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Running from cops

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In cities across America, black men are on the run. On April 4, 2015, in South Carolina, Walter Scott was killed while running away from a police officer. Eight days later, Freddie Gray ran from police in Baltimore. He was caught and later died in custody. On this episode of Reveal, we explore the consequences … Continue reading Running from cops →
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Across the Desert and the Sea
African migrants fleeing persecution or seeking opportunity often end up in Libya, where they are tortured and trafficked. Many try to escape to Europe, only to be intercepted at sea and returned to Libya. On this episode of Reveal, we bring you one reporter’s dispatch from a treacherous migrant rescue operation and explore how Europe’s … Continue reading Across the Desert and the Sea →

Across the Desert and the Sea

2018-05-1900:50:352

Reveal Presents: The View from Room 205
In 2014, WBEZ Chicago reporter Linda Lutton followed a class of fourth-graders at William Penn Elementary School on Chicago’s West Side. She wanted to explore a big idea that’s at the heart of the American dream: Can public schools be the great equalizer in society, giving everyone a chance to succeed, no matter where they … Continue reading Reveal Presents: The View from Room 205 →

Reveal Presents: The View from Room 205

2018-05-1200:53:014

More to the Story: Wildfires
Reveal revisits our investigation into California’s deadliest wildfires. Last October, more than 170 fires ripped across Northern California, burning more than 9,000 buildings, causing millions of dollars in damage and killing 44 people. Along with our partners at KQED we’ll examine what’s being done to ensure that emergency response failures are not repeated as the … Continue reading More to the Story: Wildfires →

More to the Story: Wildfires

2018-05-0900:19:49

More to the Story: Redlining
Reveal digs deep – and gets results. By mining data from 31 million records, we discovered a pattern of routine mortgage loan denials to applicants of color in more than 60 U.S. metropolitan areas. Our story led to attorneys generals’ investigations and lawmakers’ demands for accountability at the federal, state and city levels. It also … Continue reading More to the Story: Redlining →

More to the Story: Redlining

2018-05-0500:17:561

Institutions of Higher Earning (rebroadcast)
Across the country, universities are being criticized over issues of money: from how they spend their endowments, to how they raise tuition, to how they award financial aid. Many students are feeling the pinch. They’re going into debt to pay for their education, or abandoning their dreams of a college degree altogether. This week on … Continue reading Institutions of Higher Earning (rebroadcast) →

Institutions of Higher Earning (rebroadcast)

2018-04-2800:52:353

Trumping Hate
There’s been a lot of conversation about whether Donald Trump has inspired a new wave of hate in America. Reveal reporter Will Carless set out to understand the president’s role in hundreds of hate incidents across the country, with help from the Documenting Hate project led by ProPublica. He found a striking pattern that extended … Continue reading Trumping Hate →

Trumping Hate

2018-04-2100:52:238

Tesla and Beyond: Hidden Problems of Silicon Valley
Tech companies in Silicon Valley are under the microscope for not living up to their idealistic pledges to save the world. On this week’s episode of Reveal, we investigate companies on the cutting edge that are struggling to solve some old-fashioned problems: Worker safety at Tesla, and diversity at Google and beyond. — Don’t miss … Continue reading Tesla and Beyond: Hidden Problems of Silicon Valley →

Tesla and Beyond: Hidden Problems of Silicon Valley

2018-04-1400:53:383

Trump’s Mystery Mansion
In 2008, a small-time scam artist transferred a Beverly Hills mansion to Donald Trump for $0. Reveal reporters Lance Williams and Matt Smith tried to figure out why. The people involved in the deal say it was all a mistake. Real estate experts have never seen anything like it. Join us for a stranger-than-fiction tale … Continue reading Trump’s Mystery Mansion →

Trump’s Mystery Mansion

2018-04-1200:12:514

Checking into President Trump’s Washington DC Hotel
In 2016, the Justice Department alleged that Malaysian officials stole billions of dollars from their people and funneled some of it through the United States. Reveal teamed up with Washington D.C.’s public radio station, WAMU, to dig into one of the largest investigations ever by the Justice Department’s Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative. It’s a tale … Continue reading Checking into President Trump’s Washington DC Hotel →

