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Introducing Alternate Realities from NPR
Season 23
Zach Mack and his dad are living in separate realities, and it's tearing their family apart.
Like so many Americans, Zach's dad has gotten swept up in conspiracy theories. After years of circular arg…
Published on 9 months ago
Five Fingers Crush The Land from NPR's Throughline
Season 22 Episode 4
As NPR correspondent Emily Feng reported in our three-part series "The Black Gate," hundreds of thousands of Uyghur people have been detained in China. They've been subjected to torture, forced labor…
Published on 10 months, 4 weeks ago
The Black Gate: Arresting Your Brothers and Sisters
Season 22 Episode 3
As NPR correspondent Emily Feng reported on the Kucar family, she encountered a mysterious figure working to keep her sources from speaking out. Later, she meets another Uyghur man who - perhaps unwi…
Published on 10 months, 4 weeks ago
The Black Gate: Like a Bullet from a Gun
Season 22 Episode 2
Abdullatif Kucar returns to China, determined to find his children, who have been sent to state-run "boarding schools," and his wife, who has spent two years in prison. They're among hundreds of thou…
Published on 11 months ago
The Black Gate: Vanished in the Night
Season 22 Episode 1
In the Xinjiang region of western China, the government has rounded up and detained hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs and other Muslim ethnic groups, including the wife and young children of a Uyghur …
Published on 11 months, 1 week ago
Introducing The Black Gate from NPR
Season 22
This is the story of a people being erased, one family at a time. For almost a decade, the Chinese government has been detaining hundreds of thousands of ethnic Uyghurs in what critics call a systema…
Published on 11 months, 2 weeks ago
A Good Guy: Under Oath
Season 21 Episode 2
There's a promise that all Marines make to defend the Constitution. After Sgt. Joshua Abate participated in the events on January 6, the Corps has to decide: Did he break his oath when he entered the…
Published on 1 year ago
A Good Guy: 279 Hours
Season 21 Episode 1
"Have you ever tried to overthrow the U.S. government?" Marine Sgt. Joshua Abate was in the middle of a routine polygraph test to receive top-secret clearance when he made an extraordinary admission:…
Published on 1 year ago
Introducing "A Good Guy" from NPR
Season 21
Sergeant Joshua Abate says that he's not a rioter or an insurrectionist. Those closest to the active-duty Marine call him "a good guy." But he was part of the mob that attacked the Capitol on January…
Published on 1 year ago
Tested: Lumpers and Splitters
Season 20 Episode 6
Episode 6: Christine and Max are some of the most recent female athletes in this century-long history to face tests, stigma, and restrictions. But they are unlikely to be the last. In this episode, w…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago