Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe Double Life of a Civil Rights Icon
Some of the most enduring photos of the civil rights movement were taken by Ernest Withers. A native of Memphis, Tennessee, Withers earned the trust …
2 years, 4 months ago
Sunblocked: Resistance to Solar in Farm Country
For the U.S. to meet its clean energy goals by 2050, the Department of Energy projects that the country needs more than 10 million acres of solar dev…
2 years, 5 months ago
Fancy Galleries, Fake Art
In the mid-’90s, two high-end New York art galleries began selling one fake painting after another – works in the style of Jackson Pollock, Andy Warh…
2 years, 5 months ago
It's Not Easy Going Green
When they were invented in the ’90s, renewable energy certificates were meant to stimulate the green energy market. Back then, building wind and sola…
2 years, 5 months ago
Gaza: A War of Weapons and Words
This episode focuses on the Israeli and Palestinian conflict and its ripples throughout the world. First, Reveal host Al Letson has a conversation wi…
2 years, 5 months ago
Hidden Confessions of the Mormon Church
In this week’s episode, produced in collaboration with The Associated Press, secret audio recordings expose a legal playbook used by The Church of Je…
2 years, 5 months ago
Havana Syndrome
A sharp sound. Followed by body numbness. Difficulty speaking. Extreme head pain. Since 2016, U.S. officials across the world – in Cuba, China and Ru…
2 years, 6 months ago
Locked Up: The Prison Labor That Built Business Empires
After the Civil War, a new form of slavery took hold in the U.S. and lasted more than 60 years. Associated Press reporters Margie Mason and Robin McD…
2 years, 6 months ago
In Bondage to the Law
On a summer night in 1995, a sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed in a hotel parking lot in Birmingham, Alabama. When investigators arrived at the sc…
2 years, 6 months ago
We Regret to Inform You
Bruce Praet is a well-known name in law enforcement, especially across California. He co-founded a company called Lexipol that contracts with more th…
2 years, 6 months ago