Checking into President Trump’s Washington DC Hotel

2018-04-0700:52:542

Full of Lead: How Bullets are Poisoning Eagles
Lead – the toxic metal used for years in paint, plumbing, mining and more – still poisons people in all kinds of ways. Lead also kills wildlife when animals scavenge carcasses shot with lead bullets and left behind by hunters. Eagles and condors are not the hunters’ intended targets, but they’re dying from bullet dust. … Continue reading Full of Lead: How Bullets are Poisoning Eagles →

Full of Lead: How Bullets are Poisoning Eagles

2018-04-0400:14:47

Poisoned, ignored and evicted: The perils of living with lead
The toxic water of Flint, Michigan, reminded us that lead is a very persistent poison. This week, Reveal investigates the lurking threat of lead from the dust of urban demolitions to the wilds of Wyoming. Hear how contractors help one another cut corners on demolitions, putting kids at risk, while city officials study the problem. … Continue reading Poisoned, ignored and evicted: The perils of living with lead →

Poisoned, ignored and evicted: The perils of living with lead

2018-03-3100:42:123

Where criminals get their guns
Across the country, criminals are arming themselves in unexpected ways. In Florida, they’re stealing guns from unlocked cars and gun stores. In other places, they’re getting them from the police themselves, as cash-strapped departments sell their used weapons to buy new ones. On this episode of Reveal, we learn where criminals get their guns and … Continue reading Where criminals get their guns →

Where criminals get their guns

2018-03-2400:53:513

The kids aren’t all right
Federal law requires colleges and universities to track and disclose sexual assaults on campus. It’s different for kindergarten through 12th grade, where there are no similar requirements for cases involving assaults between students. In elementary, middle and high schools across the U.S., the Associated Press found a shocking level of sexual violence among students. The … Continue reading The kids aren’t all right →

The kids aren’t all right

2018-03-1700:57:145

Built to Burn
Last year, California had its deadliest and most destructive wildfire season in recorded history. No fire killed more people or burned down more buildings than the Tubbs Fire. Reveal investigates what made the Tubbs Fire so devastating by delving into the history of one of the hardest-hit neighborhoods. — Head over to revealnews.org for more … Continue reading Built to Burn →

Built to Burn

2018-03-1400:17:081

Warning System Down: California’s Deadliest Fires
Wildfires raged across Northern California in October, burning through the state’s famed Napa and Sonoma wine regions. In all, more than 170 blazes ripped across an area the size of Maryland and Delaware combined. Scores awoke to flames at their doors, and 44 people were killed in the deadliest fire event in state history. On … Continue reading Warning System Down: California’s Deadliest Fires →

Warning System Down: California’s Deadliest Fires

2018-03-1000:36:385

Video: Atomic vets
Hundreds of thousands of U.S. veterans took part in nuclear tests after World War II, and into the Cold War. Many of these vets suffer long-term health issues including lung problems and cancer, and many haven’t received compensation for their injuries and feel abused, neglected and forgotten by the government and a country that exposed them to unforeseen risks. This story … Continue reading Video: Atomic vets →

Video: Atomic vets

2018-03-0800:13:323

Deja Nuke: Return of the Nuclear Threat
With the threat of nuclear war once again a part of the national conversation, Reveal looks at nuclear threats both foreign and domestic. This episode takes listeners to Iran and finds out what life is actually like inside North Korea. As the Trump administration pushes for the biggest increase in spending on nuclear weapons since … Continue reading Deja Nuke: Return of the Nuclear Threat →

Deja Nuke: Return of the Nuclear Threat

2018-03-0300:52:483

My Town, Chi-Town
Chicago is experiencing a reversal of the great migration that propelled African Americans northward in search of opportunity in the first half of the 20th century. Since 2000, a quarter-million black Chicagoans have left. The reasons include decades of bad policy and broken promises on affordable housing, education and public safety. On this episode of … Continue reading My Town, Chi-Town →

My Town, Chi-Town

2018-02-2400:51:473

The red line: Racial disparities in lending
It’s been 10 years since the great housing bust and lending is back. Not everyone is getting a fair shot at getting a loan. In dozens of cities across the country, lenders are more likely to deny loans to applicants of color than white ones – even when you take into account how much money … Continue reading The red line: Racial disparities in lending →

