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The Cost of School Choice

08.17.2019

Dominique Martin was thrilled to get a state-funded voucher to send her daughter to private school. We go to Louisiana to investigate the cost of school choice. Don’t miss out on the next big story. Get the Weekly Reveal newsletter ...

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08.17.2019 The Cost of School Choice Dominique Martin was thrilled to get a state-funded voucher to send her daughter to private school. We go to Louisiana to investigate the cost of school choice. Don’t miss out on the next big story. Get the Weekly Reveal newsletter ...
08.10.2019 Bundyville Revealed **A bombing in rural Nevada you’ve probably never heard of. A plot to blow up a government building. Reveal teams up with the podcast series, Bundyville, produced by Oregon Public Broadcasting and Longreads, to see what happened to rancher Cliven ...
08.03.2019 Harpooned by Facebook As smart devices become a bigger and bigger part of our lives, we look at how Facebook and other companies gather information about their users and turn it into profits. Don’t miss out on the next big story. Get the ...
07.27.2019 Lasting Impact (rebroadcast) In Oregon, the concussion protocols that were supposed to keep high school athletes safe end up falling short for a star quarterback. Don’t miss out on the next big story. Get the Weekly Reveal newsletter today.
07.20.2019 In Harm’s Way The federal government is quietly expanding its use of “tender age” shelters for migrant kids. We’ll tell you what we know. Then, we revisit a story from Alaska and the Pacific Northwest, looking at how Jesuit priests got away with ...
07.13.2019 Silencing Science (Rebroadcast) President Donald Trump says he doubts humans have much of a role in climate change. His administration has downplayed the science of climate change and sought to silence scientists working for the federal government.* * Don’t miss out on the ...
07.06.2019 Pardon Me Presidential pardons grab the headlines each time Donald Trump grants clemency to a controversial person. We tell the untold story of a pardons system that is completely broken, leaving a backlog of 13,000 applications, and a pardon attorney’s office that’s ...
06.29.2019 The Military's Deadliest Helicopter (Rebroadcast) How did one helicopter become the deadliest aircraft in the US military? To find out, Reveal partners with Investigative Studios, the production arm of the Investigative Reporting Program at the University of California Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism. Don’t miss ...
06.22.2019 Cops on a Crime Spree (Rebroadcast) They belonged to an elite police task force charged with getting guns off Baltimore’s streets. Instead, the plainclothes cops roamed the city, robbing people on the street, breaking into homes to steal money and drugs, and planting evidence on their ...
06.15.2019 Hate is all around you In the second part of Reveal’s series about hate, we look at how racism and white supremacy are institutionalized in America. Don’t miss out on the next big story. Get the Weekly Reveal newsletter today.
06.08.2019 Hate in the homeland This episode surveys the state of the hate movement in America, focusing on how hate groups are spreading their message and winning converts. Don’t miss out on the next big story. Get the Weekly Reveal newsletter today.
06.01.2019 To the ends of the Earth We travel the globe, from bottom to top, to confront the growing threats from climate change.**** Don’t miss out on the next big story. Get the Weekly Reveal newsletter today.
05.25.2019 The City – Revealed (Rebroadcast) A giant, mysterious illegal dump in Chicago was part of a federal investigation that brought down a dozen corrupt politicians, but it left neighborhood residents angry and feeling used. Don’t miss out on the next big story. Get the Weekly ...
05.18.2019 The Unpaid Cost of Elder Care Residential care homes seem like the perfect place for Mom or Grandpa to live out their golden years, but their home-like facades are hiding rampant wage theft and exploitation of caregivers. Reveal’s Jen Gollan takes us into her investigation of ...
05.11.2019 When Tasers Fail A Taser is supposed to help police resolve a situation without using their guns. But in police departments across America, Tasers aren’t always living up to their promise, sometimes with lethal results. Don’t miss out on the next big story. ...
05.04.2019 Monumental Lies (Rebroadcast) Myths of the Civil War and slavery are being kept alive at Confederate monuments, where visitors hear stories of “benevolent slave owners” and enslaved people “contented with their lot.” Plus, an artist finds herself in the middle of the creation ...
04.27.2019 America’s Drug War, Revealed How a baggie of crack cocaine packed with fear, distortion and misconceptions, and one presidential address in the 1980s, helped shape the war on drugs. * *Don’t miss out on the next big story. Get the Weekly Reveal newsletter today.
04.20.2019 Farm Wars The herbicide dicamba is causing a civil war in farm country. Plus, honeybee rustling in California’s almond groves. Lastly, sulfur and its link to asthma in children. Don’t miss out on the next big story. Get the Weekly Reveal newsletter ...
04.13.2019 Flood Thy Neighbor (Rebroadcast) Some people who live along the Mississippi River are willing to do anything to keep their homes and farms safe from flooding – even if it means inundating their own neighbors. This week, we team up with ProPublica to investigate ...
04.06.2019 Trans National Migration We meet an immigration judge who rejected nearly every asylum case that came before her, then follow a transgender woman as she tries to claim asylum. Finally, we go to Turkey, where young Afghan women are trying to leave their ...
04.04.2019 Captain Boycott Before there were boycotts, there was Captain Boycott. Meet the man who gave name to a new kind of protest. Don’t miss out on the next big story. Get the Weekly Reveal newsletter today.
03.30.2019 The Right to Boycott “It is wrong to boycott Israel” is a bipartisan message. But is banning the boycott a violation of First Amendment rights? Also, the story of a man who is trying to boycott Israel while living under Israeli occupation. Don’t miss ...
03.23.2019 Behind Trump's Energy Dominance (Rebroadcast) Reveal received a secret recording of oil industry executives rejoicing over the “unprecedented access” they have to David Bernhardt, the No. 2 official at the Interior Department. President Donald Trump has nominated Bernhardt to the top slot at the department, ...
03.16.2019 Pizzagate: A Slice of Fake News (Rebroadcast) A journey into the world of right-wing Twitter trolls, pro-Trump political operatives and fake-news profiteers from St. Louis to Macedonia, to answer one big question: How did America become a post-truth country? Don’t miss out on the next big story. ...
