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Reveal
The Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX

Reveal’s investigations will inspire, infuriate and inform you. Host Al Letson and an award-winning team of reporters deliver gripping stories about caregivers,... more

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Episodes

Hidden Confessions of the Mormon Church

Chelsea Goodrich and her mother, Lorraine, were locked in discussions with the director of the Mormon church’s risk management division,... more

20 Jul 2024 · 50 minutes
How Police Guns End Up in the Hands of Criminals

When the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department in California wanted to purchase new firearms, it sold its used ones to help... more

13 Jul 2024 · 50 minutes
In Bondage to the Law

On a summer night in 1995, a sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed in a hotel parking lot in Birmingham,... more

06 Jul 2024 · 50 minutes
40 Acres and a Lie Part 3

The loss of land for Black Americans started with the government’s betrayal of its 40 acres and a mule promise... more

29 Jun 2024 · 50 minutes
40 Acres and a Lie Part 2

Skidaway Island, Georgia, is home today to a luxurious community that the mostly White residents consider paradise: waterfront views, live... more

22 Jun 2024 · 50 minutes
40 Acres and a Lie Part 1

Our historical investigation found 1,250 formerly enslaved Black Americans who were given land – only to see it returned to... more

15 Jun 2024 · 50 minutes
A Battle Over Preserving the Lakota Language

Many Lakota people agree it's imperative to revitalize their language, which has declined to fewer than 1,500 fluent speakers, according... more

12 Jun 2024 · 40 minutes
The Great Arizona Water Grab

For years, a Saudi-owned hay farm has been using massive amounts of water in the middle of the Arizona desert... more

08 Jun 2024 · 49 minutes
40 Acres and a Lie Trailer

Our new three-part series launches June 15th, exploring the legacy of America’s broken promise to formerly enslaved Black people. Support Reveal’s... more

06 Jun 2024 · 2 minutes
Sunblocked: Resistance to Solar in Farm Country

Bill and Nancy Rasweiler thought they were making a smart decision when they decided to lease their land to Shepherd’s... more

01 Jun 2024 · 50 minutes
Not All Votes Are Created Equal

As any schoolkid might tell you, U.S. elections are based on a bedrock principle: one person, one vote. Simple as... more

25 May 2024 · 47 minutes
Lessons From a Mass Shooter’s Mother

In 2014, in the college town of Isla Vista, California, a 22-year-old man murdered six people and injured 14 others... more

18 May 2024 · 50 minutes
The Racist Hoax That Changed Boston

Note: This episode contains descriptions of violence and suicide and may not be appropriate for all listeners. In 1989, Chuck Stuart... more

11 May 2024 · 50 minutes
We Regret to Inform You

Bruce Praet is a well-known name in law enforcement, especially across California. He co-founded a company called Lexipol that contracts... more

04 May 2024 · 50 minutes
The Spy Inside Your Smartphone

Around the globe, journalists, human rights activists, scholars and others are facing digital attacks from Pegasus, military-grade spyware originally developed... more

27 Apr 2024 · 49 minutes
After the Crash

In November 2020, Blossom Old Bull was raising three teenagers on the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana. Her youngest son,... more

20 Apr 2024 · 50 minutes
In Gaza, Every Pregnancy is Complicated

After six months of war in Gaza, the Palestinian medical infrastructure has collapsed, leaving tens of thousands of pregnant women... more

13 Apr 2024 · 50 minutes
Escaping Putin’s War Machine

As the war in Ukraine grinds into a third year, more Russian soldiers are attempting to escape frontline deployment, supported... more

06 Apr 2024 · 50 minutes
Cashing in on Troubled Teens

The first time Trina Edwards was locked in a psychiatric hospital for children, she was 12 years old. She was... more

30 Mar 2024 · 50 minutes
A Whistleblower in New Folsom Prison

When Valentino Rodriguez started his job at the high-security prison in Sacramento,  California, informally known as New Folsom, he thought... more

23 Mar 2024 · 50 minutes
America Goes Psychedelic, Again

Psychedelic drugs have been illegal for 50 years, but they’re trickling back into the mainstream because they show promise in... more

