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Serial Productions & The New York Times 27 Episodes Jun 18, 2026

Serial is a narrative podcast series from Serial Productions and The New York Times, known for investigative journalism and storytelling. It began in 2014 as a spinoff of This American Life and has produced multiple seasons, including S-Town, Nice White Parents, and The Trojan Horse Affair. The podcast has won numerous awards, including the first Peabody Award given to a podcast.

Episodes

The Last 12 Weeks - Ep. 5 Jun 18, 2026 00:39:22 Days before the execution, the defense team scrambles to respond to an unexpected ruling, while the lead lawyer makes what may be his final visit to David Wood on death row. Everyone waits to find out Wood’s fate. To find out about new shows from Serial Productions, and get a look behind the scenes, sign up for our newsletter at nytimes.com/serialnewsletter. Have a story pitch, a tip, or feedbac
The Last 12 Weeks - Ep. 4 Jun 18, 2026 00:30:30 To justify sentencing David Wood to death, prosecutors argued that he was a convicted rapist turned serial killer. And yet, Wood has insisted all along that isn’t true. We head to death row to hear him tell us why. But not before a victim of his earlier crimes has her say about the kind of person she believes he is. To find out about new shows from Serial Productions, and get a look behind the sc
The Last 12 Weeks - Ep. 3 Jun 18, 2026 00:43:42 In the final weeks before the execution date, the defense team has to decide just how far it’s willing to push people to save David Wood’s life. The team’s deliberations lead to a key witness on his deathbed … and the mother of one of the Desert Killer’s victims. To find out about new shows from Serial Productions, and get a look behind the scenes, sign up for our newsletter at nytimes.com/serial
The Last 12 Weeks - Ep. 2 Jun 18, 2026 00:45:35 The way the state constructed the case, there’s no one big shiny piece of evidence for the defense to knock down. Instead, there are a million little threads to pull at. With less than two months until the execution, the lawyers comb through the evidence one last time, and a new witness offers unexpected revelations. To find out about new shows from Serial Productions, and get a look behind the s
The Last 12 Weeks - Ep. 1 Jun 18, 2026 00:41:08 In 1992, David Wood became El Paso’s most notorious convicted serial killer. He has been on death row ever since. More than 30 years later, his lawyers have just a few months  to argue his innocence and stop his execution. To find out about new shows from Serial Productions, and get a look behind the scenes, sign up for our newsletter at nytimes.com/serialnewsletter. Have a story pitch, a tip, o
The Last 12 Weeks - Trailer Jun 16, 2026 00:02:05 In 1992, David Wood was convicted of murdering young women and girls and burying them in the desert outside El Paso. He has been on death row ever since. “The Last 12 Weeks” takes you behind the scenes as a capital defense team races against the clock to stop an execution 30 years in the making. To find out about new shows from Serial Productions, and get a look behind the scenes, sign up for our
The Idiot - Chapter 1 Mar 26, 2026 00:21:43 For decades, M. simply disliked Allen. They saw him as a fool, a pompous “international businessman” who bragged about shady deals and drove fancy cars while living in Eastern Europe and Africa. But one day Allen suddenly shows up at their father’s home in Cape Cod with his mother and 5-year-old son. He says he has separated from his wife, whom he has left behind in Moscow. M. suspects this could
The Idiot - Trailer Mar 19, 2026 00:01:51 The New York Times writer M. Gessen is widely known for their award-winning writing about totalitarianism, terrorism and the erosion of human rights. Now, M. is examining a more personal target: their least favorite cousin, Allen. For decades, they saw Allen as a fool, a pompous ‘international businessman’ who bragged about shady deals. But then Allen is arrested for trying to put a hit out on his
The Preventionist - Ep. 1 Oct 30, 2025 00:40:23 The story of how this extraordinary situation in the Lehigh Valley came to light — because it almost didn’t. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
The Preventionist - Trailer Oct 16, 2025 00:03:15 In the summer of 2023, reporter Dyan Neary received a tip about a problematic doctor in Pennsylvania. Families were claiming that when they sought medical care for their children, this pediatrician falsely accused them of abuse, and their children were taken away from them. The Preventionist traces this doctor’s decades-long career across multiple states, and explores the rise of a new and powerfu
The Retrievals S02 - Ep. 1 Aug 7, 2025 00:49:04 Clara is a labor and delivery nurse, so she has a pretty good idea of what to expect when she delivers her own twins at the same hospital where she works. But she wasn’t prepared for this. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
The Retrievals S02 - Trailer Jul 10, 2025 00:04:24 C-sections are the most frequently performed major surgeries in the world. So why do so many patients feel severe pain during them? Season 2 of the award-winning podcast “The Retrievals” is an investigation into this underreported problem — and the new effort to solve it.Listen wherever you get your podcasts.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our

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