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“Serial” began in 2014 as a spinoff of the public radio show “This American Life.” In 2017, we formed Serial Productions when we launched the podcast “S-Town.” Since then, Serial Productions has produced every season of “Serial” along with shows like “Nice White Parents,” “The Trojan Horse Affair,” “The Coldest Case in Laramie,” “The Retrievals” and more. 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.

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Latest Episodes:

The Idiot - Chapter 1 Mar 26, 2026

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For decades, M. simply disliked Allen. They saw him as a fool, a pompous “international businessman” who bragged about shady deals and drove fancy cars while living in Eastern Europe and Africa. But one day Allen suddenly shows up at their father’s home in Cape Cod with his mother and 5-year-old son. He says he has separated from his wife, whom he has left behind in Moscow. M. suspects this could be a kidnapping, but their family seems to disagree.

But finally Allen does something so bad, even M.’s family can’t ignore it.
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The Idiot - Trailer Mar 19, 2026

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The New York Times writer M. Gessen is widely known for their award-winning writing about totalitarianism, terrorism and the erosion of human rights. Now, M. is examining a more personal target: their least favorite cousin, Allen. For decades, they saw Allen as a fool, a pompous ‘international businessman’ who bragged about shady deals. But then Allen is arrested for trying to put a hit out on his ex-wife, and M. cannot wrap their head around the news. He’s just an idiot, right? Not a would-be murderer?
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The Preventionist - Ep. 3 Oct 30, 2025

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What’s the harm of “better safe than sorry” in cases where abuse is ambiguous? One mother’s story is our answer to that question.

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The Preventionist - Ep. 2 Oct 30, 2025

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One pediatrician’s path to Pennsylvania, and the rise of a powerful new field in child medicine.

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The Preventionist - Ep. 1 Oct 30, 2025

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The story of how this extraordinary situation in the Lehigh Valley came to light — because it almost didn’t.

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The Preventionist - Trailer Oct 16, 2025

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In the summer of 2023, reporter Dyan Neary received a tip about a problematic doctor in Pennsylvania. Families were claiming that when they sought medical care for their children, this pediatrician falsely accused them of abuse, and their children were taken away from them. The Preventionist traces this doctor’s decades-long career across multiple states, and explores the rise of a new and powerful kind of specialist, the “child abuse pediatrician” — whose decisions can be incredibly difficult to challenge.

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The Retrievals S02 - Ep. 4 Aug 07, 2025

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Sometimes you can’t wait for research to tell you what to do — you just have to go ahead and do it. We get back on L&D with Clara, Mindy and Heather.
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The Retrievals S02 - Ep. 3 Aug 07, 2025

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Pain during a cesarean section isn’t a new problem. But for a long time, it’s been a hidden one. In England, a patient named Susanna not only brings the problem to doctors’ attention, but also tries to solve it.
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The Retrievals S02 - Ep. 2 Aug 07, 2025

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What went wrong with Clara’s delivery? And can Heather get doctors to talk about it?
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The Retrievals S02 - Ep. 1 Aug 07, 2025

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Clara is a labor and delivery nurse, so she has a pretty good idea of what to expect when she delivers her own twins at the same hospital where she works. But she wasn’t prepared for this.
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