The red line: Racial disparities in lending

2018-02-1700:50:1610

Dropped and dismissed: Child sex abuse lost in the system
The scandal around USA Gymnastics and former Olympic team doctor Larry Nassar is shining a spotlight on the sexual abuse of young athletes. This week, Reveal revisits the story of a woman who decides to confront the coach she says abused her decades earlier. Reporter Tennessee Watson was abused by her gymnastics coach when she … Continue reading Dropped and dismissed: Child sex abuse lost in the system →

Dropped and dismissed: Child sex abuse lost in the system

2018-02-1000:53:127

How Bernie Made Off: Are we safe from the next Ponzi scheme?
Bernard Madoff may be a fading memory from the past, but for reporter Steve Fishman, the fallen financier’s story holds lessons for today. Madoff masterminded one of the biggest Ponzi schemes in history, duping thousands of investors out of tens of billions of dollars. His scam rocked Wall Street for years. In this episode, we … Continue reading How Bernie Made Off: Are we safe from the next Ponzi scheme? →

How Bernie Made Off: Are we safe from the next Ponzi scheme?

2018-02-0300:51:466

Too Many Pills
On Reveal, we share how the government failed to stop the opioid epidemic. A Washington Post/60 Minutes partnership with Reveal tells the story of how a DEA insider and his team of lawyers and investigators tried to stop drug distribution companies from flooding America with truckloads of pain pills. His effort was met with backlash … Continue reading Too Many Pills →

Too Many Pills

2018-01-2700:55:476

#MeToo: Rape on the Night Shift
The #MeToo movement has swept from Hollywood to Capitol Hill. The careers of powerful men ended as women spoke out against workplace harassment and assault. On this episode of Reveal, we look at what happens when the people involved aren’t celebrities or powerful. We team up with KQED, the UC Berkeley Investigative Reporting Program, FRONTLINE and Univision … Continue reading #MeToo: Rape on the Night Shift →

#MeToo: Rape on the Night Shift

2018-01-2000:52:446

The mystery of Mountain Jane Doe
Investigators dig up an unidentified murder victim, 45 years after she was buried, in an attempt to give her back her name. The exhumation leads to a series of unexpected revelations about who she was and why she may have been killed. Her case speaks to the complexity – and importance – of opening up … Continue reading The mystery of Mountain Jane Doe →

The mystery of Mountain Jane Doe

2018-01-1300:52:1911

Video: Fought for, Forgotten
This short film was produced by the Glassbreaker Films team at The Center for Investigative Reporting. Glassbreaker Films is an all-female group of filmmakers working to promote gender parity in investigative journalism and documentary filmmaking. Competing threats to the bayous of Louisiana are leaving some Donald Trump supporters torn between the president’s various policies. The … Continue reading Video: Fought for, Forgotten →

Video: Fought for, Forgotten

2018-01-1100:06:562

The Tide is High
The damage inflicted on the United States by hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria will likely make the 2017 hurricane season the costliest in our history. But what is the government doing to prepare for the storms yet to come. In this hour, Reveal goes to Texas, Louisiana and Puerto Rico to investigate the government policies … Continue reading The Tide is High →

The Tide is High

2018-01-0600:52:324

A Revealing Year
Reveal has had a busy year – our team has chased stories from Oklahoma to Bermuda. We exposed a rehab program that provides labor at a chicken processing plant that’s been called a slave camp and followed the money trail of the Paradise Papers, leaked documents that revealed international tax shelters for some of America’s … Continue reading A Revealing Year →

A Revealing Year

2017-12-3000:53:423

Fire and Justice
In 1988, two powerful explosions shook Kansas City, Missouri, killing six firefighters. Nine years later, five people were convicted of arson and sent to prison for life – but were they innocent? Reveal investigates problems in the case and whether federal agents pressured witnesses to lie. We also follow the life of one of the … Continue reading Fire and Justice →

Fire and Justice

2017-12-2300:52:3710

The Pentagon Papers: Secrets, lies and leaks
Special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling in the U.S. elections seems to yield a new bombshell every week. Amid such high-profile revelations, we revisit a decades-old story that echoes to this day among the powerful in the nation’s capital. This episode of Reveal tells the story of Daniel Ellsberg, a former government strategist … Continue reading The Pentagon Papers: Secrets, lies and leaks →