16 Mar 2024 · 50 minutes
Blue State Barriers and the Messy Map of Abortion Access

As blue states try to shore up access to abortion and reproductive care, some are facing a threat they didn’t... more

09 Mar 2024 · 50 minutes
The Suspect Detective

In 2010, Milique Wagner was arrested for a murder he says he had nothing to do with. The night of... more

02 Mar 2024 · 50 minutes
Listening in on Russia’s War in Ukraine

In this week’s episode, produced in collaboration with the Associated Press, reporters on the front lines take us inside Russia’s... more

24 Feb 2024 · 50 minutes
The Plague in the Shadows

HIV/AIDS changed the United States and the world. It has killed some 40 million people and continues to kill today.... more

17 Feb 2024 · 50 minutes
Alphabet Boys Revealed

The summer of 2020 was a hinge point in American history. The murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police inspired... more

10 Feb 2024 · 50 minutes
The 13th Step

Lauren Chooljian from New Hampshire Public Radio reports on a widespread culture of sexual misconduct in the addiction treatment industry.... more

03 Feb 2024 · 50 minutes
The Battle for Clean Energy in Coal Country

Montana has a long history of making money by extracting and exporting its natural resources, namely coal. State politicians and Montana’s... more

27 Jan 2024 · 50 minutes
Black in the Sunshine State

Last summer, Reveal host Al Letson returned home to Jacksonville, Florida, to find a changed state. The Republican Legislature had... more

20 Jan 2024 · 50 minutes
The Double Life of a Civil Rights Icon

Some of the most enduring photos of the civil rights movement were taken by Ernest Withers. A native of Memphis,... more

13 Jan 2024 · 50 minutes
Sunblocked: Resistance to Solar in Farm Country

For the U.S. to meet its clean energy goals by 2050, the Department of Energy projects that the country needs... more

06 Jan 2024 · 50 minutes
Fancy Galleries, Fake Art

In the mid-’90s, two high-end New York art galleries began selling one fake painting after another – works in the... more

30 Dec 2023 · 50 minutes
It's Not Easy Going Green

When they were invented in the ’90s, renewable energy certificates were meant to stimulate the green energy market. Back then,... more

23 Dec 2023 · 49 minutes
Gaza: A War of Weapons and Words

This episode focuses on the Israeli and Palestinian conflict and its ripples throughout the world. First, Reveal host Al Letson... more

16 Dec 2023 · 50 minutes
Hidden Confessions of the Mormon Church

In this week’s episode, produced in collaboration with The Associated Press, secret audio recordings expose a legal playbook used by... more

09 Dec 2023 · 49 minutes
Havana Syndrome

A sharp sound. Followed by body numbness. Difficulty speaking. Extreme head pain. Since 2016, U.S. officials across the world –... more

02 Dec 2023 · 50 minutes
Locked Up: The Prison Labor That Built Business Empires

After the Civil War, a new form of slavery took hold in the U.S. and lasted more than 60 years.... more

25 Nov 2023 · 49 minutes
In Bondage to the Law

On a summer night in 1995, a sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed in a hotel parking lot in Birmingham,... more

18 Nov 2023 · 50 minutes
We Regret to Inform You

Bruce Praet is a well-known name in law enforcement, especially across California. He co-founded a company called Lexipol that contracts... more

11 Nov 2023 · 49 minutes
The Welfare-to-Work Industrial Complex

“Get a job!” That sums up our current cash welfare system in a nutshell. Ever since so-called welfare reform in... more

04 Nov 2023 · 50 minutes
America Goes Psychedelic, Again

Psychedelic drugs have been illegal for 50 years, but they’re trickling back into the mainstream because they show promise in... more

28 Oct 2023 · 50 minutes
Cashing in on Troubled Teens

The first time Trina Edwards was locked in a psychiatric hospital for children, she was 12 years old. She was... more

21 Oct 2023 · 50 minutes
From Victim to Suspect

Nicole Chase was a young mom with a daughter to support when she took a job at a local restaurant... more

14 Oct 2023 · 50 minutes
How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong

Corinne Adams’ son Charlie came home from school with notes from his teacher saying he was doing great in reading.... more

