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from The Center for Investigative Reporting

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Reveal is the country’s first weekly investigative public radio show and podcast. Peabody Award-winning host Al Letson takes listeners across the country and the world, exposing wrongs and holding the powerful accountable. Whether it’s Amazon’s poor workplace safety record, inequity in the juvenile justice system or exploitation at drug rehabs, Reveal connects with listeners through gripping and compassionate storytelling.
Posted inAccountability

The rise and fall of Madoff’s Ponzi scheme

by Taki Telonidis, Michael I Schiller, Amy Mostafa, Brett Simpson, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Kevin Sullivan and Al Letson April 24, 2021July 1, 2021

Bernie Madoff masterminded one of the biggest Ponzi schemes in history, duping thousands of investors out of tens of billions of dollars. After his recent death, we dig into how he pulled it off.

https://reveal-player.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/717_Reveal_PC.mp3
Posted inAccountability

The jail tapes in the dumpster

by Amy Mostafa, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Brett Simpson, Kevin Sullivan and Al Letson April 17, 2021July 1, 2021

A murder conviction sent Myon Burrell to prison for life when he was a teenager. An investigative reporter dug into what seemed a hopeless case. What she found helped free him.

https://reveal-player.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/716_Reveal_PC.mp3
Posted inImmigration

The Robert Mueller of Latin America

by Anayansi Diaz-Cortes, Aaron Glantz, Kevin Sullivan, Najib Aminy, Amy Mostafa, Priska Neely, Claire Mullen, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda and Al Letson April 10, 2021July 1, 2021

Guatemala sends more migrants to the U.S. than anywhere in Central America. What is driving so many people to leave?

https://reveal-player.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/715_Reveal_PC.mp3
Posted inPrisons

Sick on the inside

by Sarah Mirk, Stan Alcorn, Seth Freed Wessler, Esther Kaplan, Susanne Reber, Amy Mostafa, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Kevin Sullivan and Al Letson April 3, 2021July 1, 2021

For decades, the U.S. has run private “shadow prisons” for immigrants convicted of federal crimes. Biden has ordered the government to wind down those contracts.

https://reveal-player.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/714_Reveal_PC.mp3
Posted inLabor

Minor league pay

by Katharine Mieszkowski, Amy Mostafa, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Brett Simpson, Ameeta Ganatra, Sarah Mirk, Kevin Sullivan and Al Letson March 27, 2021July 1, 2021

The baseball industry created an entire workforce exempt from being paid minimum wage and overtime – and players aren’t the only ones crying foul.

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Posted inCriminal Justice

Juvenile (in)justice

by Tennessee Watson, Eda Uzunlar, Taki Telonidis, Amy Mostafa, Brett Simpson, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Kevin Sullivan and Al Letson March 20, 2021July 1, 2021

Wyoming locks up kids at the highest rate in the nation. A mother tells the story of how her daughter’s fight snowballed into incarceration and tragedy.

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Posted inAccountability

Protecting kids from abuse

by Kevin Sullivan, Al Letson, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Amy Mostafa, Michael Montgomery, Brett Simpson, Brett Myers, Justin Pritchard and Holly J. McDede March 13, 2021July 1, 2021

An Army officer speaks up about a disturbing pattern on bases: kids sexually assaulting other kids. For years, he says, the Army neglected these cases.

https://reveal-player.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/711_Reveal_PC.mp3
Posted inHealth Care

The unpaid cost of elder care

by Al Letson, Anayansi Diaz-Cortes, Jennifer Gollan, Brett Myers, Brett Simpson, Kevin Sullivan, Amy Mostafa, Najib Aminy, Fernando Arruda and Jim Briggs March 6, 2021July 1, 2021

An investigation of wage theft, harassment and intimidation in the care-home industry.

https://reveal-player.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/710_Reveal_A_PC_18.mp3
Posted inCOVID-19

Remember me this way

by Brett Myers, Brett Simpson, Amy Mostafa, Al Letson, Kevin Sullivan, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs and Najib Aminy March 3, 2021July 1, 2021

Each life lost to COVID-19 leaves a hole. We hear the story of one man, a father of six and Latino community leader who loved to sing.

https://reveal-player.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/709A_Reveal_PC.mp3
Posted inCOVID-19

Into the COVID ICU

by Kevin Sullivan, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Amy Mostafa, Najib Aminy, Brett Myers, Brett Simpson and Al Letson February 27, 2021July 1, 2021

Dr. Paloma Marin-Nevarez graduated in the middle of the pandemic. We follow the rookie doctor through her first months working on the front lines.

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