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Serial returns with a history of Guantánamo told by people who lived through key moments in Guantánamo’s evolution, who know things the rest of us don’t about what it’s like to be caught inside an improvised justice system.
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S04 - Trailer
From Serial Productions and The New York Times, Serial Season 4 is a history of Guantánamo told by people who lived through key moments in Guantánamo’s evolution, who know things the rest of us don’t about what it’s like to be caught inside an improvised justice system. Episodes 1 and 2 arrive Thursday, March 28.
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S04 - Ep. 1: Poor Baby Raul
Maybe you have an idea in your head about what it was like to work at Guantánamo, one of the most notorious prisons in the world. Think again.
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S04 - Ep. 2: The Special Project
In 2002, an elite interrogation team secretly staged Guantánamo’s most elaborate intel operation — to try to get a single detainee to talk.
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S04 - Ep. 3: Ahmad the Iguana Feeder
An Arabic-speaking airman is sent to Guantánamo to translate, and soon finds himself at the center of a major scandal. Part 1: Suspicion swallows evidence.
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S04 - Ep. 4: The Honeymooners
The case against a young airman gets even weirder when the government pulls in two fresh investigators. Part 2: A bride, an FBI agent, and a polygraph machine.
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S04 - Ep. 5: The Big Chicken, Part 1
A new warden comes to Guantánamo and decides to make some changes. A prison’s a prison, he thinks. How hard could this be?
Customer Reviews
POSSIBLY A REASON TO INVESTIGATE THE TRANSLATORS?
Always fascinating in topic and development. But please remember - in the wake of 9/11 it was important to track down possible deception and smuggling of classified information out of Gitmo. If it’s found that the suspect is not guilty - great! But we can’t know that without an investigation.
Season 1 is THE Standard for TrueCrime podcasts/podcasting… BUT!
Season 1 truly IS, ‘THE’ Standard for True Crime podcasts & podcasting…
Regarding the format, the production, storytelling… It set the bar high… While, at the time, opened the door for this type of entertainment to really pick up momentum…
For that reason ALONE, I can muster up a 3-Star review… but that’s the only reason.
If you like podcasts focused on the facts & the storytelling of a case, you’ll enjoy Season 1… until the end…
They (Sarah Koenig & her team) don’t even bring their audience to a conclusion regarding the case… It’s kindly left, unfinished…
You would think, regardless of the amount of time it took to get to the end result…
Especially in being a journalist with integrity, really feeling the desire to bring ALL the facts to their stories, pieces, publishing, etc. …
In combination with the fact that… the content of their first season was solely focused on one specific case (that of, Adnan Syed)… A case which had been reopened during publication of season 1… With new hearings proceeding, new information & outcomes coming into play… …
You’d just assume they’d follow it until the end, updating their listeners…
They don’t. You’ll have to look it up & figure the rest out for yourself.
After this Season…. You’re wasting your time… The topics go off-base… The information is mostly opinion & thought based…
It’s like… They’re advancing on topics of debate & choosing to report facts supporting their position…
I could get passed certain portions… Agree to disagree… But, then… No…
They just aren’t presenting facts from all aspects…
Season one
After replaying season one it’s amazing to me that a “journalist” would leave out so many facts that were in undisclosed and truth & justice… don’t waste your time on this narrative of season one.. very disappointing