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Sarah was at the courthouse when Adnan was released, a new episode is coming tomorrow morning. nyti.ms/3QVJwGG
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This is big news. For the first time, Baltimore prosecutors are saying they don't have confidence in Adnan Syed's conviction and are asking for his release.
Adnan Syed's murder conviction should be vacated and a new trial sought, prosecutors said, citing new evidence. The case was featured on the podcast Serial. on.wsj.com/3dh7pdZ
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Today, Adnan Syed’s appeal in his case was affirmed by the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland. bit.ly/2pQy4Bt
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Serial is heading back to court—this time, in Cleveland. Season Three, coming September 20. serialpodcast.org
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A Baltimore prosecutor stumbles upon two handwritten notes in Adnan’s case file. They change everything. A new episode from season one, out now. serialpodcast.org
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This season, we’re tackling the whole criminal justice system. Hear the trailer and subscribe today to get the first episode the moment it drops. bit.ly/serialS3
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We’ve been working for nearly a decade on Serial Season 4 and can’t wait for you to hear it starting March 28.
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After hearing Erimius Spencer's story on Serial, the city of Euclid reclassified low-level marijuana possession as a minor misdemeanor. The penalty is now a maximum fine of $150, instead of six months in jail. bit.ly/2CiEGjR
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There will be a Season Two of Serial. To everyone who donated to make this possible: THANK YOU. serialpodcast.org/posts/2014…
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We’re excited to be joining @nytimes!
🎧 We're excited to announce that the @nytimes Company will acquire @serial Productions and form a strategic alliance with @ThisAmerLife. bwnews.pr/30RE3c7
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Big news today, Serial won a #Peabody Award! It’s the first time a podcast has been honored w/this award. bit.ly/1yL2Qhf
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You guys...we have a new show!
A man named John despises his Alabama town and decides to do something about it. S-Town, coming March 28. stownpodcast.org
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1. soon
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4. @iTunesPodcasts, podcast apps, our site, @pandora_radio
5. Season Two
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MD Court of Special Appeals rules it will hear arguments in Adnan Syed case in June session. bit.ly/1DqbUHF
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In light of the judge’s decision to grant a retrial, Sarah looks back at her first taped conversation with Adnan. serialpodcast.org/posts/2016…
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This season, we’re holding open the courthouse door, inviting you inside. There are shocking, fascinating things happening in plain sight. Hear episodes 1 and 2 today. serialpodcast.org
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Season 1 update: Court will reopen Syed proceedings cjbrownlawcom.c.presscdn.com…
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"I’ve had this urgent feeling of wanting to kind of hold open the courthouse door, and wave people inside. Because things are happening — shocking things, fascinating things — in plain sight.” —Sarah Koenig bit.ly/2NmFESc
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A long-unsolved murder. An unexpected arrest. A slam dunk case that mysteriously fell apart. Follow host @Kim_Barker’s investigation, as it unfolds, in our new show "The Coldest Case in Laramie." Coming February 23.
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A mysterious letter shocked Britain. But who wrote it? “The Trojan Horse Affair,” hosted by @BriHReed of “S-Town” and @HamzaMSyed, is an investigation bigger than we ever imagined. All eight parts are out today. nyti.ms/3nXgOt9
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Episode 12 of @Serial - the last of this season - is up: serialpodcast.org/season-one…
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This week’s big news: We’re working on 2 new seasons at once. Get our newsletter for the latest straight from Sarah. bit.ly/1yrxb3Z
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Sarah Koenig breaks down the building blocks of Serial Season One's Leakin Park episode for @Transom_org: transom.org/2016/sarah-koeni…
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"S-Town is a well-crafted monument to empathy." theatln.tc/2ogRm4y
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We have a new show! Nice White Parents is a limited series about building a better school system, and what gets in the way. Hosted by @chanajoffewalt. Coming July 30. nyti.ms/2ZTt2aU
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.@Serial was chosen as iTunes' Best New Podcast of 2014: itunes.com/bestpodcasts2014 @iTunesPodcasts
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Listening party here tomorrow for episode 5?
We can hit play on our devices at noon ET.
Fav if you’re in.
