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The Sunday Story

NPR 5 Episodes Oct 11, 2026

The Sunday Story from Up First is NPR's weekly news and culture magazine that explores one topic in depth through conversations, interviews, and deeply-reported narrative journalism. Hosted by Ayesha Rascoe, it combines storytelling with the issues of the day. The podcast publishes every Sunday in the Up First feed.

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The women who fought back when their jailers assaulted them Oct 11, 2026 1696 Aliksandria Prout had only been at the Central California Women’s Facility for a few days when a male officer stopped her at a checkpoint. “You have beautiful lips and beautiful eyes,” he said. That was just the beginning. On this episode of The Sunday Story, we feature the first episode of a new three-part series from KQED’s Snap Judgment called “We Are Jane Doe.” It follows thirteen women and th

Fox News wanted war images in Ukraine - their journalists died Oct 4, 2026 2115 Fox News Correspondent Benjamin Hall had been accused by a colleague of taking unnecessary risks when reporting in Syria. Later, Fox News assigned Hall to cover the war in Ukraine. NPR’s David Folkenflik brings the in-depth story of a fatal reporting trip near Kyiv, where Hall was gravely wounded and two other Fox News journalists were killed. Now, the journalists’ families are suing Fox, saying

Can clergy candidates help Democrats win in red states? Sep 27, 2026 1953 This November, a notable number of Democrats are running for Congress who all have one thing in common: they are members of the clergy. In a moment when the party is counting on every seat it can flip, will these clergy members be able to win over the party’s secular base? NPR’s religion correspondent Jason DeRose followed four of the candidates who are running competitive races in Texas and Iowa.

An American journalist missing in Syria: what happened? Sep 20, 2026 1779 This is the story of one of the biggest missing-person cases of our time. It’s been more than fourteen years since American journalist Austin Tice vanished in Syria. There have been many stories about what happened to him. His disappearance has reached the highest levels of power and yet, so little is actually known. BBC’s award-winning investigative journalist Josh Baker brings us Where is A

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