07 Oct 2023 · 50 minutes
Alphabet Boys Revealed

The summer of 2020 was a hinge point in American history. The murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police inspired... more

30 Sep 2023 · 50 minutes
The Spy Inside Your Smartphone

Around the globe, journalists, human rights activists, scholars and others are facing digital attacks from Pegasus, military-grade spyware originally developed... more

23 Sep 2023 · 50 minutes
Mississippi Goddam Chapter 7: Reasonable Doubt

The final episode of Mississippi Goddam shares new revelations that cast doubt on the official story that Billey Joe Johnson... more

16 Sep 2023 · 53 minutes
Mississippi Goddam Chapter 6: Mississippi Justice

Black communities around Mississippi have long raised concerns about suspicious deaths of young Black men, especially when law enforcement is... more

09 Sep 2023 · 50 minutes
Mississippi Goddam Chapter 5: Star Crossed

Billey Joe Johnson Jr. and Hannah Hollinghead met in their freshman year of high school. Hollinghead says Johnson was her... more

02 Sep 2023 · 50 minutes
Mississippi Goddam Chapter 4: The Investigator

Special Agent Joel Wallace of the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation was called in to investigate the death of Billey Joe... more

26 Aug 2023 · 50 minutes
Mississippi Goddam Chapter 3: The Autopsy

After Billey Joe Johnson Jr. died in 2008, the state of Mississippi outsourced his autopsy. Al Letson and Jonathan Jones... more

19 Aug 2023 · 50 minutes
Mississippi Goddam Chapter 2: The Aftermath

On the morning of Billey Joe Johnson’s death, crime scene tape separates the Johnsons from their son’s body. Their shaky... more

12 Aug 2023 · 50 minutes
Mississippi Goddam Chapter 1: The Promise

Billey Joe Johnson Jr. was a high school football star headed for the big time. Then, early one morning in... more

05 Aug 2023 · 50 minutes
The Great Arizona Water Grab

A Saudi-owned farm in the middle of the Arizona desert has attracted national attention and criticism since Reveal’s Nate Halverson... more

29 Jul 2023 · 50 minutes
It's Not Easy Going Green

When they were invented in the ’90s, renewable energy certificates were meant to stimulate the green energy market. Back then,... more

22 Jul 2023 · 50 minutes
Guatemala’s War on Journalists

Reveal revisits a story produced in collaboration with a Guatemalan journalist who is now in prison. José Rubén Zamora was... more

15 Jul 2023 · 50 minutes
The Pentagon Papers: Secrets, Lies and Leaks

Before Jeffrey Wigand blew the whistle on the tobacco industry and Edward Snowden showed the National Security Agency could spy... more

08 Jul 2023 · 50 minutes
They Followed Doctors’ Orders. The State Took Their Babies.

Medications like Suboxone help pregnant women safely treat addiction. But in many states, taking them can trigger investigations by child... more

01 Jul 2023 · 51 minutes
The Culture War Goes to College

From book bans to uproar over critical race theory, American classrooms have been on the front lines of the culture... more

24 Jun 2023 · 51 minutes
The Welfare-to-Work Industrial Complex

“Get a job!” That sums up our current cash welfare system in a nutshell. Ever since so-called welfare reform in... more

17 Jun 2023 · 49 minutes
The Post-Roe Health Care Crisis

It’s been nearly one year since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that protected abortion... more

10 Jun 2023 · 50 minutes
The Battle for Clean Energy in Coal Country

Montana has a long history of making money by extracting and exporting its natural resources, namely coal. State politicians and Montana’s... more

03 Jun 2023 · 50 minutes
Weapons With Minds of Their Own

The future of warfare is being shaped by computer algorithms that are assuming ever-greater control over battlefield technology. The war... more

27 May 2023 · 50 minutes
The Long Campaign to Turn Birth Control Into the New Abortion

When the Supreme Court’s decision undoing Roe v. Wade came down in June, anti-abortion groups were jubilant – but far... more

20 May 2023 · 50 minutes
The Border Patrol’s Fearless 5%

The Border Patrol is one of the largest federal law enforcement agencies in the U.S., with roughly 19,000 officers. It... more

