The Season Two finale: What is Bowes fault, and what isnt? Our new podcast, The Good Whale, is out now. Follow it here , or search for it wherever you get your podcasts. To get full access to this show, and to other Serial Productions and New York Times podcasts on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, subscribe at nytimes.com/podcasts . To find out about new shows from Serial Productions, and get a look behind the scenes, sign up for our newsletter at nytimes.com/serialnewsletter. Have a story pitch, a t...
Mar 31, 2016•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you hearing what Im hearing? Our new podcast, The Good Whale, is out now. Follow it here , or search for it wherever you get your podcasts. To get full access to this show, and to other Serial Productions and New York Times podcasts on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, subscribe at nytimes.com/podcasts . To find out about new shows from Serial Productions, and get a look behind the scenes, sign up for our newsletter at nytimes.com/serialnewsletter. Have a story pitch, a tip, or feedback on our sho...
Mar 17, 2016•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast You dont make peace with your friends. Our new podcast, The Good Whale, is out now. Follow it here , or search for it wherever you get your podcasts. To get full access to this show, and to other Serial Productions and New York Times podcasts on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, subscribe at nytimes.com/podcasts . To find out about new shows from Serial Productions, and get a look behind the scenes, sign up for our newsletter at nytimes.com/serialnewsletter. Have a story pitch, a tip, or feedback on o...
Mar 03, 2016•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast Woulda, coulda, shoulda Our new podcast, The Good Whale, is out now. Follow it here , or search for it wherever you get your podcasts. To get full access to this show, and to other Serial Productions and New York Times podcasts on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, subscribe at nytimes.com/podcasts . To find out about new shows from Serial Productions, and get a look behind the scenes, sign up for our newsletter at nytimes.com/serialnewsletter. Have a story pitch, a tip, or feedback on our shows? Email...
Feb 19, 2016•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast It makes sense if youre Bowe Bergdahl. Our new podcast, The Good Whale, is out now. Follow it here , or search for it wherever you get your podcasts. To get full access to this show, and to other Serial Productions and New York Times podcasts on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, subscribe at nytimes.com/podcasts . To find out about new shows from Serial Productions, and get a look behind the scenes, sign up for our newsletter at nytimes.com/serialnewsletter. Have a story pitch, a tip, or feedback on o...
Feb 18, 2016•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast Why did Bowe Bergdahl walk off? Our new podcast, The Good Whale, is out now. Follow it here , or search for it wherever you get your podcasts. To get full access to this show, and to other Serial Productions and New York Times podcasts on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, subscribe at nytimes.com/podcasts . To find out about new shows from Serial Productions, and get a look behind the scenes, sign up for our newsletter at nytimes.com/serialnewsletter. Have a story pitch, a tip, or feedback on our show...
Feb 04, 2016•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast CIA, FBI, YouTube, the Portland PD? There was no handbook for getting Bergdahl back. Our new podcast, The Good Whale, is out now. Follow it here , or search for it wherever you get your podcasts. To get full access to this show, and to other Serial Productions and New York Times podcasts on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, subscribe at nytimes.com/podcasts . To find out about new shows from Serial Productions, and get a look behind the scenes, sign up for our newsletter at nytimes.com/serialnewslette...
Jan 21, 2016•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast What's happening on the other side of the door? Our new podcast, The Good Whale, is out now. Follow it here , or search for it wherever you get your podcasts. To get full access to this show, and to other Serial Productions and New York Times podcasts on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, subscribe at nytimes.com/podcasts . To find out about new shows from Serial Productions, and get a look behind the scenes, sign up for our newsletter at nytimes.com/serialnewsletter. Have a story pitch, a tip, or feed...
Jan 07, 2016•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast Bergdahls first year in captivity starts with an escape and ends with an escape. In between, he learns necessary, twisted lessons of survival. Our new podcast, The Good Whale, is out now. Follow it here , or search for it wherever you get your podcasts. To get full access to this show, and to other Serial Productions and New York Times podcasts on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, subscribe at nytimes.com/podcasts . To find out about new shows from Serial Productions, and get a look behind the scenes,...