The Pentagon Papers: Secrets, lies and leaks

2017-12-1600:51:5119

Institutions of Higher Earning
Across the country, universities are being criticized over issues of money: from how they spend their endowments, to how they raise tuition, to how they award financial aid. Many students are feeling the pinch. They’re going into debt to pay for their education, or abandoning their dreams of a college degree altogether. This week on … Continue reading Institutions of Higher Earning →

Institutions of Higher Earning

2017-12-0900:53:068

Video: Based on a True Story
This short film was produced by the Glassbreaker Films team at The Center for Investigative Reporting. Glassbreaker Films is an all-female group of filmmakers working to promote gender parity in investigative journalism and documentary filmmaking. The initiative is funded by The Helen Gurley Brown Foundation.   The 2000 film “Erin Brockovich” seemed like a successful … Continue reading Video: Based on a True Story →

Video: Based on a True Story

2017-12-0700:10:095

Where criminals get their guns
Across the country, criminals are arming themselves in unexpected ways. In Florida, they’re stealing guns from unlocked cars and gun stores. In other places, they’re getting them from the police themselves, as cash-strapped departments sell their used weapons to buy new ones. On this episode of Reveal, we learn where criminals get their guns and … Continue reading Where criminals get their guns →

Where criminals get their guns

2017-12-0200:53:0617

Video: Until Something is Done
This short film was produced by the Glassbreaker Films team at The Center for Investigative Reporting. Glassbreaker Films is an all-female group of filmmakers working to promote gender parity in investigative journalism and documentary filmmaking.   In the early hours of 2009, 22-year-old Oscar Grant was fatally shot by a Bay Area Rapid Transit police … Continue reading Video: Until Something is Done →

Video: Until Something is Done

2017-11-3000:07:514

Her own devices: Is a contraceptive implant making us sick?
In Texas, women with limited access to abortions are traveling across the border to find a drug that will induce miscarriages. In Mississippi, anti-abortion groups are opening crisis pregnancy centers across from abortion clinics to persuade women to keep their babies. And one company offers permanent birth control through the insertion of a simple device … Continue reading Her own devices: Is a contraceptive implant making us sick? →

Her own devices: Is a contraceptive implant making us sick?

2017-11-2500:52:468

Pizzagate: A slice of fake news
On this episode of Reveal, we look at #Pizzagate. This story takes us into the world of right-wing Twitter trolls, pro-Trump political operatives and fake-news profiteers from St. Louis to Macedonia. Reveal unravels how this conspiracy theory spread and tries to answer one big question: How did America become a post-truth country? — To explore … Continue reading Pizzagate: A slice of fake news →

Pizzagate: A slice of fake news

2017-11-1800:53:1810

Video: Grieving in a Fishbowl
This short film was produced by the Glassbreaker Films team at The Center for Investigative Reporting. Glassbreaker Films is an all-female group of filmmakers working to promote gender parity in investigative journalism and documentary filmmaking. After a mass shooting, the media descends on the victims. They’re asked time and again what they saw, what they … Continue reading Video: Grieving in a Fishbowl →

Video: Grieving in a Fishbowl

2017-11-1600:09:111

Losing ground
In 1996, Eddie Wise, the son of a sharecropper, purchased a farm with a loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Twenty years later, the USDA foreclosed on the property and evicted him. Reveal investigates his claim that he was discriminated against because of his race. — To explore more reporting, visit revealnews.org or find … Continue reading Losing ground →

Losing ground

2017-11-1100:52:40

The Paradise Papers
Remember the Panama Papers? It was a massive 2015 document leak that exposed a system in which offshore companies enable crime and corruption. The Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation that followed, led by The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), was a collaboration among more than 100 newsrooms across the world. It led to a flurry of … Continue reading The Paradise Papers →

The Paradise Papers

2017-11-0500:53:0010

A Divided Road
Shortly after President Donald Trump’s election, two friends, Lauren and Martina, decided to provide free legal aid to people living in the country without permission. They left their home in New York and traveled across the country by van to meet people in need of help. Lauren is an immigration lawyer and Martina is an … Continue reading A Divided Road →

A Divided Road

2017-11-0200:09:27

Inside Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
Beyond the planned border wall and limits on new refugees, the federal government wants tighter restrictions on immigration to this country. On this episode of Reveal, we examine efforts throughout the U.S. to deport migrants faster, detain them longer and prevent them from obtaining visas that might offer a path to legal residency. — To … Continue reading Inside Trump’s Immigration Crackdown →