03.09.2019 Bitter Custody A controversial theory about child abuse is swaying family court judges to award custody to parents accused of harming kids. We trace the origins of “parental alienation.” ** *Don’t miss out on the next big story. Get the Weekly Reveal ...
03.02.2019 A Desperate Bargain Parents are forced to give up custody to get their children medical and psychological treatments. Also, a Trump administration practice forces parents to risk deportation in order to claim their kids from government shelters. Don’t miss out on the next ...
02.23.2019 The red line: Racial disparities in lending (Rebroadcast) It’s been 10 years since the great housing bust and lending is back for some Americans, but not for others. In dozens of cities across the country, lenders are more likely to deny loans to applicants of color than white ...
02.16.2019 Five Years on Nauru Children refusing to eat, talk, or even drink water. A surreal mental illness sweeps across families stuck in an Australian immigrant detention camp on a tiny island nation in the South Pacific. Don’t miss out on the next big story. ...
02.09.2019 Lasting Impact In Oregon, the concussion protocols that were supposed to keep high school athletes safe end up falling short for a star quarterback. ** Don’t miss out on the next big story. Get the Weekly Reveal newsletter today.
02.02.2019 When They Took My Son (rebroadcast) We examine the stories of two families separated in 2018 at the U.S.-Mexico border and how what happened to them matches up with what the government said was supposed to happen. Don’t miss out on the next big story. Get ...
01.26.2019 The Mystery of Mountain Jane Doe (rebroadcast) Investigators dig up an unidentified murder victim, 45 years after she was buried, in an attempt to give her back her name. The exhumation leads to a series of unexpected revelations about who she was and why she may have ...
01.19.2019 The Military's Deadliest Helicopter How did one helicopter become the deadliest aircraft in the US military? To find out, Reveal partners with Investigative Studios, the production arm of the Investigative Reporting Program at the University of California Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism. Don’t miss ...
01.12.2019 The Pentagon Papers: Secrets, lies and leaks (rebroadcast) In 1971, a 22-year-old journalist named Robert Rosenthal got a call from his boss at The New York Times. He told him to go to room 1111 of the Hilton Hotel, bring enough clothes for at least a month and ...
01.05.2019 Silencing Science President Donald Trump says he doubts humans have much of a role in climate change. His administration has downplayed the science of climate change and sought to silence scientists working for the federal government. Don’t miss out on the next ...
12.29.2018 Take No Prisoners (rebroadcast) In the carnage that followed the Battle of the Bulge in 1944, there was one incident that top military commanders hoped would be concealed. It’s the story of an American war crime nearly forgotten to history. **Don’t miss out on ...
12.22.2018 The City (Revealed) A giant mysterious illegal dump in Chicago was part of a federal investigation that brought down a dozen corrupt politicians, but it left neighborhood residents angry and feeling used. Don’t miss out on the next big story. Get the Weekly ...
12.15.2018 Sins of the Fathers In Alaska and the Pacific Northwest, the Catholic church had a problem with Jesuit priests sexually abusing children. The church’s first solution was to send the priests to remote Native villages, but there they continued to abuse. So the church ...
12.08.2018 Monumental Lies Myths of the Civil War and slavery are being kept alive at Confederate monuments, where visitors hear stories of “benevolent slave owners” and enslaved people “contented with their lot.” We team up with The Investigative Fund and discover how public ...
12.03.2018 Al Letson Reveals: Jerome Corsi Don’t miss out on the next big story. Get the Weekly Reveal newsletter today.
12.01.2018 Trial and terror (rebroadcast) The recent killing of 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue refocused the nation’s attention on right-wing extremist terrorists. Meanwhile, the Trump administration points to radical Islam as the bigger threat to security. On this episode of Reveal, we investigate which ...
11.24.2018 Burning Hotter and Faster Half of California’s 10 worst wildfires have struck in the last two years. We look at the recent Camp Fire, which is the deadliest and most destructive in state history. And we revisit an investigation from earlier this year looking ...
11.17.2018 Case Cleared (Part 2) He seemed to confess to the crime, twice to his ex-girlfriend, once to police. But prosecutors never charged him. The reasons why show how rape myths continue to influence how justice is meted out in America. Reported in partnership with ...
11.10.2018 Case Cleared (Part 1) When police closed the rape case against Bryan Kind, they made it look like it had been solved. But he never was arrested – or even charged. We team up with Newsy and ProPublica to investigate how police across the ...
11.03.2018 Working Through the Pain at Tesla After being called out for hiding worker injuries at its factory, Tesla decides to double down. Plus, a report card on diversity in Silicon Valley. Don’t miss out on the next big story. Get the Weekly Reveal newsletter today.
11.01.2018 Coming Soon: Working Through the Pain at Tesla After being called out for hiding worker injuries at its factory, Tesla doubles down. Hear a sneak preview of our latest investigation.
10.27.2018 The Storm After the Storm Doctors in Puerto Rico are outraged at the government’s unexpected decision to declare the Zika crisis over in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. Plus, communities in Houston and North Carolina struggle to put their homes and lives back together. Don’t ...
10.25.2018 Coming Soon: The Storm After the Storm 2017 was the worst hurricane season on record. A year later, we look at how Hurricane Harvey has made it almost impossible for people to find affordable housing in Houston. Listen to a sneak preview of this Saturday’s episode.
10.20.2018 Who Gets to Vote? Approaching 2018’s midterms, the country has its eyes locked on Georgia’s governor’s race. It’s a close contest between Stacey Abrams, a former state congresswoman who could become the first-ever black female governor in America and Brian Kemp, a tough-talking Trump ...
10.18.2018 Coming Soon: Who Gets to Vote? Get a sneak preview of Saturday’s show where we investigate voter suppression ahead of the midterm elections. Don’t miss out on the next big story. Get the Weekly Reveal newsletter today.
10.13.2018 Hunting the Ghost Fleet (rebroadcast) We hike through the jungles of El Salvador to find an elusive fleet of shark-fishing boats implicated in overfishing and possible human trafficking. Then we join a UN mission to intercept a crewmember from one of those boats who might ...

