Podcast Episodes

Forever Wars

Since 9/11, the power of the U.S. military has been felt around the world in the name of rooting out terrorism. But at what cost? From Fallujah in Iraq to tiny villages in Afghanistan and Yemen, Reve…

Published on 4 years, 3 months ago

Fighting Fire with Fire

Year after year, wildfires have swept through Northern California’s wine and dairy country, threatening the region’s famed agricultural businesses. . Evacuation orders have become a way of life in pl…

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

The Jail Tapes in the Dumpster

Sixteen-year-old Myon Burrell was sent to prison for life after a stray bullet killed an 11-year-old girl in Minneapolis in 2002. Amy Klobuchar, who was Minneapolis’ top prosecutor, brought first-deg…

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

For 20 years, I saw no peace

We open with a story from Aysha, a Kabul resident in her mid-twenties, who we’ve been checking in with over the past few months. Aysha was born in Pakistan. Her parents fled Afghanistan after the Tal…

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

Minor violations

Shelter staff have called 911 on migrant kids for minor offenses. In some cases, police have arrested, jailed and even tased those kids. 

When unaccompanied children arrive alone at the U.S. border a…

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

Juvenile (In)justice

Larissa Salazar grew up in Wyoming, and when she was in eighth grade, she got in a fight on a school bus. That snowballed into her spending 16 months in a state juvenile facility. 

Reporter Tennessee…

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago

The teen reporter, the evictions and the church

Three stories from local reporters who uncovered injustice and inequality in their hometowns, from an eviction crisis in Ohio to a Hitler-quoting state police training in Kentucky. 

Louisville high s…

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago

Into the COVID ICU

Dr. Paloma Marin-Nevarez graduated from medical school during the pandemic. We follow the rookie doctor for her first months working at a hospital in Fresno, California, as she grapples with isolatio…

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago

Baseball Strikes Out

In the early 2000s, rampant steroid use across Major League Baseball became the biggest scandal in the sport’s history. But fans didn’t want to hear the difficult truth about their heroes – and the l…

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago

Timber Wars

Thirty years ago, activists and scientists turned a fight over the spotted owl and ancient trees into one of the biggest environmental conflicts of the century. The process transformed the way we see…

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago