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1. The Retrievals S02 - Ep. 3

   Aug 7, 2025 · 55 min

   Pain during a cesarean section isn’t a new problem. But for a long time, it’s been a hidden one. In England, a patient named Susanna not only brings the problem to doctors’ attention, but also tries to solve it.

2. The Retrievals S02 - Ep. 2

   Aug 7, 2025 · 45 min

   What went wrong with Clara’s delivery? And can Heather get doctors to talk about it?

3. The Retrievals S02 - Ep. 1

   Aug 7, 2025 · 47 min

   Clara is a labor and delivery nurse, so she has a pretty good idea of what to expect when she delivers her own twins at the same hospital where she works. But she wasn’t prepared for this.

4. The Retrievals S02 - Trailer

   Jul 10, 2025 · 4 min

   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 “The Retrievals” is an investigation into this underreported problem — and the new effort to solve it. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

5. The Good Whale - Ep. 6

   Feb 27, 2025 · 36 min

   After a month at sea, Keiko pops up near a Norwegian fishing village, causing a stir among the residents and his own team of caretakers. They figure that if they wait until spring, maybe Keiko will swim off again with a wild pod. If they can all just make it to spring.

6. The Good Whale - Ep. 5

   Feb 27, 2025 · 15 min

   Keiko disappears in Icelandic waters, swimming east for four weeks. Unobserved, with no human contact. Since nobody knows what happened to Keiko during that mysterious time, we decided to recreate it — as a musical. From Keiko’s perspective, naturally. Watch the music video for "The Ballad of Keiko" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1k1TQ2Lh0o

7. The Good Whale - Ep. 4

   Feb 27, 2025 · 35 min

   A fresh training team takes a hard-line approach and doubles down on breaking Keiko’s bond with humans. By summer it seems to be working, until one day Keiko swims away. This is the moment they’ve all been waiting for.

8. The Good Whale - Ep. 3

   Feb 27, 2025 · 42 min

   Keiko finally arrives in Iceland, where years of preparation will be put to the test when Keiko gets his first chance to interact with orcas in the wild — something he hasn’t done since he was a calf. It does not go according to plan.

9. The Good Whale - Ep. 2

   Jan 2, 2025 · 35 min

   Keiko has a new tank in Oregon and a dream team of experts that gets him into shape. But soon they start fighting over what a realistic future looks like for this golden retriever of an orca.

10. The Good Whale - Ep. 1

    Jan 2, 2025 · 48 min

    When the movie “Free Willy” is released, word gets out that the star, a killer whale named Keiko, is sick and living in a tiny pool at a Mexican amusement park. An environmentalist sets out to give the fans what they want: their favorite celebrity orca back in the sea.

11. The Good Whale - Trailer

    Nov 7, 2024 · 3 min

    After the movie “Free Willy” became a hit, word got out that the star of the film, a killer whale named Keiko, was sick and living in a tiny pool at a Mexican amusement park. Fans were outraged and pleaded for his release. “The Good Whale” tells the story of the wildly ambitious science experiment to return Keiko to the ocean — while the world watched. An epic tale that starts in Mexico and ends i

12. Serial S04 - Ep. 9: This Is the Weirdness

    May 16, 2024 · 1h 2m

    The criminal case against the men accused of planning the Sept. 11 attacks is the one aspect of Guantánamo that would seem to make sense – until you start watching it.

13. Serial S04 - Ep. 8: Two Ledgers

    May 9, 2024 · 1h 1m

    Majid Khan spent years locked away in CIA black sites. What would he tell the world when he finally got the chance to speak?

14. Serial S04 - Ep. 7: The Forever Reporter

    May 2, 2024 · 1h 2m

    One reporter has been covering Guantánamo since the day the prison opened. The military would like her to go home now.

15. Serial S04 - Ep. 6: Part 2, Asymmetry

    Apr 25, 2024 · 57 min

    After the worst happens at Guantánamo, the warden tries to explain it to the outside world – and to himself.

16. Serial S04 - Ep. 5: The Big Chicken, Part 1

    Apr 18, 2024 · 55 min

    A new warden comes to Guantánamo and decides to make some changes. A prison’s a prison, he thinks. How hard could this be?

17. Serial S04 - Ep. 4: The Honeymooners

    Apr 11, 2024 · 51 min

    The case against a young airman gets even weirder when the government pulls in two fresh investigators. Part 2: A bride, an FBI agent, and a polygraph machine.

18. Serial S04 - Ep. 3: Ahmad the Iguana Feeder

    Apr 4, 2024 · 1h 1m

    An Arabic-speaking airman is sent to Guantánamo to translate, and soon finds himself at the center of a major scandal. Part 1: Suspicion swallows evidence.

19. Serial S04 - Ep. 2: The Special Project

    Mar 28, 2024 · 47 min

    In 2002, an elite interrogation team secretly staged Guantánamo’s most elaborate intel operation — to try to get a single detainee to talk.

20. Serial S04 - Ep. 1: Poor Baby Raul

    Mar 28, 2024 · 43 min

    Maybe you have an idea in your head about what it was like to work at Guantánamo, one of the most notorious prisons in the world. Think again.