly/3FIOJj9 Have thoughts or feedback on our shows? Email us at serialshows@nytimes.com

 

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#68

The Coldest Case In Laramie - Trailer

Kim Barker, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter for The New York Times, revisits an unsolved murder that took place while she was in high school in Laramie, Wyoming, nearly 40 years ago. She confronts the conflicting stories people have told themselves about the crime because of an unexpected development: the arrest of a former Laramie police officer accused in the murder. All eight episodes of "The Coldest Case in Laramie," a new show from Serial Productions and The New York Times, are available on Thursday, February 23rd wherever you get your podcasts. ... Read more

16 Feb 2023

04 MINS

04:41

16 Feb 2023

#67

We Were Three - Ep. 3: I Am All That Is Left. Amen.

Rachel goes back to California, to the place where she grew up and where her brother and father died, to find answers.    For more information on 'We Were Three': https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/11/podcasts/we-were-three.html ... Read more

13 Oct 2022

44 MINS

44:20

13 Oct 2022

#66

We Were Three - Ep. 2: Assassin

Rachel retraces how her family, over decades, fell apart and came back together.      For more information on 'We Were Three': https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/11/podcasts/we-were-three.html ... Read more

13 Oct 2022

49 MINS

49:24

13 Oct 2022

#65

We Were Three - Ep. 1: Black Box

Rachel goes back to California, to the place where she grew up and where her brother and father died, to find answers.   For more information on 'We Were Three': https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/11/podcasts/we-were-three.html ... Read more

13 Oct 2022

43 MINS

43:59

13 Oct 2022

#64

We Were Three - Trailer

A three-part series from This American Life producer Nancy Updike. When Rachel McKibbens’s father and brother died suddenly last fall, two weeks apart, from Covid, she’d had no idea her father was sick, and no idea her brother was dying. They were unvaccinated, but the story of what happened started long before that. All three episodes of "We Were Three," a new show from Serial Productions and The New York Times, are available now wherever you get your podcasts. ... Read more

13 Oct 2022

03 MINS

03:02

13 Oct 2022

#63

The Trojan Horse Affair - Part 8

A man banned from working in education in the aftermath of the Trojan Horse letter inspires Brian and Hamza to track down one last witness with him – in Australia. And all three travelers find their faith tested. ... Read more

18 Mar 2022

47 MINS

47:30

18 Mar 2022

#62

The Trojan Horse Affair - Part 7

Birmingham authorities struggle to explain why they disavowed their own findings about the Trojan Horse plot. But when Brian and Hamza make a discovery deep inside some court documents, everything suddenly makes sense. ... Read more

18 Mar 2022

50 MINS

50:26

18 Mar 2022

#61

The Trojan Horse Affair - Part 6

Hamza takes a long, hard look at what the government found when it investigated more than 20 majority-Muslim schools in Birmingham. And our two reporters have a confrontation – with each other. ... Read more

18 Mar 2022

1 HR 04 MINS

1:04:55

18 Mar 2022

#60

The Trojan Horse Affair - Part 5

Hamza and Brian learn that the Trojan Horse letter wasn’t the only unsigned letter alleging an extremist operation was afoot in Birmingham. An interview with a couple who lodged complaints against their school starts out cordially, but six hours later, the atmosphere is so tense that not even an offer of tea can smooth things over. And Hamza stops pretending he’s not angry about what he’s hearing. ... Read more

18 Mar 2022

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:08

18 Mar 2022

#59

The Trojan Horse Affair - Part 4

A series of frustrating interviews with Birmingham politicians leaves Brian and Hamza wondering if crucial information about the Trojan Horse letter was kept from officials in London. Then one rainy Friday afternoon, Brian hears back from a government source who wants to meet right away. ... Read more

18 Mar 2022

45 MINS

45:24

18 Mar 2022

#58

The Trojan Horse Affair - Part 3

In a state of surprise, Hamza and Brian leave a meeting with the man the Trojan Horse letter was first sent to. And they learn about an internal investigation report that local officials have kept hidden, but which they think could contain a bombshell. ... Read more

18 Mar 2022

38 MINS

38:06

18 Mar 2022

#57

The Trojan Horse Affair - Part 2

Hamza and Brian think the source of the Trojan Horse letter might be hiding in plain sight. After learning about the petty personnel dispute that probably gave rise to the letter, they’re even more bewildered about how it ever could have been taken seriously. ... Read more

18 Mar 2022

53 MINS

53:20

18 Mar 2022

#56

The Trojan Horse Affair - Part 1

A strange letter appears outlining a plot by Islamic extremists to infiltrate Birmingham schools. Hamza and Brian visit the supposed mastermind of the plot, and he tells them he did take over a bunch of schools – just not for the reasons in the letter. ... Read more

18 Mar 2022

59 MINS

59:15

18 Mar 2022

#55

The Trojan Horse Affair - Trailer

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 investigation that became bigger than we ever imagined. All eight parts are available now, wherever you get your podcasts. Search "The Trojan Horse Affair." ... Read more

03 Feb 2022

04 MINS

04:07

03 Feb 2022

#54

The Improvement Association - Ep. 5: ‘Democrat, Republican, White, Black, Green’

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 about how to build Black political power here. Zoe examines what this election could mean for the PAC’s future.   ... Read more

28 Apr 2021

48 MINS

48:49

28 Apr 2021

#53

The Improvement Association - Ep. 4: ‘Let Them Pull the Red Wagon’

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 closest allies make a bold move by supporting a political upset at the center of the county. ... Read more

28 Apr 2021

51 MINS

51:01

28 Apr 2021

#52

The Improvement Association - Ep. 3: ‘The Ballad of the Nursing Home Ballots’

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 the veracity of this particularly persistent rumor, she comes to understand how and why election cheating allegations are so sticky. ... Read more

28 Apr 2021

39 MINS

39:36

28 Apr 2021

#51

The Improvement Association - Ep. 2: ‘Where Is Your Choice?’

