Up First from NPR

A CLEAR Path to the Front of the Line


Listen Later

Air travel is stressful enough–and then there are people who can pay to jump the queue. How do some people get ushered straight to the front of the airport security line, while others find themselves waiting? The answer lies in the rise of a private company, CLEAR. Today on The Sunday Story, we look at how CLEAR inched its way into airport security. What actually happens when public and private interests try to coexist?

Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices

NPR Privacy Policy
...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Up First from NPRBy NPR

  • 4.5
  • 4.5
  • 4.5
  • 4.5
  • 4.5

4.5

53,954 ratings


More shows like Up First from NPR

View all
This American Life by This American Life

This American Life

90,932 Listeners

Fresh Air by NPR

Fresh Air

38,468 Listeners

Planet Money by NPR

Planet Money

30,666 Listeners

The NPR Politics Podcast by NPR

The NPR Politics Podcast

25,775 Listeners

NPR News Now by NPR

NPR News Now

14,370 Listeners

Pod Save America by Crooked Media

Pod Save America

87,248 Listeners

The Daily by The New York Times

The Daily

112,200 Listeners

The Indicator from Planet Money by NPR

The Indicator from Planet Money

9,518 Listeners

Today, Explained by Vox

Today, Explained

10,203 Listeners

Throughline by NPR

Throughline

16,346 Listeners

Fiction - Comedy Fiction by The Sunset Explorers

Fiction - Comedy Fiction

6,444 Listeners

Short Wave by NPR

Short Wave

6,549 Listeners

Consider This from NPR by NPR

Consider This from NPR

6,389 Listeners

The Ezra Klein Show by New York Times Opinion

The Ezra Klein Show

15,863 Listeners

The Headlines by The New York Times

The Headlines

619 Listeners