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S03 - Ep. 9: Some Time When Everything Has Changed

Serial returns with a history of Guantánamo told by people who lived through key moments in Guantánamo’s evolution, who know things the rest of us don’t about what it’s like to be caught inside an improvised justice system.

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After the worst happens at Guantánamo, the warden tries to explain it to the outside world – and to himself.

S04 - Ep. 6: Part 2, Asymmetry

A new warden comes to Guantánamo and decides to make some changes. A prison’s a prison, he thinks. How hard could this be?

S04 - Ep. 5: The Big Chicken, Part 1

The case against a young airman gets even weirder when the government pulls in two fresh investigators. Part 2: A bride, an FBI agent, and a polygraph machine.

S04 - Ep. 4: The Honeymooners

An Arabic-speaking airman is sent to Guantánamo to translate, and soon finds himself at the center of a major scandal. Part 1: Suspicion swallows evidence.

S04 - Ep. 3: Ahmad the Iguana Feeder

In 2002, an elite interrogation team secretly staged Guantánamo’s most elaborate intel operation — to try to get a single detainee to talk.

S03 - Ep. 9: Some Time When Everything Has Changed

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