The Living Goddess follows Rashmila, who at four years old was taken from her family to become a goddess. She grew up in a palace, dressed always in red, believing she could heal the people who came to worship her. At twelve years old, her world turned upside down: she was cast out from the palace. It was time to become a mortal again.

Journalist: Ada Petriczko

Voice: Sohm Kapila

Audio: Lauren Aurora Hutchinson & Charlie Brandon-King

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Lawyer, fraudster, and king of the party, Scott Rothstein had a gift––he could tell anyone’s price. He used this gift to transform those around him into “players” in an incredibly lucrative game… transforming his law firm into a giant Ponzi scheme. With a cast of dirty cops, acquiescing employees, and thieving businessmen, Rothstein set the stage for the largest Ponzi scheme in Florida history and fourth-largest worldwide.

Reported by: Bob Norman & Rich Stout

Voice: Matt Addis

Audio: Charlie Brandon-King

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This is the never before told story of the relationship between a prisoner—the ex-President of Iraq—and a young American soldier from Kansas City.

Journalist: Michael Weiss

Audio: Ben Adair for Western Sound & Charlie Brandon-King

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When the Taliban last ruled Afghanistan, playing an instrument could be punished by death, and yet Negin finds herself as conductor of all-female orchestra, stepping into a power she didn’t know she had.

Journalist: Sahar Zand

Audio: Saskia Edwards

Additional Music: Subat

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