13 May 2023 · 50 minutes
No Retreat: The Dangers of Stand Your Ground

The killing of Trayvon Martin in 2012 marked the beginning of a new chapter of the struggle for civil rights... more

06 May 2023 · 50 minutes
The COVID Tracking Project Part 3

This is the third episode in our three-part series taking listeners inside the failed federal response to COVID-19. Series host... more

29 Apr 2023 · 50 minutes
The COVID Tracking Project Part 2

This is the second episode in our three-part series taking listeners inside the failed federal response to COVID-19. In episode... more

22 Apr 2023 · 50 minutes
The COVID Tracking Project Part 1

The United States has 4% of the world’s population but 16% of COVID-19 deaths. This series investigates the failures by... more

15 Apr 2023 · 50 minutes
Havana Syndrome

A sharp sound. Followed by body numbness. Difficulty speaking. Extreme head pain. Since 2016, U.S. officials across the world –... more

08 Apr 2023 · 50 minutes
The Suspect Detective

In 2010, Milique Wagner was arrested for a murder he says he had nothing to do with. The night of... more

01 Apr 2023 · 50 minutes
Buried Secrets: America’s Indian Boarding Schools Part 2

In the second half of our two-part collaboration with ICT (formerly Indian Country Today), members of the Pine Ridge community... more

25 Mar 2023 · 50 minutes
Buried Secrets: America’s Indian Boarding Schools Part 1

In a two-part collaboration with ICT (formerly Indian Country Today), we expose the painful legacy of boarding schools for Native... more

18 Mar 2023 · 50 minutes
From Victim to Suspect

Nicole Chase was a young mom with a daughter to support when she took a job at a local restaurant... more

11 Mar 2023 · 50 minutes
Baseball Strikes Out

In the early 2000s, rampant steroid use across Major League Baseball became the biggest scandal in the sport’s history. But... more

04 Mar 2023 · 50 minutes
Listening in on Russia’s War in Ukraine

In this week’s episode, produced in collaboration with the Associated Press, reporters on the front lines take us inside Russia’s... more

25 Feb 2023 · 50 minutes
How a 7-Year Prison Sentence Turns Into Over 100

WBEZ reporter Shannon Heffernan brings us the story of Anthony Gay, who was sentenced to seven years in prison on... more

18 Feb 2023 · 50 minutes
How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong

Corinne Adams’ son Charlie came home from school  with notes from his teacher saying he was doing great in reading.... more

11 Feb 2023 · 50 minutes
Inside the Global Fight for White Power

From Russia to Sweden and the United States, there’s a growing network of White nationalist groups that stretches around the... more

04 Feb 2023 · 50 minutes
A Miracle Cure for AIDS or Snake Oil?

Dr. Gary Davis, an Ivy League-trained Black physician from Tulsa, Oklahoma, had a literal dream that the cure for AIDS... more

28 Jan 2023 · 49 minutes
Locked Up: The Prison Labor That Built Business Empires

After the Civil War, a new form of slavery took hold in the US and lasted more than 60 years.... more

21 Jan 2023 · 50 minutes
The Double Life of a Civil Rights Icon

Some of the most enduring photos of the civil rights movement were taken by Ernest Withers. A native of Memphis,... more

14 Jan 2023 · 50 minutes
Drilling Down on Fossil Fuels and Climate Change

The United States has pledged to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels, but Russia’s war in Ukraine set off a... more

07 Jan 2023 · 50 minutes
‘Traitors Get Shot’

The bipartisan Congressional committee investigating the January 6th insurrection recommended that former president Donald Trump face criminal charges for sparking... more

31 Dec 2022 · 50 minutes
A Young Doctor Reflects on COVID

The pandemic isn’t past tense. While COVID-19 vaccines have made it possible to gather with friends and hug loved ones... more

24 Dec 2022 · 50 minutes
The Suspect Detective

In 2010, Milique Wagner was arrested for a murder he says he had nothing to do with. The night of... more

17 Dec 2022 · 50 minutes
No Retreat: The Dangers of Stand Your Ground

The killing of Trayvon Martin in 2012 marked the beginning of a new chapter of the struggle for civil rights... more

