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Serial Productions makes narrative podcasts whose quality and innovation transformed the medium. “Serial” began in 2014 as a spinoff of the public radio show “This American Life.” In 2020, we joined the New York Times Company. Our shows have reached many millions of listeners and have won nearly every major journalism award for audio, including the first-ever Peabody Award given to a podcast.

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    • 4.6 • 7.5K Ratings

Serial Productions makes narrative podcasts whose quality and innovation transformed the medium. “Serial” began in 2014 as a spinoff of the public radio show “This American Life.” In 2020, we joined the New York Times Company. Our shows have reached many millions of listeners and have won nearly every major journalism award for audio, including the first-ever Peabody Award given to a podcast.

Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest Serial Productions news: https://bit.ly/3FIOJj9

Have thoughts or feedback on our shows? Email us at serialshows@nytimes.com

    An Update From Sarah Koenig

    An Update From Sarah Koenig

    News about an upcoming project.

    • 59 sec
    The Kids of Rutherford County - Ep. 4: Dedicated Public Servants

    The Kids of Rutherford County - Ep. 4: Dedicated Public Servants

    The lawyers settle with the county, which agrees to pay the kids who were wrongfully arrested and illegally jailed; the hard part is actually getting the kids paid.

    From Serial Productions and The New York Times in partnership with ProPublica and Nashville Public Radio, “The Kids of Rutherford County” is reported and hosted by Meribah Knight, a Peabody-award winning reporter based in the South.

    • 38 min
    The Kids of Rutherford County - Ep. 3: Would You Like to Sue the Government?

    The Kids of Rutherford County - Ep. 3: Would You Like to Sue the Government?

    Wes Clark reads a telling line in a police report about how Rutherford County’s juvenile justice system really works. He and his law partner Mark Downton realize they have a massive class action on their hands.

    From Serial Productions and The New York Times in partnership with ProPublica and Nashville Public Radio, “The Kids of Rutherford County” is reported and hosted by Meribah Knight, a Peabody-award winning reporter based in the South.

    • 47 min
    The Kids of Rutherford County - Ep. 2: What the Hell Are You People Doing?

    The Kids of Rutherford County - Ep. 2: What the Hell Are You People Doing?

    A young lawyer named Wes Clark can’t get the Rutherford County juvenile court to let his clients out of detention — even when the law says they shouldn’t have been held in the first place. He’s frustrated and demoralized, until he makes a friend.

    From Serial Productions and The New York Times in partnership with ProPublica and Nashville Public Radio, “The Kids of Rutherford County” is reported and hosted by Meribah Knight, a Peabody-award winning reporter based in the South.

    • 32 min
    The Kids of Rutherford County - Ep. 1: The Egregious Video

    The Kids of Rutherford County - Ep. 1: The Egregious Video

    A police officer in Rutherford County, Tenn., sees a video of little kids fighting, and decides to investigate. This leads to the arrest of 11 kids for watching the fight. The arrests do not go smoothly.

    From Serial Productions and The New York Times in partnership with ProPublica and Nashville Public Radio, “The Kids of Rutherford County” is reported and hosted by Meribah Knight, a Peabody-award winning reporter based in the South.

    • 27 min
    The Kids of Rutherford County - Trailer

    The Kids of Rutherford County - Trailer

    For over a decade, one Tennessee county arrested and illegally jailed hundreds, maybe thousands, of children. A four-part narrative series reveals how this came to be, the adults responsible for it, and the two lawyers, former juvenile delinquents themselves, who try to do something about it.

    From Serial Productions and The New York Times, “The Kids of Rutherford County” is reported and hosted by Meribah Knight, a Peabody-award winning reporter based in the South. Get it everywhere you get your podcasts on Thursday, October 26th.

    • 3 min

Customer Reviews

4.6 out of 5
7.5K Ratings

7.5K Ratings

N16FLO ,

Ruined by the narration

Such an interesting story completely ruined by the AWFUL drawwllll at the end of every sentence. Horrendous!

my wiiiiiiife ,

Good content but presenters voice unbearable

Love the content and was so gripped by the kids of Rutherford county but I couldn’t listen to the last episode because of the presenter’s voice.I was so keen to hear the final outcome but her voice was so grating I couldn’t handle it. Every sentence ended with a frog like croak and inflection. I couldn’t listen any longer. Have googled what happened instead.

Elsh12 ,

Vocal fry

I’m desperate to listen to this story, it sounds brilliant and I’m sure amazingly written and researched. I just can’t handle the presenter’s vocal fry, it’s extreme. This is a podcast and the voice matters. Don’t editors need to spot this early on and give feedback..?

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