In this episode, we also investigate foreign currency training, toxic delays at the EPA and the business of making babies. Credits Host: Al Letson Managing Director: Christa Scharfenberg Executive Editor: Susanne Reber Senior Producer: Mia Zuckerkandel Lead Sound Designer and Engineer: Jim Briggs Digital Editor: Julia B. Chan Reveal Producers: Sandra Bartlett, Julia B. Chan, Delaney Hall, Ingrid […]
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China brings home the bacon with America’s pigs
As the geopolitics of food heats up, our investigation reveals the deep role the Chinese government played in purchasing 1 in 4 pigs raised in America.
Pilot 3: The arsenic in our drinking water
We dive into the U.S. Coast Guard’s accident problem; arsenic in your water; the secrecy surrounding lethal injection drugs; and the high cost of a GI Bill degree.
Pilot 2: The Heroin Highway
WBEZ reporters show how heroin moves from Juarez, Mexico, to Chicago and into the Midwest; reports from inside “The Box” from teens in solitary confinement; and an update on our examination of prescription drug abuse in the VA.
Pilot 1: The VA’s deadly pain pill habit
An exclusive story about the volume and impact stemming from the VA’s overprescription of opiates to addicted veterans; the attorney behind many of the worst for-profit charities; bodycams for cops; and how one reporter helped one man prove his brother had been abused at a state mental facility.