Reveal

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August 11, 2015 Shunned and Shamed by Jehovah’s Witnesses
In February, we heard about at the culture of secrecy within the Jehovah’s Witnesses. Reveal reporter Trey Bundy told us how the Witnesses’ religious hierarchy was keeping allegations of child sexual abuse from law enforcement and how the organization’s policies allowed perpetrators to strike again and again. Since our story aired, Bundy has fielded hundreds … Continue reading Shunned and Shamed by Jehovah’s Witnesses →
24 min
August 06, 2015 Video: The Buzz(kill) about Caffeine
Caffeine is arguably the most popular drug in America. But what do you really know about it? This short video explains how the beloved stimulant became the key ingredient in top-selling soft drinks and how those drinks came to be blended with foreign-made synthetic caffeine. It also examines the regulatory mess surrounding this potentially lethal … Continue reading Video: The Buzz(kill) about Caffeine →
4 min
August 04, 2015 The long tale of the short-handled hoe
We take a look back at a historic battle over workers’ rights in California. It all started in “the salad bowl of the world” – aka Salinas Valley – and the fight was over a simple tool: the short-handled hoe. This smaller hoe looks like a standard gardening tool, but workers had to bend over … Continue reading The long tale of the short-handled hoe →
8 min
July 28, 2015 Disposable workers in Asia
Today, there are millions of electronics workers around the world – especially in places where labor laws are even less strict than those in the U.S. Since the 1980s, the electronics industry largely has moved overseas in search of cheaper labor. Reporter Sandra Bartlett went to South Korea, where one of the largest electronics companies, … Continue reading Disposable workers in Asia →
13 min
July 21, 2015 Toxic tech in America
In 1975, when she was 18 years old, Yvette Flores got her first job. She helped assemble delicate parts to make some of the first supermarket checkout scanners. When her son Mark was born five years later, he had severe disabilities. It took 30 years for her to connect her son’s problems to that first … Continue reading Toxic tech in America →
11 min
July 14, 2015 Nuclear Bomb Industry Booming
Seventy years ago this week, the U.S. Army detonated the first atomic bomb in New Mexico. To mark this anniversary, we look at where America’s nuclear program is today and whether the U.S. is living up to its promises not to increase its nuclear capabilities.
19 min
July 07, 2015 Rape on the Night Shift
Thousands of office janitors work at night, alone, sweeping up the crumbs from our sandwiches, taking out the garbage and scrubbing bathrooms. Many are immigrants – some undocumented – and many are women. With these conditions, they are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence. In this segment, we hear from members of a tiny nonprofit who … Continue reading Rape on the Night Shift →
29 min
July 03, 2015 Video: Man-made earthquakes: Fact or fiction?
Earthquakes in Oklahoma used to be something of a rarity, but a few years ago, that began to change. Starting in 2009, the number of quakes began to increase. By 2014, the state was experiencing three times as many quakes as California. What’s going on? This short video explains why this is happening across the U.S. and … Continue reading Video: Man-made earthquakes: Fact or fiction? →
3 min
June 30, 2015 Oklahoma’s man-made earthquakes
In 2014, Oklahoma had more than three times as many earthquakes as California, and this year, the state is on track for even more. A lot of them are small, but some towns are seeing a quake almost every day, and seismologists warn that large and damaging earthquakes are becoming more likely. The government in … Continue reading Oklahoma’s man-made earthquakes →
18 min
June 23, 2015 The father of fracking, and tracking oil trains
In a story produced in collaboration with Marketplace from American Public Media, we explore the history of hydraulic fracturing – aka fracking – in North Texas, where the technologies that are now employed in the Bakken were born. Host Al Letson talks to Marketplace energy reporter Scott Tong about George Mitchell, a man many refer … Continue reading The father of fracking, and tracking oil trains →
20 min

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Reveal’s investigations will inspire, infuriate and inform you. Host Al Letson and an award-winning team of reporters deliver gripping stories about caregivers, advocates for the unhoused,…