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The Retrievals

The Retrievals

Serial Productions & The New York Times 4 episodes Latest Jul 10, 2025

The Retrievals is an award-winning podcast that investigates the underreported problem of patients experiencing severe pain during C-sections, the most common major surgery worldwide. Season 2 explores this issue and the new efforts to solve it. The podcast is produced by Serial Productions and The New York Times.

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S02 Episode 1: The Case Jul 10, 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. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podca
Trailer: The Retrievals, Season 2 Jun 26, 2025 00:02:56 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. Coming July 10th.  Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your fa
S01 Episode 1: The Patients Jun 29, 2023 00:58:21 Patients at a fertility clinic experience excruciating, unexpected pain. For months the reason for that pain remains hidden. Then they get a letter from the clinic. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated article
Trailer: The Retrievals, Season 1 Jun 21, 2023 00:03:23 The patients in this story came to the Yale Fertility Center to pursue pregnancy. They began their I.V.F. cycles full of expectation and hope. Then a surgical procedure called egg retrieval caused them excruciating pain.Some of the patients screamed out in the procedure room. Others called the clinic from home to report pain in the hours that followed. But most of the staff members who fielded the

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