Serial

Serial

By Serial Productions & The New York TimesSociety & CultureNewsTrue Crime
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    18th

    on True Crime

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  • Typical duration

    45 min

    per episode

  • If it hooks

    67%

    finish an episode

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Serial episodes

  • The Retrievals S02 - Ep. 3

    Pain during a cesarean section isn’t a new problem. But for a long time, it’s been a hidden one. In England, a patient named Susanna not only brings the problem to doctors’ attention, but also tries to solve it.

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    55 min
  • The Retrievals S02 - Ep. 2

    What went wrong with Clara’s delivery? And can Heather get doctors to talk about it?

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    45 min
  • The Retrievals S02 - Ep. 1

    Clara is a labor and delivery nurse, so she has a pretty good idea of what to expect when she delivers her own twins at the same hospital where she works. But she wasn’t prepared for this.

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    48 min
  • The Retrievals S02 - Trailer

    C-sections are the most frequently performed major surgeries in the world. So why do so many patients feel severe pain during them? Season 2 of the award-winning podcast “The Retrievals” is an investigation into this underreported problem — and the new effort to solve it.

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    5 min
  • The Good Whale - Ep. 6

    After a month at sea, Keiko pops up near a Norwegian fishing village, causing a stir among the residents and his own team of caretakers. They figure that if they wait until spring, maybe Keiko will swim off again with a wild pod. If they can all just make it to spring.

    Listen to all six episodes of “The Good Whale," right here, right now.

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    36 min
  • The Good Whale - Ep. 5

    Keiko disappears in Icelandic waters, swimming east for four weeks. Unobserved, with no human contact. Since nobody knows what happened to Keiko during that mysterious time, we decided to recreate it — as a musical. From Keiko’s perspective, naturally. 

    Watch the music video for "The Ballad of Keiko" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1k1TQ2Lh0o

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    15 min
  • The Good Whale - Ep. 4

    A fresh training team takes a hard-line approach and doubles down on breaking Keiko’s bond with humans. By summer it seems to be working, until one day Keiko swims away. This is the moment they’ve all been waiting for.

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    35 min
  • The Good Whale - Ep. 3

    Keiko finally arrives in Iceland, where years of preparation will be put to the test when Keiko gets his first chance to interact with orcas in the wild — something he hasn’t done since he was a calf. It does not go according to plan.

    Listen to all six episodes of “The Good Whale," right here, right now.

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    42 min
  • The Good Whale - Ep. 2

    Keiko has a new tank in Oregon and a dream team of experts that gets him into shape. But soon they start fighting over what a realistic future looks like for this golden retriever of an orca.

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    37 min
  • The Good Whale - Ep. 1

    When the movie “Free Willy” is released, word gets out that the star, a killer whale named Keiko, is sick and living in a tiny pool at a Mexican amusement park. An environmentalist sets out to give the fans what they want: their favorite celebrity orca back in the sea.  

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    48 min

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