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Our first season was about a murder case in Baltimore. Since then, people have asked us: What does that case tell us about the criminal justice system?
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Serial "has quickly become the most popular podcast in the world, according to Apple." online.wsj.com/articles/seri… #sleepyworldofpodcasts
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We have a new show: "We Were Three" is a story of lies, family, America, and what Covid revealed, as well as what it destroyed. Hosted by Nancy Updike, coming October 13.
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We have a new show! “The Trojan Horse Affair” is about a mysterious letter that shocked Britain. Hosted by @BriHReed of “S-Town,” and @HamzaMSyed. Coming Feb. 3. nyti.ms/3nXgOt9
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"Season 3 is very close to my heart. The stories are really good, and we’re really excited to tell them to people. Then again… if you’re looking for a murder mystery, this is not it." —Sarah Koenig bit.ly/2NkL9ko
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Dropping the charges is the only fair outcome, but everything the prosecutors put in that motion to vacate was known or knowable to detectives and prosecutors 23 years ago. And all of it—shady police practices, shaky forensics, withholding of exculpatory evidence—is common.
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Newly released Army reports show no evidence that soldiers died on missions searching for Bowe Bergdahl. bit.ly/2dxZOVZ
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Here we go.
It’s time! You can hear all seven chapters of #STown right now. stownpodcast.org
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A long-unsolved murder. An unexpected arrest. A slam-dunk case that mysteriously fell apart. Our new podcast "The Coldest Case in Laramie" debuts on Feb. 23. nyti.ms/3XJGit9
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Our new show is here: In "The Coldest Case in Laramie," @Kim_Barker revisits an unsolved murder that took place while she was in high school, nearly 40 years ago. Hear the eight-part series today. nyti.ms/3XV1Q6j
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“I’m not that interested in crime. I am very interested in punishment. And judgement. All the stories I’ve done for Serial...that’s what I’m trying to understand every time: How do we mete out judgement and punishment as a society?" —Sarah Koenig bit.ly/2MMB6oR
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Thanks to our listeners! We appreciate you sticking with us when we try something new. bit.ly/2Su7rPM
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"Sarah Koenig and Emmanuel Dzotsi bring nuance and humanity to their snapshots of ‘ordinary criminal justice’" bit.ly/2OErvgx
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Episode 10 of @Serial is up: serialpodcast.org/season-one…
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We won’t be covering Adnan’s case anymore, or the now-unsolved case of Hae Min Lee’s murder. But we know many other capable reporters will be, and so we’ll be watching and reading and listening.
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Here's a chart of other good podcasts we posted yesterday (if you're bored over break...) Now with lovely links: thinglink.com/scene/60220507…
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We spent a year inside the criminal courts in Cleveland. This season, you’ll see what we saw—from the inside. Hear episodes 1 and 2 now. bit.ly/2pt8Fhr
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We are up to our necks in Season 2, I swear. But this is interesting: serialpodcast.org/posts/2015… - SK
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[1/4] If you’re curious, here’s the full statement we sent in response to an inquiry from The Intercept on Tuesday.
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We spent a year inside the criminal courts in Cleveland. This season, you’ll see what we saw—from the inside. Hear the trailer now on @ApplePodcasts. apple.co/2NeutuN
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Episode 11 of @Serial is up: soundcloud.com/serial/episod…
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.@Lifeinstripes The @serial team is hard at work on a new story for Season 2. We’ll keep you posted on our progress here and on Facebook.
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Sarah Koenig explains the MD Court of Special Appeals order on our site, bit.ly/1KAX810
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Thanks, nice to throw a new episode up on itunes.com/serial
We think season 2 is off to a great start. What do you all think of the new season of #Serial?
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Sarah Koenig talked to @StephenAtHome last night on The Colbert Report about @Serial: thecolbertreport.cc.com/vide…
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[4/4] We are committed to reporting that’s comprehensive, fair, and exhaustively fact-checked.
