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We're thrilled to announce that we just won the very first Pulitzer Prize ever given for audio journalism for our show “The Out Crowd,” on the Trump administration’s “Remain in Mexico” policy.
“For years now, we’ve been doing serious reporting, including investigative stories. It’s gratifying to be recognized by the Pulitzers for that side of our work.” A note from
@iraglass
on the award.
We’re looking for real-life stories where someone does the thing that happens in movies: they have to RUN—through an airport, to a wedding, whatever—to win someone back, stop them from being with someone else, or any other romantic mission. Email callforstories
@thislife
.org.
The Never Use Alone hotline exists so drug users can call if they are using by themselves. Someone will stay on the line in case they overdose. We hear the recording of one such call, and everything that followed.
From our live show:
@birbigs
, his wife, and his cat take a trip together and meet some zombie mice. Watch all the way to the end for the final gag. It’s good.
For new fans of Anthony Ramos (
@ARamosofficial
), star of
@intheheights
, who want to see more of him: He starred in a mini-musical written by
@Lin_Manuel
that ran on our show. Watch the full 21 CHUMP STREET here:
Grief gets a bad rap as something to avoid. But what happens when you confront it? At this moment of unimaginable loss, stories of people reckoning with grief, and what they learn.
Years ago,
@chanajoffewalt
started reporting a story that she thought was about school segregation. But the more she looked into it, the more she realized it was actually about the inordinate power of white parents.
"There’s a war in this country over facts and truth, and it’s not clear how it’s gonna play out. And congratulations—you’re heading to the front lines."
@iraglass
to the
@columbiajourn
graduating class
A Chinese man decides to go to Wuhan to document the coronavirus outbreak. He takes videos and shares stories of a city on the edge of a breakdown, and then he disappears.
Our show is turning 25! To kick off our 25th anniversary celebration, we’ve released some of our favorite episodes for binge-listening over the holidays. Hear them on
@ApplePodcasts
now.
.
@AtsukoComedy
moved suddenly from Japan to the U.S. when she was eight years old, and has long joked that it was because her grandmother kidnapped her from her dad. But she'd never talked to anyone in her family about what had actually happened.
We were thrilled to learn that our show "The Giant Pool of Money" will be among the audio recordings added to
@librarycongress
this year. It's the first podcast ever named to the
#NatRecRegistry
!
NEWS:
@LibnOfCongress
Carla Hayden today named 25 recordings as audio treasures worthy of preservation based on their cultural, historical or aesthetic importance in the nation's sound heritage. View the 2020 selections to the
#NatRecRegistry
:
Laci Green (
@gogreen18
), a famous YouTuber and sex educator, gets harassed on the internet. No surprise there. What is surprising is who winds up harassing her, and what she does about it.
Trump has talked about taking retribution on his enemies since the early days of his 2024 campaign. We try to understand what that might look like by speaking with people who believe Trump will be coming for them.
For our show this week,
@benccalhoun
talked to
@not_lindsay
's neighbor to find out why he was playing this song over and over and over again every day. 🎷
In this moment of racial backlash, what's it like to be a kid — a kid of color, especially — in one of these towns where some adults are saying racism is a problem, and other adults are saying it's not one at all?
On the radio this weekend: Donald Trump has a plan for his second term: retribution. We check in with the people who’ve crossed him to hear how they feel about that.
We're thrilled to announce that Bethel Habte and
@PhiaBennin
will be joining our staff as editors, along with
@nadiareiman
, who is being promoted to editor.
Today's the day! Watch our new movie
#ComeSunday
on
@netflix
. Based on our "Heretics" episode, Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Carlton Pearson, an evangelical pastor who cast aside the idea of hell.
“It’s gratifying for the Pulitzer committee to recognize that this medium does have particular strengths, and that it can do some things better than other media can.” —
@iraglass
Alex Vindman became the face of the first Trump impeachment after he told his superiors that Trump asked the President of Ukraine to investigate Hunter Biden. At the time, Vindman believed this wouldn't jeopardize him; now, he's having second thoughts.
Lenny Pozner's son, Noah, was killed at Sandy Hook. In the years since, Lenny's family has been harassed by people who believe Sandy Hook didn't happen. Until one day, Lenny decided to fight back.
For Thanksgiving listening in a year when so many of us are not with our families,
@iraglass
recommends some of his favorite episodes from our archives — from family mysteries and Native American history to stories that delight.
Our producer,
@chanajoffewalt
, had a series of conversations with a man in Gaza over the course of one week. They're so immediate – and particular to this moment in the war in Gaza – that we're bringing them to you now, outside of our regular schedule.
From the ages of 12 to 27, Elna Baker was supposed to confess to male clergy anytime she did anything sexual. It was so routine for her that she barely thought to talk about it. Until recently... when she started calling other women who did the same thing.