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 suspicion and scrutiny leveled against the organization. In the middle of another election, Zoe goes out with members of the PAC to watch how they operate and try to make sense of all these allegations against them. ... Read more

28 Apr 2021

44 MINS

44:11

28 Apr 2021

#50

The Improvement Association - Ep. 1: ‘The Big Shadoo’

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 Association PAC, a Black political advocacy group whose name was dragged into the scandal. Horace asks Zoe to come down and investigate for herself and find out who is really cheating. ... Read more

28 Apr 2021

44 MINS

44:12

28 Apr 2021

#49

The Improvement Association - Trailer

Listen to the trailer for our newest show, "The Improvement Association."  From Serial Productions and The New York Times, hosted by Zoe Chace. ... Read more

30 Mar 2021

03 MINS

03:37

30 Mar 2021

#48

Nice White Parents - Ep. 5: ‘We Know It When We See It’

Chana has traced the history of the school from its founding and come to the present. But now: One unexpected last chapter. Last year, the school district for BHS mandated a change in the zoning process to ensure all middle schools would be racially integrated. No longer can white families hoard resources in a few select schools. Black and Latino parents have been demanding this change since the late 1950s. The courts have mandated it. Chana asks: How did this happen? And is this a blueprint for real, systemic change? ![image] (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/serialpodcast/~4/NzVzMGnkLR4) ... Read more

20 Aug 2020

52 MINS

52:23

20 Aug 2020

#47

Nice White Parents - Ep. 4: ‘Here’s Another Fun Thing You Can Do’

Public schools are inequitable because the school systems are maniacally loyal to white families. We can’t have equitable public education unless schools limit the disproportionate power of white parents. But is that even possible? Chana finds two schools that are trying to do just that, and both are actually inside the 293 building. One is downstairs in the basement, where a charter school called Success Academy opened about 7 years ago. The other is upstairs at BHS, the newly renamed SIS. ![image] (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/serialpodcast/~4/rAgzxY6ICCg) ... Read more

20 Aug 2020

48 MINS

48:54

20 Aug 2020

#46

Nice White Parents - Ep. 3: ‘This Is Our School, How Dare You?’

Chana Joffe-Walt explores how white parents can shape a school — even when they aren’t there. She traces the history of I.S. 293, now the Boerum Hill School for International Studies, from the 1980s through the modern education reforms of the 2000s. In the process, Chana talks to alumni who loved their school and never questioned why it was on the edge of a white neighborhood. To them, it was just where everyone went. But she also speaks to some who watched the school change over the years and questioned whether a local community school board was secretly plotting against 293. ![image] (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/serialpodcast/~4/xX2quyWxQ7I) ... Read more

20 Aug 2020

45 MINS

45:04

20 Aug 2020

#45

Nice White Parents - Ep. 2: ‘I Still Believe in It’

Chana Joffe-Walt searches the New York City Board of Education archives for more information about the School for International Studies, which was originally called I.S. 293. In the process, she finds a folder of letters written in 1963 by mostly white families in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn. They are asking for the board to change the proposed construction of the school to a site where it would be more likely to be racially integrated. It’s less than a decade after Brown v. Board of Education, amid a growing civil rights movement, and the white parents writing letters are emphatic that they want an integrated school. They get their way and the school site changes — but after that, nothing else goes as planned. ![image] (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/serialpodcast/~4/j6IOyu_7uRw) ... Read more

20 Aug 2020

51 MINS

51:52

20 Aug 2020

#44

Nice White Parents - Ep. 1: The Book of Statuses

It’s 2015 and one Brooklyn middle school is about to receive a huge influx of new students. Reporter Chana Joffe Walt follows what happens when the School for International Studies’s 6th grade class swells from 30 mostly Latino, Black and Middle Eastern students, to a class of 103 —an influx almost entirely driven by white families. Everyone wants “what’s best for the school” but it becomes clear that they don’t share the same vision of what “best” means. For more information about this show, visit [nytimes.com/nicewhiteparents] (https://nytimes.com/nicewhiteparents) ![image] (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/serialpodcast/~4/VKmSkvEycbU) ... Read more

20 Aug 2020

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:20

20 Aug 2020

#43

S-Town - Chapter VII

“You’re beginning to figure it out now, aren’t you?” ... Read more

20 Nov 2018

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:39

20 Nov 2018

#42

S-Town - Chapter VI

“Since everyone around here thinks I’m a queer anyway.” ... Read more

20 Nov 2018

45 MINS

45:26

20 Nov 2018

#41

S-Town - Chapter V

“Nobody’ll ever change my mind about it.” ... Read more

20 Nov 2018

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:48

20 Nov 2018