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May 25, 2024 Listen Now: The Competition
Every summer for the past seven decades, 50 high school seniors—one from every state—descend on Mobile, Alabama to take part in one of the country’s most lucrative scholarship competitions for teen girls.
The Competition takes you behind the scenes of the Distinguished Young Women (DYW) program, and follows seven girls as they experience the highs and lows of competing for two weeks, away from home and under the most high-stress circumstances. Some girls enter for the money, some for prestige. All of them are used to being the best and the brightest. But only one will walk away with the top prize.
Host Shima Oliaee (Dolly Parton’s America, Pink Card) was Nevada’s contestant in 2001. More than 20 years later, she returns to Alabama as a judge. What can two weeks with 50 of the country’s most ambitious teens tell us about girlhood in America?
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8 min
December 20, 2023 Listen Now: MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries
The human body is a miracle. But when it’s not working, it can be the stuff of nightmares. On this new series from master storyteller MrBallen, we’re sharing medical horror stories and diagnostic mysteries that are surgically calibrated to make your blood run cold.
From bizarre, unheard-of diseases and miraculous recoveries to strange medical mishaps and unexplainable deaths — you’ll never hear the phrase “heart-stopping” in the same way again. MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries is a first of its kind collaboration between MrBallen and Wondery, the award-winning company behind Dr. Death.

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8 min
October 23, 2023 Listen Now: Ghost Story
Tristan Redman is a journalist who doesn’t believe in ghosts. But weird things happened in his teenage bedroom – weirder than normal. When, years later, he discovers subsequent occupants of his family home were haunted by the ghost of a faceless woman, he’s curious. Because by a strange coincidence, it just so happens that the house Tristan grew up in is right next door to a murder scene - where his wife’s great grandmother was killed by two gunshots to the face. Could there be a connection? Tristan decides to investigate and soon finds himself where no son-in-law should ever be: delving deep into his wife’s family history, asking questions no one wants answered. Wondery and Pineapple Street Studios present Ghost Story — a seven-part podcast series about family secrets, overwhelming coincidences and the things that come back to haunt us.
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9 min
August 21, 2023 Wondery Presents: Over My Dead Body: Gone Hunting
When Mike Williams vanishes on a hunting trip, the authorities suspect he was eaten by alligators but the true predators who took Mike may lurk much closer to home. The mystery of Mike’s disappearance might have faded from memory, if it wasn’t for one woman’s tireless crusade. From Wondery, comes a new season of Over My Dead Body; a story about an obsessive love affair, a scandalous secret and a mother’s battle for the truth.
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6 min
April 16, 2021 Carolina Herrera Creative Director Wes Gordon
Is it time to ditch the sweats for sequence? Sneakers for stilettos? After a year of going virtual -- from meetings to book clubs, cocktail parties to weddings, Wes Gordon, Creative Director of Carolina Herrera, discusses what the post-pandemic fashion industry will look like.
27 min
April 09, 2021 IMF Chief Economist Gita Gopinath
Spring back! The global economy is set to expand at the fastest pace in decades, fueled by vaccinations and government stimulus. But the International Monetary Fund is warning of an unequal recovery. How will America and other rich countries pay for their spending sprees? IMF Chief Economist Gita Gopinath talks with Margaret Brennan.
25 min
April 02, 2021 Filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick
This week, Margaret Brennan talks to documentary filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick about living through one of the most fraught moments in U.S. history, filmmaking during the pandemic and their new documentary Hemingway.
31 min
March 26, 2021 IMAX CEO Richard Gelfond
Movie theaters are reopening. So does that mean blockbusters are back? IMAX CEO Richard Gelfond - whose business relies on the in-person experience - tells Margaret Brennan why he thinks droves of moviegoers will be back in theaters as soon as this summer.

21 min
March 19, 2021 Bridgewater Associates Founder Ray Dalio
Billionaire investor Ray Dalio says the world order is undergoing a massive reboot. He thinks America’s economy is too unequal and that surging wealth inequality could be its undoing. He thinks capitalism needs to be reformed, and discusses with Margaret Brennan his thoughts on how to turn around an America that is deeply divided and in so much debt.
27 min
March 12, 2021 Ellevest CEO Sallie Krawcheck
How does President Biden’s $2 trillion relief bill jolt the lagging economy? Margaret Brennan talks with Wall Street titan Sallie Krawcheck of Ellevest. She unpacks the second largest economic relief measure in American history and breaks down what it means for women and families.
26 min

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