Dec 24, 2015•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the move with Bergdahl, the Taliban slip past the U.S. Armys massive effort to find him. During those days and weeks, each side is asking, what is Bergdahl worth to us? Our new podcast, The Good Whale, is out now. Follow it here , or search for it wherever you get your podcasts. To get full access to this show, and to other Serial Productions and New York Times podcasts on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, subscribe at nytimes.com/podcasts . To find out about new shows from Serial Productions, and ...
Dec 17, 2015•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast In the middle of the night, Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl grabsa notebook, snacks, water, some cash. Then he quietly slips off a remote U.S. Army outpost in eastern Afghanistanand into the dark, open desert. About 20 minutes later, it occurs to him: hes in over his head. Our new podcast, The Good Whale, is out now. Follow it here , or search for it wherever you get your podcasts. To get full access to this show, and to other Serial Productions and New York Times podcasts on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, subs...
Dec 10, 2015•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast Its Baltimore, 2022. Adnan Syed has spent the last 23 years incarcerated, serving a life sentence for the murder of Hae Min Lee, a crime he says he didnt commit. He has exhausted every legal avenue for relief, including a petition to the United States Supreme Court. But then, a prosecutor in the Baltimore States Attorneys office stumbled upon two handwritten notes in Adnans case file, and that changes everything. Our new podcast, The Good Whale, is out now. Follow it here , or search for it wher...
Dec 18, 2014•17 min•Transcript available on Metacast February 2016: Sarah Koenig ducks back into the Adnan Syed case for a few days. Theres a hearing in Baltimorea court proceeding thats been nearly sixteen years in the making. Syeds attorney will introduce new evidence, and present a case for why his conviction should be overturned. Sarah and producer Dana Chivvis will discuss what happens, day by day. Our new podcast, The Good Whale, is out now. Follow it here , or search for it wherever you get your podcasts. To get full access to this show, an...
Dec 18, 2014•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast February 2016: Sarah Koenig ducks back into the Adnan Syed case for a few days. Theres a hearing in Baltimorea court proceeding thats been nearly sixteen years in the making. Syeds attorney will introduce new evidence, and present a case for why his conviction should be overturned. Sarah and producer Dana Chivvis will discuss what happens, day by day. Our new podcast, The Good Whale, is out now. Follow it here , or search for it wherever you get your podcasts. To get full access to this show, an...
Dec 18, 2014•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast February 2016: Sarah Koenig ducks back into the Adnan Syed case for a few days. Theres a hearing in Baltimorea court proceeding thats been nearly sixteen years in the making. Syeds attorney will introduce new evidence, and present a case for why his conviction should be overturned. Sarah and producer Dana Chivvis will discuss what happens, day by day. Our new podcast, The Good Whale, is out now. Follow it here , or search for it wherever you get your podcasts. To get full access to this show, an...
Dec 18, 2014•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast On January 13, 1999, Adnan Syed was a hurt and vengeful ex-boyfriend who carried out a premeditated murder. Or he was a bewildered bystander, framed for a crime he could never have committed.After 15 months of reporting, we take out everything weve got - interviews and documents and police reports - we shake it all out, and we see what sticks. Our new podcast, The Good Whale, is out now. Follow it here , or search for it wherever you get your podcasts. To get full access to this show, and to oth...
Dec 18, 2014•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast Almost everyone describes the 17-year-old Adnan the same way: good kid, helpful at the mosque, respectful to his elders. But a couple of months ago, Sarah started getting phonecalls from people who knew Adnan back then, and told her stories of a different kind of boy. Our new podcast, The Good Whale, is out now. Follow it here , or search for it wherever you get your podcasts. To get full access to this show, and to other Serial Productions and New York Times podcasts on Apple Podcasts and Spoti...
Dec 11, 2014•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast Adnans trial lawyer was M. Cristina Gutierrez, a renowned defense attorney in Maryland tough and savvy and smart. Other lawyers said she was exactly the kind of person youd want defending you on a first-degree murder charge. But Adnan was convicted, and a year later, Gutierrez was disbarred. What happened? Our new podcast, The Good Whale, is out now. Follow it here , or search for it wherever you get your podcasts. To get full access to this show, and to other Serial Productions and New York Tim...
