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Introducing “Where is Austin Tice?” from NPR and the BBC

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. Ther

We Keep Us Safe: Circles of Silence

EPISODE 8: As the lawsuit over Antonio Mays Jr.’s death goes to trial, more clues bring us closer to identifying the person who shot him at close range. Will Antonio’s fa

We Keep Us Safe: The Sentinels

EPISODE 7: The hunt for Antonio’s killer leads us to a mysterious security group called the Sentinels. For the first time, former members speak about their operation at C

We Keep Us Safe: Inside the White Jeep

EPISODE 6: An interview with a protester who witnessed the aftermath of the shooting leads to a tip that changes the entire investigation. Support journalism like this b

We Keep Us Safe: The Chase

EPISODE 5: What really happened the night Antonio Mays Jr. was killed? Protesters claim he was attacking CHOP and they had to defend themselves. But new evidence from tha

We Keep Us Safe: Pocket’s World

EPISODE 4: Who was Antonio Mays Jr.? What was he up to at CHOP? A deep dive into Antonio’s last few weeks leads to perplexing rumors, new details about the night he was k

We Keep Us Safe: This Ain’t Coachella

EPISODE 3: After police retreat from their precinct, protesters begin occupying roughly eight blocks of Seattle. It's their attempt at a police-free world. But as rumors

We Keep Us Safe: The Standoff

EPISODE 2: In the summer of 2020, protests are happening all across the country. But Seattle is different. A confrontation between protestors and police outside a precinc

We Keep Us Safe: Who Killed Antonio Mays Jr.?

EPISODE 1: When 16-year-old Antonio Mays Jr. was shot and killed inside Seattle's CHOP protest zone in 2020, protesters claimed self-defense. For years, that version of e

Introducing "We Keep Us Safe" from NPR, KUOW and The Seattle Times

In the summer of 2020, sixteen-year-old Antonio Mays Jr. traveled a thousand miles to join the racial justice movement of his generation. He arrived in Seattle during the

The Girls: “This is my story to tell”

Alleged victims of the Stoners find each other online and band together to demand justice. But they run up against police and prosecutors who have different ideas than th

The Girls: “If it was your daughter”

17-year-old Aryalle Stoner runs away from home and tells the police that her father, Ronnie Stoner, has been sexually abusing her for years. The cursory investigation tha

The Girls: “This isn’t ringing alarms to y’all?”

Allegations pile up, but Child Protective Services declines to investigate and the school district continues to promote Ronnie Stoner.  We include an update at the end o

The Girls: “I need to tell you something”

In 2023, 17-year-old Abbie Jones and her family accuse her high school football coach, Donnie Stoner, of child sex abuse. Another Louisville woman, Alexis Crook, says she

The Network: Pivoting as mifepristone access shifts

After next Monday, doctors may not be able to mail people the abortion pill Mifepristone. That would increase barriers, but experts say it won't stop people's ability to

Alternate Realities: Double or Nothing

As soon as Alternate Realities publishes, Zach Mack calls his dad to hear his reactions to the series. The conversation takes an unexpected turn, launching them into anot

The Harvard Plan: The Endless Frontier

Universities were not always so vulnerable to the whims of politics. The whole system of taxpayer-funded, university-led scientific research came about at the end of Worl

The Harvard Plan: Jay & Alan

Harvard president Alan Garber and National Institutes of Health head Jay Bhattacharya are two main characters at the heart of the national fight over the future of academ

The Harvard Plan: And so it begins…

The Harvard Plan, a collaboration between On the Media and The Boston Globe, is about the fight for the soul of America’s oldest and most prestigious university. In the n

Alternate Realities: A Question for Listeners

After we released Alternate Realities, hundreds of listeners reached out, sharing stories about friends and family members who had also fallen under the spell of conspira