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Serial returns with a history of Guantánamo told by people who lived through key moments in Guantánamo’s evolution, who know things the rest of us don’t about what it’s like to be caught inside an improvised justice system.

Serial Productions makes narrative podcasts whose quality and innovation transformed the medium. “Serial” began in 2014 as a spinoff of the public radio show “This American Life.” In 2020, we joined the New York Times Company. Our shows have reached many millions of listeners and have won nearly every major journalism award for audio, including the first-ever Peabody Award given to a podcast.

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Serial returns with a history of Guantánamo told by people who lived through key moments in Guantánamo’s evolution, who know things the rest of us don’t about what it’s like to be caught inside an improvised justice system.

Serial Productions makes narrative podcasts whose quality and innovation transformed the medium. “Serial” began in 2014 as a spinoff of the public radio show “This American Life.” In 2020, we joined the New York Times Company. Our shows have reached many millions of listeners and have won nearly every major journalism award for audio, including the first-ever Peabody Award given to a podcast.

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    S04 - Trailer

    S04 - Trailer

    From Serial Productions and The New York Times, Serial Season 4 is a history of Guantánamo told by people who lived through key moments in Guantánamo’s evolution, who know things the rest of us don’t about what it’s like to be caught inside an improvised justice system. Episodes 1 and 2 arrive Thursday, March 28.

    • 2 min
    S04 - Ep. 1: Poor Baby Raul

    S04 - Ep. 1: Poor Baby Raul

    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.

    • 41 min
    S04 - Ep. 2: The Special Project

    S04 - Ep. 2: The Special Project

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

    • 47 min
    S03 - Ep. 1: A Bar Fight Walks into the Justice Center

    S03 - Ep. 1: A Bar Fight Walks into the Justice Center

    A young woman at a bar is slapped on the butt. So why’s she the one in jail?

    • 50 min
    S03 - Ep. 2: You’ve Got Some Gauls

    S03 - Ep. 2: You’ve Got Some Gauls

    When a judge believes he knows you better than you know yourself.

    • 54 min
    S03 - Ep. 3: Misdemeanor, Meet Mr. Lawsuit

    S03 - Ep. 3: Misdemeanor, Meet Mr. Lawsuit

    The smell of raw marijuana + acting nervous + hands in pockets = ?

    • 1 hr

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AS

Hi Sarah!
Wondering, are going back to Adnon Syed??? I would like to know what was the final from his release? Did they arrest Jay? Did they finally investigate the weird boyfriend who moved away? And of course how is AS - family and his life since release?
♥️ - a long time fan

ND-Tg ,

Mental illness

Cannot stand the dude with the fake accent in season 3. Severely disturbing.

ABrodz ,

Used to Love.. maybe its me who changed

Been with Serial since season one. Catching up, it’s become clear to me that this podcast has become more of an art project than journalism. The artist in this case being someone who cuts out dissent by proclaiming it “inappropriate”. Someone who shapes the moral of the narrative and thereby reveals nothing of actual moral value. Whatever happened to telling both sides and letting us decide where truth lies? That was the old serial. This podcast has become another handholding exercise. It’s the op-edification of stories. Important stories I agree. I wish someone who didn’t think they were so important would tell them. Very disappointed they think readers lack the critical thinking required to find their way to a conclusion.

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