10 Dec 2022 · 50 minutes
The Bitter Work Behind Sugar

Sugar is a big part of Americans’ daily diet, but we rarely ask where that sweet cane comes from.   In November,... more

03 Dec 2022 · 50 minutes
A Reckoning at Amazon

After years of growth, Amazon is now laying off thousands of employees. But with the holiday season underway, the company’s... more

26 Nov 2022 · 50 minutes
How Democracy Survived the Midterm Elections

Reveal host Al Letson talks with leading academics and journalists to take the temperature of American democracy: What did we... more

19 Nov 2022 · 50 minutes
The City (Revealed)

Robin Amer of USA Today’s investigative podcast The City shares the story behind a massive illegal dump that appeared in... more

12 Nov 2022 · 50 minutes
Climate Makers and Takers

Sea levels are rising – and the United States has a lot to learn from countries that are already adapting.... more

05 Nov 2022 · 50 minutes
The Ballot Boogeymen

In August 2020, Guillermina Fuentes was trying to get out the vote in her small Arizona community. Outside a polling... more

29 Oct 2022 · 50 minutes
Buried Secrets: America’s Indian Boarding Schools Part 2

In the second half of our two-part collaboration with ICT (formerly Indian Country Today), members of the Pine Ridge community... more

22 Oct 2022 · 50 minutes
Buried Secrets: America’s Indian Boarding Schools Part 1

In a two-part collaboration with ICT (formerly Indian Country Today), we expose the painful legacy of boarding schools for Native... more

15 Oct 2022 · 50 minutes
The Long Campaign to Turn Birth Control Into the New Abortion

When the Supreme Court’s decision undoing Roe v. Wade came down in June, anti-abortion groups were jubilant – but far... more

08 Oct 2022 · 50 minutes
Minor League Pay

From the Frisco RoughRiders to the Dayton Dragons, minor league baseball teams are a classic American tradition. But their players... more

01 Oct 2022 · 50 minutes
After Ayotzinapa: Arrests and Intrigue

Eight months after Reveal’s three-part series about the disappearance of 43 Mexican college students in 2014, the government’s investigation is... more

24 Sep 2022 · 50 minutes
Locked Up: The Prison Labor That Built Business Empires

After the Civil War, a new form of slavery took hold in the US and lasted more than 60 years.... more

17 Sep 2022 · 50 minutes
The Big Grift Behind the Big Lie

This episode explores two stories of fights over the right to vote.  Texas-based nonprofit True the Vote claims to have evidence... more

10 Sep 2022 · 50 minutes
American Rehab: Shadow Workforce

Picture stepping into a drug rehab. You’re looking for treatment, but instead, you get hard work for no pay. For... more

03 Sep 2022 · 50 minutes
American Rehab: A Venomous Snake

By the end of the 1960s, Synanon was a widely respected drug rehab with a celebrated treatment program. It had... more

27 Aug 2022 · 50 minutes
American Rehab: A Desperate Call

Reporter Shoshana Walter gets a message from a stranger: Penny Rawlings has just read one of Walter’s stories about Cenikor,... more

20 Aug 2022 · 50 minutes
Afghanistan's Recognition Problem

There isn’t a single country in the world that recognizes the Taliban as a legitimate government. And neither do many... more

13 Aug 2022 · 50 minutes
My Neighbor, the Suspected War Criminal

In July, a popular uprising in Sri Lanka forced the country’s president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, to step down and flee the... more

06 Aug 2022 · 50 minutes
No Retreat: The Dangers of Stand Your Ground

The killing of Trayvon Martin in 2012 marked the beginning of a new chapter of the struggle for civil rights... more

30 Jul 2022 · 50 minutes
Inside the Global Fight for White Power

From Russia to Sweden and the United States, there’s a growing network of White nationalist groups that stretches around the... more

23 Jul 2022 · 50 minutes
All the President’s Pardons

When he was president, Donald Trump used the pardon power to help friends and political allies. Now we’ve learned from... more

16 Jul 2022 · 50 minutes
Can Our Climate Survive Bitcoin?

Bitcoin is a novel form of currency that bypasses banks, credit card companies and governments. But as Elizabeth Shogren reports,... more

