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S27 Introducing "We Keep Us Safe" from NPR, KUOW and The Seattle Times

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In the summer of 2020, sixteen-year-old Antonio Mays Jr. traveled a thousand miles to join the racial justice movement of his generation. He arrived in Seattle during the Capitol Hill Occupied…

S26E4 The Girls: “This is my story to tell”

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Alleged victims of the Stoners find each other online and band together to demand justice. But they run up against police and prosecutors who have different ideas than they do about the best path to…

S26E3 The Girls: “If it was your daughter”

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17-year-old Aryalle Stoner runs away from home and tells the police that her father, Ronnie Stoner, has been sexually abusing her for years. The cursory investigation that follows is representative…

S26E2 The Girls: “This isn’t ringing alarms to y’all?”

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Allegations pile up, but Child Protective Services declines to investigate and the school district continues to promote Ronnie Stoner. We include an update at the end of the episode. “The Girls” is a…

S26E1 The Girls: “I need to tell you something”

May 14, 2026 33m

In 2023, 17-year-old Abbie Jones and her family accuse her high school football coach, Donnie Stoner, of child sex abuse. Another Louisville woman, Alexis Crook, says she was abused by Donnie too,…

S24E4 The Network: Pivoting as mifepristone access shifts

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S23E5 Alternate Realities: Double or Nothing

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As soon as Alternate Realities publishes, Zach Mack calls his dad to hear his reactions to the series. The conversation takes an unexpected turn, launching them into another year-long experiment.To…

S25E3 The Harvard Plan: The Endless Frontier

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Universities were not always so vulnerable to the whims of politics. The whole system of taxpayer-funded, university-led scientific research came about at the end of World War II, and was the…

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Harvard president Alan Garber and National Institutes of Health head Jay Bhattacharya are two main characters at the heart of the national fight over the future of academia. Alan Garber has been cast…

S25E1 The Harvard Plan: And so it begins…

Nov 17, 2025 46m

The Harvard Plan, a collaboration between On the Media and The Boston Globe, is about the fight for the soul of America’s oldest and most prestigious university. In the new season, they explore what…

S23E4 Alternate Realities: A Question for Listeners

Oct 09, 2025 2m

After we released Alternate Realities, hundreds of listeners reached out, sharing stories about friends and family members who had also fallen under the spell of conspiracy theories. Many of them had…

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Part 3: The network and its method took off in countries where women didn't have a legal option for abortion. Since Roe v. Wade was overturned, many Americans have found themselves in that very…

S24E2 The Network: Breaking Bread

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S24E1 The Network: Saint-o-tec

Jun 05, 2025 41m

In the mid-1980s, an OBGYN in Brazil noticed that far fewer pregnant women at his hospital were dying from abortion complications. It wasn't a coincidence. Brazilian women had made a discovery that…

S24 Introducing "The Network" from NPR and Futuro Media

May 29, 2025 2m Trailer

Decades ago, Brazilian women made a discovery that allowed them to have safe abortions without a doctor, regardless of the law. Now, as abortion restrictions rise across the United States, their…

S23E3 Alternate Realities: Facing the Facts

Feb 21, 2025 28m

Episode 3: After a year of waiting, the bet is finally over. Reporter Zach Mack takes stock of his father's predictions and confronts him about the future of the family. To listen to this series…

S23E2 Alternate Realities: Down the Rabbit Hole

Feb 21, 2025 31m

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S23E1 Alternate Realities: A Strange Bet

Feb 21, 2025 26m

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S23 Introducing Alternate Realities from NPR

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