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In our new show “The Coldest Case in Laramie,” @Kim_Barker revisits an unsolved murder that took place while she was in high school in Laramie, Wyoming, nearly 40 years ago. All eight parts are coming February 23. nyti.ms/3YxQ8zA
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Day 2 #AdnanSyed hearing
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Sarah and Dana on Asia's second letter, cell phone testimony
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Serial wins IDFA DocLab Award for Interactive Storytelling 2014 doclab.org/2014/serial-wins-…
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A young woman at a bar is slapped on the butt. So why’s *she* the one in jail? Hear episode 1 of our new season. bit.ly/2DhkPEa
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#STown's success "gives us confidence that we can be bold and experimental.”
S-Town has already amassed more than 40 million downloads, a new high-water mark for audio shows vult.re/2peqgbg
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Having trouble keeping all the people in Serial straight? Here's a map to help you: serialpodcast.org/maps/peopl…
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Wondering if we checked with Adnan's email provider to see if he was in the library? That & other @Serial stragglers: serialpodcast.org/posts/2014…
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"With Serial, we were experimenting with using television as a model. With this one, we looked to novels.” #STown bit.ly/2nguoGS
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Hear the full preview of our new season, and subscribe today to get the first episode on September 20. serialpodcast.org
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We have a new show! In The Improvement Association, host Zoe Chace travels to a rural county in North Carolina to investigate allegations of election fraud — and the powerful forces that fuel them. Coming April 13. nyti.ms/2PKivME
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Day 3 #AdnanSyed hearing
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Incoming calls, the alibi witness list, and our next episode
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Season Three is almost here, subscribe now to hear the first episode the moment it drops tomorrow morning. bit.ly/2wIGmPo
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Episode 2: The massive search for Bergdahl begins as the Taliban slip past the U.S. Army
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Our new show launches March 28! @stownpodcast, hosted by @BriHReed, is unlike anything you’ve heard before. stownpodcast.org
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"We’ll be able to make more of what we want to make, exactly how we want to make it, with the full support of The Times by our side." A note from Sarah Koenig on Serial joining @nytimes. bit.ly/2OQnUhf
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"A brilliant piece of creative nonfiction...literary in ways few [podcasts] attempt." #STown bit.ly/2nshfP7
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We’ve been working on this story for five years, and we can’t wait for you to hear it. Subscribe now to get the first episode of Nice White Parents on July 30. nytimes.com/nicewhiteparents
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"S-Town is totally different from anything I’ve heard before.” Listen to a preview of our new show! bit.ly/2mpeNTY
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In case you missed it: Season Three starts September 20. Subscribe now to get every episode. bit.ly/serialS3
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"If the rest of season three is as interesting as its first installment, Serial might outdo itself." bit.ly/2D63SMU
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Hi everyone, Episode 9 of Serial is up: serialpodcast.org/season-one…
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Serial wins a Scripps-Howard award, for in-depth radio coverage: shawards.org/Winners2014.asp…. "[it] set a new standard for all of us." @SH_Awards
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This season, hear the story of one courthouse, told week by week. Listen to the Season Three trailer on @pandoramusic: pdora.co/2NfxfA5
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In season three, we hold open the courthouse door, inviting you inside. There are shocking, fascinating things happening in plain sight. bit.ly/2DhkPEa
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It's Thursday- Episode 8 of @Serial is up: soundcloud.com/serial/episod…
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Both @Serial and @ThisAmerLife make Nieman's list of Stories We Loved: Some Favorite Narrative from 2014 niemanstoryboard.org/stories…
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No @Serial this week, but a big timeline with alternate accounts of Jan 13,1999, along w/ Adnan Syed's call log, here bit.ly/1uRRUoG
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We're proud that Serial Season 2 is a #Murrow Award winner for news series and website.
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The Serial team is extremely proud and honored to announce that we have won the @PeabodyAwards in Podcast & Radio for our series The Retrievals. 🥳
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btw, we’re on Vine -
vine.co/v/iZvKqwIxU2Z
(thoughts on loops we should post there?)
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Yesterday, the @nytimes editorial board called on President Obama to issue a pardon for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. nyti.ms/2gyvVId
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New to podcasts? Want to listen to something like @Serial? Well, there's this radio show/podcast called This American Life... @ThisAmerLife
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“Serial,” Podcasts, and Humanizing the News newyorker.com/culture/sarah-… via @newyorker
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"It’s one of the most sincerely human things I’ve ever listened to.” #STown bit.ly/2neTHJb
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