Inside Trump’s Immigration Crackdown

2017-10-2800:54:203

Heroin Diaries
On this special episode of Reveal, reporter Jack Rodolico in partnership with New Hampshire Public Radio brings us an intimate look at the people affected by the opioid epidemic. On May 22, 2015, Daniel Couzins died of a fentanyl overdose at 31. Couzins, an assistant manager at a New Hampshire bank, had started using heroin … Continue reading Heroin Diaries →

Heroin Diaries

2017-10-2600:15:009

Too Many Pills
On Reveal, we share how the government failed to stop the flow of millions and millions of pills that fuelled the national painkiller epidemic. A Washington Post/60 Minutes partnership with Reveal tells the story of a DEA insider who tried to stop drug distribution companies from flooding America with truckloads of pain pills. His effort … Continue reading Too Many Pills →

Too Many Pills

2017-10-2100:35:396

Recovering from Rehab
In 2010, Brad McGahey was sentenced to a year in prison for buying a stolen horse trailer. But when he went before a judge, he was told he was going to carry out his sentence by working instead, through a program called CAAIR, or Christian Alcoholics & Addicts in Recovery. McGahey wasn’t addicted to anything … Continue reading Recovering from Rehab →

Recovering from Rehab

2017-10-1900:04:573

Access Denied: The Fight for Public Education
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos wants parents to have the ultimate choice of where their children go to school – public or private – and taxpayers to make it possible. This week, Reveal examines how DeVos might funnel federal education dollars toward private school tuition, yet leave school choice rules up to the states. Plus, we’ll … Continue reading Access Denied: The Fight for Public Education →

Access Denied: The Fight for Public Education

2017-10-1400:53:067

Al Letson Reveals: The fight to end affirmative action in higher education
President Trump’s Department of Justice is investigating claims that Harvard is discriminating against Asian American students in its admissions program. Harvard has been accused of capping the number of Asian American students to make room for other ethnicities. Al talks to Edward Blum about the case. Blum has made a career out of challenging race-based … Continue reading Al Letson Reveals: The fight to end affirmative action in higher education →

Al Letson Reveals: The fight to end affirmative action in higher education

2017-10-1200:19:254

All work. No pay. Life at a rehab work camp.
Desperate to reduce crowding in jails and prisons, court systems all over the country are trying diversion – alternatives to putting offenders behind bars. On today’s Reveal, we peek behind the good intentions and uneven results. — To explore more reporting, visit revealnews.org or find us at fb.com/ThisIsReveal, on Twitter @reveal or Instagram @revealnews.

All work. No pay. Life at a rehab work camp.

2017-10-0700:55:147

Before Prison
In 2013, Robyn Allen received a 20-year sentence for trafficking in illegal drugs. She says she sold methamphetamine to support her family after a back injury left her without work. But the reasons Allen started using the drug run much deeper. In spite of taking measures to reduce its long-standing record as the No. 1 … Continue reading Before Prison →

Before Prison

2017-10-0500:07:513

Does the Time Fit the Crime?
The number of women in U.S. prisons and jails has increased more than 700 percent since 1980. And for 25 years, Oklahoma has led the nation in locking up women. This week on Reveal, we look at the causes behind this spike. To explore more reporting, visit revealnews.org or find us at fb.com/ThisIsReveal, on Twitter … Continue reading Does the Time Fit the Crime? →

Does the Time Fit the Crime?

2017-09-3000:52:285

Street fight: A new wave of political violence
A few weeks ago, Reveal host Al Letson jumped in to protect someone who was being attacked by counter-protesters in Berkeley, California. We found the man behind the attack. He says he’s a member of antifa and is taking the fight to white nationalists. We also interviewed rally organizers who are connected to right-wing extremists. … Continue reading Street fight: A new wave of political violence →

Street fight: A new wave of political violence

2017-09-2300:53:383

The rise of the new German right
In just a few days, Germans will go to the polls to vote for a new government in an election that feels strangely familiar. For decades, Germany’s elections have been subdued and predictable, but this campaign cycle has seen a rise of fake news, hate groups and right-wing politicians with a nationalist agenda. There also … Continue reading The rise of the new German right →

The rise of the new German right

2017-09-1600:53:147

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