Dec 04, 2014•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast New information is coming in about what maybedidnthappen on January 13, 1999. And while Adnans memory of that day is foggy at best, he does remember what happened next: being questioned, being arrested and, a little more than a year later, being sentenced to life in prison. Our new podcast, The Good Whale, is out now. Follow it here , or search for it wherever you get your podcasts. To get full access to this show, and to other Serial Productions and New York Times podcasts on Apple Podcasts and...
Nov 20, 2014•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast The states case against Adnan Syed hinged on Jays credibility; he was their star witness and also, because of his changing statements to police, their chief liability. Naturally, Adnans lawyer tried hard to make Jay look untrustworthy at trial. So, how did the jurors make sense of Jay? For that matter, how did the cops make sense of Jay? How are we supposed to make sense of Jay? Our new podcast, The Good Whale, is out now. Follow it here , or search for it wherever you get your podcasts. To get ...
Nov 13, 2014•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast Adnan told Sarah about a case in Virginia that had striking similarities to his own: one key witness, incriminating cell phone records, young people, drugs - and a defendant who has always maintained his innocence. Sarah called up one of the defense attorneys on that case to see if she could offer any insight into Adnans case, and got much more than she bargained for. Our new podcast, The Good Whale, is out now. Follow it here , or search for it wherever you get your podcasts. To get full access...
Nov 06, 2014•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast The physical evidence against Adnan Syed was scant - a few underwhelming fingerprints. So aside from cell records, what did the prosecutors bring to the jury, to shore up Jay's testimony? Sarah weighs all the other circumstantial evidence they had against Adnan, including curious behavior, a disconcerting note, and an unexplained mid-afternoon phone call. Our new podcast, The Good Whale, is out now. Follow it here , or search for it wherever you get your podcasts. To get full access to this show...
Oct 30, 2014•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast Adnan once issued a challenge to Sarah. He told her to test the states timeline of the murder by driving from Woodlawn High School to Best Buy in 21 minutes. It cant be done, he said. So Sarah and Dana take up the challenge, and raise him one: They try to recreate the entire route that Jay said he and Adnan took on January 13th, 1999. Our new podcast, The Good Whale, is out now. Follow it here , or search for it wherever you get your podcasts. To get full access to this show, and to other Serial...
Oct 23, 2014•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast A few days after Haes body is found, the detectives get a lead that opens the case up for them. They find Jay at work late one night and bring him down to Homicide. At first, he insists he doesnt know anything about the murder. But eventually he comes clean. He tells them what happened on January 13th. A few weeks later, hes back at Homicide and his story has changed. In some ways, these changes are small and understandable. In other ways, theyre big and confounding. Our new podcast, The Good Wh...
Oct 16, 2014•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast Its February 9, 1999. Hae has been missing for three weeks. A man on his lunch break pulls off a road to pee, and stumbles on her body in a city forest. His odd recounting of the discovery makes Detectives Ritz and MacGillivary suspicious. For instance, why did he walk so far into the woods - 127 feet - to relieve himself? And thats just the start. A look into the mans past reveals some bizarre behavior. Our new podcast, The Good Whale, is out now. Follow it here , or search for it wherever you ...
Oct 09, 2014•27 min•Transcript available on Metacast Their relationship began like a storybook high-school romance: a prom date, love notes, sneaking off to be alone. But unlike other kids at school, they had to keep their dating secret, because their parents disapproved. Both of them, but especially Adnan, were under special pressure at home, and the stress of that spilled over into their relationship. Eventually Hae broke up with Adnan. And then, depending on who you ask, Adnan was either understandably sad and moping around, or full of rage and...
Oct 03, 2014•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast It's Baltimore, 1999. Hae Min Lee, a popular high-school senior, disappears after school one day. Six weeks later detectives arrest her classmate and ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed, for her murder. He says he's innocent - though he can't exactly remember what he was doing on that January afternoon. But someone can. A classmate at Woodlawn High School says she knows where Adnan was. The trouble is, shes nowhere to be found. Our new podcast, The Good Whale, is out now. Follow it here , or search for it ...
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