09 Jul 2022 · 51 minutes
Lost in Transplantation

Quickly delivering donated organs to patients waiting for a transplant is a matter of life and death. Yet transportation errors... more

02 Jul 2022 · 50 minutes
The Religious Right Mobilized to End Roe. Now What?

Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that gave women in the U.S. the legal right to an abortion, has now... more

25 Jun 2022 · 51 minutes
Abortion in the Crosshairs

Dr. Barnett Slepian was a conservative doctor and family man with strong religious beliefs. But he didn’t think doctors should... more

18 Jun 2022 · 50 minutes
Baseball Strikes Out

In the early 2000s, rampant steroid use across Major League Baseball became the biggest scandal in the sport’s history. But... more

11 Jun 2022 · 50 minutes
Fighting Fire with Fire

Year after year, wildfires have swept through Northern California’s wine and dairy country, threatening the region’s famed agricultural businesses. .... more

04 Jun 2022 · 50 minutes
Shooting in the Dark: Why Gun Reform Keeps Failing

As the nation reels from the recent mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York, we look at why... more

28 May 2022 · 51 minutes
‘Traitors Get Shot’

On Jan. 6, 2021, Jackson Reffitt watched the Capitol riot play out on TV from his family home in Texas.... more

21 May 2022 · 50 minutes
A Reckoning at Amazon

The past few years have brought profits and growth to Amazon, but it’s come at a cost to many workers.... more

14 May 2022 · 50 minutes
Crossing the Line: The Fight Over Roe

As the Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, Florida is a case study in what can happen... more

07 May 2022 · 50 minutes
How a 7-Year Prison Sentence Turns Into Over 100

WBEZ reporter Shannon Heffernan brings us the story of Anthony Gay, who was sentenced to seven years in prison on... more

30 Apr 2022 · 52 minutes
My Neighbor, the Suspected War Criminal

This month, atrocities in Ukraine have triggered new allegations of war crimes. While people around the world call for accountability,... more

23 Apr 2022 · 51 minutes
Handcuffed and Unhoused

Up and down the West Coast, cities are struggling with homelessness. Here's a hidden side: arrests. In Portland, Oregon, unhoused... more

16 Apr 2022 · 50 minutes
Losing Ground

In 2021, the Biden administration approved $4 billion in loan forgiveness for Black farmers and other farmers of color, as... more

09 Apr 2022 · 50 minutes
Campaigning on the Big Lie

More than a year after the 2020 election, roughly a third of Americans continue to believe, without evidence, that the... more

02 Apr 2022 · 48 minutes
Can Our Climate Survive Bitcoin?

Bitcoin is a novel form of currency that bypasses banks, credit card companies and governments. But as Reveal’s Elizabeth Shogren... more

26 Mar 2022 · 50 minutes
A Racial Reckoning at Doctors Without Borders

For decades, Doctors Without Borders has been admired for bringing desperately needed medical care to crises around the globe and... more

19 Mar 2022 · 51 minutes
‘To Shoot and Fight for My Home’

The war in Ukraine is not new. Ukrainians have been living through “the long war” of a threatened – and... more

12 Mar 2022 · 50 minutes
Behind the Blue Wall

A nanny in Nashville was having a picnic on a bike path with the kids she was caring for when... more

05 Mar 2022 · 50 minutes
The Bitter Work Behind Sugar

Sugar is a big part of Americans’ daily diet. But who harvests some of that sweet cane?  Reporters Sandy Tolan and... more

26 Feb 2022 · 50 minutes
Who Has Power and How Do They Wield It?

Washington, D.C.: The Difficulties of Firing Police Officers A group of hackers attacked the Metropolitan Police Department in 2021, leaking 250... more

19 Feb 2022 · 50 minutes
A Strike at the Heart of Roe

To see what the future of abortion could be in the United States, look to Texas. Across the country, conservative... more

12 Feb 2022 · 50 minutes
Emission Control

If we want to quickly combat climate change, we need to deal with “the other” greenhouse gas: methane. Methane leaks... more

