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The ProPublica Podcast is a weekly program featuring interviews with reporters and information about the latest investigations published by ProPublica.org. Produced by the nonprofit newsroom, the podcast will take listeners behind the scenes of their reporting to show how they obtained the story, what inspired the report and what’s the potential impact that could result from the investigation.

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    • Feb 7, 2018 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 22m AVG DURATION
    • 16 EPISODES


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    Coming From ProPublica and WNYC: ‘Trump, Inc.,' the Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2018 1:50


    The Breakthrough: A Reporter Goes to Ground Zero for Today's American HIV Epidemic

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2017 22:49


    Linda Villarosa had spent decades covering the spread of AIDS. She thought she was done. Then, she visited Jackson, Mississippi.

    The Breakthrough: Used as ‘Guinea Pigs' by the U.S. Military, Then Discarded

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2017 30:37


    During World War II, the government subjected thousands of troops to mustard gas tests — and kept it a secret. More than 60 years later, an NPR reporter and researcher helped the men get justice.

    The Breakthrough: How Journalists in the Virgin Islands Covered the Disaster Happening to Them

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2017 17:59


    Hurricanes Irma and Maria slammed the Virgin Islands within days of each other, leaving almost everyone without power, internet or phones. Still, The Virgin Islands Daily News pressed on.

    The Breakthrough: Curiosity Drove Her to Call 1,000 People

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2017 27:44


    BuzzFeed's Rosalind Adams set out to learn why America's largest psychiatric hospital chain was under investigation. Source by source, she built a case that Universal Health Services was locking up people for profit.

    The Breakthrough: How a Reporter Uncovered Widespread Russian Meddling — In the Olympics

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2017 31:11


    New York Times reporter Rebecca Ruiz scored a confession from a Russian doctor at the center of a doping scandal that spoiled the 2014 Winter Games.

    The Breakthrough: A Reporter Finds a Man Proven Innocent, But Still Guilty in Eyes of the Law

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2017 27:29


    ProPublica's Megan Rose tells the story of a Las Vegas circus performer, a drifter and an ambitious prosecutor tangled in a case of wrongful conviction.

    The Breakthrough: Hopelessness and Exploitation Inside Homes for Mentally Ill

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2017 27:50


    A reporter finds that homes meant to replace New York's troubled psychiatric hospitals might be just as bad.

    The Breakthrough: Behind the Scenes of Hillary Clinton's Failed Bid for President

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2017 18:45


    Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes didn't know their book would be called ‘Shattered,' or that their extraordinary access would let them chronicle the mounting signs of a doomed campaign.

    The Breakthrough: How a Small News Outlet Brought Down the State Hero

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2017


    VTDigger's Anne Galloway was suspicious the moment she heard about a too-good-to-be-true development. She didn't know how right she was.

    The Breakthrough: Reporting on Life and Death in the Delivery Room

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2017


    ProPublica reporter Nina Martin and her team used social media and old-fashioned shoe leather to show how the U.S. has the worst maternal death rate in the developed world.

    The Breakthrough: How an ICIJ Reporter Dug Up the World Bank's Best Kept Secret

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2017


    Sasha Chavkin chased it down across three continents, and into places he was warned weren't safe.

    The Breakthrough: A Reporter Crosses Borders to Uncover Labor Abuse

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2017


    ProPublica's Michael Grabell travels from the heart of Ohio to the mountains of Guatemala to track down immigrant workers harmed in American poultry plants.

    The Breakthrough: Uncovering NYC Cops Making Millions in Suspicious Deals

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2017


    On our first episode of this season's The Breakthrough, we talk with WNYC's Robert Lewis tells us how his reporting triggered an internal investigation of suspicious dealings made by active-duty New York police officers.

    Our Podcast, The Breakthrough, Is Back

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2017


    In January, we launched The Breakthrough, which tells the stories behind investigative reporting. And we're about to start a new season, on June 16.

    We Want Your Thoughts on Our Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2017


    We recently relaunched our podcast, in which journalists tell us how they nailed their biggest stories. Now we want to hear from you.

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