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Reveal episodes:

The Cost of School Choice

Bundyville Revealed

Harpooned by Facebook

Lasting Impact (rebroadcast)

In Harm’s Way

Silencing Science (Rebroadcast)

Pardon Me

The Military's Deadliest Helicopter (Rebroadcast)

Cops on a Crime Spree (Rebroadcast)

Hate is all around you

Hate in the homeland

To the ends of the Earth

The City – Revealed (Rebroadcast)

The Unpaid Cost of Elder Care

When Tasers Fail

Monumental Lies (Rebroadcast)

America’s Drug War, Revealed

Farm Wars

Flood Thy Neighbor (Rebroadcast)

Trans National Migration

Captain Boycott

The Right to Boycott

Behind Trump's Energy Dominance (Rebroadcast)

Pizzagate: A Slice of Fake News (Rebroadcast)

Bitter Custody

A Desperate Bargain

The red line: Racial disparities in lending (Rebroadcast)

Five Years on Nauru

Lasting Impact

When They Took My Son (rebroadcast)

The Mystery of Mountain Jane Doe (rebroadcast)

The Military's Deadliest Helicopter

The Pentagon Papers: Secrets, lies and leaks (rebroadcast)

Silencing Science

Take No Prisoners (rebroadcast)

The City (Revealed)

Sins of the Fathers

Monumental Lies

Al Letson Reveals: Jerome Corsi

Trial and terror (rebroadcast)

Burning Hotter and Faster

Case Cleared (Part 2)

Case Cleared (Part 1)

Working Through the Pain at Tesla

Coming Soon: Working Through the Pain at Tesla

The Storm After the Storm

Coming Soon: The Storm After the Storm

Who Gets to Vote?

Coming Soon: Who Gets to Vote?

Hunting the Ghost Fleet (rebroadcast)

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