Serial Productions
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We make narrative podcasts whose quality and innovation transformed the medium. LATEST: The Idiot
Every family has its limits. M. Gessen found theirs. Our new podcast, "The Idiot," is out now.
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M. Gessen turns the true crime lens on their own family ā and says it made for a better podcast. Ira Glass wanted to know what that was like. Listen to "The Idiot," the new season of Serial, out now.
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Now the #1 series on Apple Podcasts: M. Gessen always disliked their cousin Allen, but then he did something so bad, even M. was surprised. "The Idiot." Listen now:
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M. Gessen usually writes about the rise of autocracy, wars, and LGBTQ rights. Then something unthinkable happened in their own family. Our new podcast "The Idiot" is out now.
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For decades, M. Gessen simply disliked their cousin Allen. Then he was arrested for trying to put a hit out on his ex-wife. He's just an idiot, right? Not a would-be murderer? Our new podcast "The Idiot" is out now.
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M. Gessen has spent a career writing about tyrants and terrorists. Their most baffling subject yet? Their own cousin. Our new show "The Idiot" is out March 26.
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M. Gessen has spent a career writing about tyrants and terrorists. Turns out the most baffling case is in their own family. Our new show, "The Idiot," is out March 26. Listen to the trailer today.
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From Serial Productions: The Idiot
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/podcasts/serial-theidiot.html
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M. Gessen is widely known for their award-winning writing about tyrants and terrorists. In our new show āThe Idiot,ā M. aims at a more personal target: their least favorite cousin, Allen. Coming March 26, listen to the trailer today.
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In 2023, dozens of families in Pennsylvania claimed they'd brought their kids to the hospital for care, only to be accused of abuse. āThe Preventionistā examines child abuse pediatricsāa subspecialty where high stakes meet murky diagnoses.
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The Preventionist Podcast
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Our new series investigates a pediatrician challenged by 27 familiesāand finds a controversial 30-year career. āThe Preventionistā asks: what's the real cost of "better safe than sorry"?
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The Preventionist Podcast
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At a Pennsylvania county meeting, dozens of families told the same story: a pediatrician had wrongly accused them of child abuse. Dyan Neary traced the doctor's career back three decadesāuncovering a pattern of similar allegations. Listen to our new series: The Preventionist.
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Why are so many Lehigh Valley families losing custody of their children? Our new series "The Preventionist" investigates. Out now, wherever you get your podcasts.
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Why are so many Lehigh Valley families losing custody of their children? Our new series "The Preventionist" investigates. Eligible Times subscribers can listen to the show right now on Apple Podcasts & Spotify. Available everywhere Oct. 30.
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What an honor! Three of our shows made Left of Dial Media's top 100: Serial, S-Town, and The Retrievals. Thank you to all the audio creators who voted.
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Essential Listening Poll - The 100 Greatest Podcasts of All Time ā Left of Dial Media
The 100 Greatest Podcasts of All Time
https://www.leftofdialmedia.com/essential-listening-poll
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If you havenāt yet listened to our latest show, āThe Retrievals, Season 2,ā nowās your chance. Weāre making the whole series available today on the āSerialā podcast feed. Just search āSerialā in your podcast app.
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In the last episode of "The Retrievals, Season 2," we go back to the hospital in Chicago to see the changes they have put into place to manage pain during C-sections. Listen to Episode 4 today:
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At a Chicago hospital, a nurseās excruciating C-section set off a reckoning. In the final episode of "The Retrievals, Season 2," we learn about some of the changes made by staff at that same hospital to fix what went wrong.
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The Retrievals
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 āThe Retrievalsā is an investi...
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Honored to have The Retrievals, Serial, Nice White Parents, and S-Town on TIME's "100 Best Podcasts" list alongside so many incredible shows. Become a New York Times subscriber to listen to these and more.
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The 100 Best Podcasts of All Time
From pop culture and history to sports and more, these are the best podcasts ever made.
https://time.com/collections/100-best-podcasts/
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8 months ago
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have released the second series of The Retrievals. It is powerful, compelling listening from Susan Burton with Julie Snyder, Ben Phelan and team. The 4 episodes are a solutions focused look at intraoperative pain during caesarean delivery. 1/
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Experiencing significant pain during a C-section isnāt a new problem, but itās been a hidden one. A patient named Susanna is bringing it to doctorsā attention and trying to find a solution.
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The Retrievals
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 āThe Retrievalsā is an investi...
https://lnk.to/retrievals2
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If listening to "The Retrievals, Season 2" has inspired you to learn more about C-sections and why so many patients experience severe pain during them, host Susan Burton has some reading recs for you.
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Why are some patients feeling everything during C-sections? Itās not an easy question to answer. Hear what happens when a doctor asks a ballroom full of anesthesiologists to wrestle with it.
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The Retrievals
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 āThe Retrievalsā is an investi...
https://lnk.to/retrievals2
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At a Chicago hospital, a nurse experiences an excruciating C-section. What went wrong? And can the head of obstetric anesthesia get doctors at the hospital to talk about it?
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The Retrievals
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 āThe Retrievalsā is an investi...
https://lnk.to/retrievals2
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Why are 100,000 patients per year in the U.S. feeling significant pain during their C-sections? And what are other patients supposed to do with that information? (Besides freak out.) Susan's 5 tips to get the care you need:
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At a Chicago hospital, a nurseās excruciating C-section sets off a reckoning: why is womenās pain still so hard to treat? "The Retrievals: Season 2" rolls out like a real-life medical dramaāfans of "The Pitt" and āE.R.,ā donāt miss it.
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The Retrievals
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 āThe Retrievalsā is an investi...
https://lnk.to/retrievals2
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Read the emails that led to Susan Burtonās investigation on C-sections for Season 2 of "The Retrievals."
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āThe Retrievalsā Season 2 Is Out Now
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/podcasts/serial-newsletter-retrievals-season-2.html
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Season 1 of āThe Retrievalsā named a problem: Womenās pain is often ignored. Season 2 asks: What are the solutions? Hosted by
@susanburton.bsky.social
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Significant pain during a C-section canāt be something 100,000 women experience each yearācan it? The new season of āThe Retrievalsā explores this persistent problem and the people trying to solve it. Coming July 10. Follow to hear episode 1 the moment it drops:
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After Season 1 of "The Retrievals," hundreds of listeners wrote to us saying they "felt everything" during their C-sections. Season 2 investigates how this happensāand who is trying to fix it. Subscribe now to get the first episode on July 10.
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The Retrievals
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 āThe Retrievalsā is an investi...
https://lnk.to/akQAPD
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C-sections are the most frequently performed major surgeries in the world, so why do so many patients feel severe pain during them? āThe Retrievals: Season 2,ā hosted by
@susanburton.bsky.social
, coming July 10.
www.nytimes.com/article/seri...
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Thrilled to share that our series The Good Whale has been nominated for a Peabody Award! Listen from the beginning to the incredible story of the experiment to return Keiko, star of the movie āFree Willy,ā to the ocean.
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The Good Whale - The Peabody Awards
Serial Productions and The New York Times tell the story of efforts to free the orca who played the title role in the film Free Willy from an amusement park...
https://peabodyawards.com/award-profile/the-good-whale/
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Our six-part series tells the story of the experiment to return Keiko, orca star of the movie āFree Willy,ā to the ocean ā while the world watched. Listen to the incredible tale today.
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