05 Feb 2022 · 50 minutes
After Ayotzinapa Chapter 3: All Souls

The final chapter of our three-part investigation into the abduction of 43 Mexican students in 2014 looks at how an unexpected... more

29 Jan 2022 · 50 minutes
After Ayotzinapa Chapter 2: The Cover-Up

The second chapter of our three-part investigation into the abduction of 43 students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers’ College in... more

22 Jan 2022 · 50 minutes
After Ayotzinapa Chapter 1: The Missing 43

It has been over seven years since 43 students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers’ College in Guerrero, Mexico, were taken by... more

15 Jan 2022 · 50 minutes
Take No Prisoners

In December 1944, Frank Hartzell was a young soldier pressed into fierce fighting during the Battle of the Bulge. He... more

08 Jan 2022 · 51 minutes
Viral Lies

From anti-vaxxers to QAnon, we look at how misinformation spreads online – and the lives it disrupts.  Reporter Stan Alcorn digs... more

01 Jan 2022 · 50 minutes
When Lighting the Voids

Donate now to support Reveal’s journalism. ••• An audio drama inspired by Reveal’s 2017 investigation into a deadly explosion at a Mississippi... more

25 Dec 2021 · 51 minutes
Handcuffed and Unhoused

Donate now to support Reveal’s nonprofit journalism.  In Portland, Oregon, unhoused people make up at most 2% of the population, but... more

18 Dec 2021 · 51 minutes
Fancy Galleries, Fake Art

Donate now to support Reveal’s journalism. ••• In the mid-’90s, two high-end New York art galleries began selling one fake painting after... more

11 Dec 2021 · 51 minutes
Mississippi Goddam Chapter 7: Reasonable Doubt

Donate now to support Reveal’s journalism. ••• The final episode of Mississippi Goddam shares new revelations that cast doubt on the official... more

04 Dec 2021 · 54 minutes
Mississippi Goddam Chapter 6: Mississippi Justice

Donate now to support Reveal’s journalism. ••• Black communities around Mississippi have long raised concerns about the suspicious deaths of young Black... more

27 Nov 2021 · 50 minutes
Amazon Leaks

Donate now to support Reveal’s journalism. ••• Amazon gathers a lot of information about its customers, from what they read and watch... more

20 Nov 2021 · 51 minutes
Mississippi Goddam Chapter 5: Star Crossed

Donate now to support Reveal’s journalism. ••• Billey Joe Johnson Jr. and Hannah Hollinghead met in their freshman year of high school.... more

13 Nov 2021 · 50 minutes
Mississippi Goddam Chapter 4: The Investigator

Donate now to support Reveal’s journalism. ••• Special Agent Joel Wallace of the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation was called in to investigate... more

06 Nov 2021 · 50 minutes
Mississippi Goddam Chapter 3: The Autopsy

Donate now to support Reveal’s journalism. ••• After Billey Joe Johnson Jr. died in 2008, the state of Mississippi outsourced his autopsy.... more

30 Oct 2021 · 50 minutes
Mississippi Goddam Chapter 2: The Aftermath

Donate now to support Reveal’s journalism. ••• On the morning of Billey Joe Johnson’s death, crime scene tape separates the Johnsons from... more

23 Oct 2021 · 50 minutes
Mississippi Goddam Chapter 1: The Promise

Billey Joe Johnson Jr. was a high school football star headed for the big time. Then, early one morning in... more

16 Oct 2021 · 50 minutes
When Abusers Keep Their Guns

Reveal’s Jennifer Gollan leads an investigation that exposes the consequences of passing gun laws with no teeth. For the first... more

09 Oct 2021 · 51 minutes
Preview Mississippi Goddam: The Ballad of Billey Joe

Sometimes one story can tell you everything about race and justice in America. Reveal’s new series, “Mississippi Goddam: the Ballad... more

07 Oct 2021 · 4 minutes
Preview Mississippi Goddam: The Ballad of Billey Joe

Sometimes one story can tell you everything about race and justice in America. Reveal’s new series, “Mississippi Goddam: the Ballad... more

07 Oct 2021 · 4 minutes
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Billey Joe Johnson Jr. was a high school football star headed for the big time. Then, early one morning in 2008, the... more