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ProPublica’s best long-form investigations, narrated. ProPublica is an independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism with moral force. We dig deep into important issues, shining a light on abuses of power and betrayals of public trust — and we stick with those issues as long as it takes to hold power to account. On this podcast, you can listen to important new investigations alongside our most compelling journalism from the archives. Support our journalism by donating at propublica.org/donate.

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March 13 · 18 min
Veterans Who Depend on Mental Health Care Keep Losing Their Therapists Under Trump
Hundreds of mental health professionals have left the Department of Veterans Affairs since President Donald Trump took office, leaving staff “at a breaking point” and some veterans waiting as long as six months for help.
March 6 · 48 min
The Price of Remission
When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked even me.
February 27 · 49 min
The Victims Who Fought Back
An Oklahoma law was supposed to help reduce the sentences of women who killed their abusers. Why are nearly all of them still in prison?
February 20 · 1 hr
The Militia and the Mole: How One Man Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias
Disgusted by Jan. 6, wilderness survival trainer John Williams set out on a two-year undercover operation. The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter.
February 13 · 23 min
The Children of Dilley
ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of what comes next.
February 6 · 1 hr 14 min
“Eat What You Kill”: A Hospital Helped a Doctor’s Practice Flourish Even as It Suspected He Was Hurting Patients
Hailed as a savior upon his arrival in Helena, Montana, Dr. Thomas C. Weiner became a favorite of patients and his hospital’s highest earner. As the myth surrounding the high-profile oncologist grew, so did the trail of patient harm and suspicious deaths.
January 30 · 49 min
Maylia and Jack: A Story of Teens and Fentanyl
Police knew she was selling fake Percocet but did not stop her. His mother sought the right treatment for his addiction but could not find it. Two teens got caught up in a system unprepared to handle kids on either side of the drug trade.
January 23 · 15 min
A Pregnant Woman at Risk of Heart Failure Couldn’t Get Urgent Treatment. She Died Waiting for an Abortion.
In North Carolina, a state that had legislated its commitment to life, Ciji Graham spent her final days struggling to find anyone to save hers.
January 16 · 53 min
Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe
Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the Environmental Protection Agency now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
January 9 · 32 min
Fighting for Breath: How the FDA’s Lax Generic Drug Rules Put Her Life at Risk
Lung transplant patient Hannah Goetz’s life depended on the generic version of a critical drug. It was supposed to be equivalent to the brand-name medication — but the FDA doesn’t always ensure that’s the case.
January 2 · 26 min
Young Girls Were Sexually Abused by a Church Member. They Were Told to Forgive and Forget.
In Minnesota, leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community enabled a child abuser by telling his victims that once the sins were “washed away in the blood of reconciliation,” they could never speak of them again.
Dec 26, 2025 · 15 min
The Summer of Starvation
After the Trump administration cut off food aid from the third-largest refugee camp in the world, thousands of families faced impossible choices as their children starved.
Dec 26, 2025 · 25 min
Inside the Trump Administration’s Man-Made Hunger Crisis
Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
Dec 26, 2025 · 33 min
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a result.
Dec 19, 2025 · 48 min
The Shadow President
From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the 2025 government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that insiders say they feel like “he is the commander in chief.”
Dec 7, 2025 · 48 min
Sick in a Hospital Town, Part 5
Phoebe gets its way and sidelines its critics. Mrs. Parker learns what happened to her husband.
Dec 7, 2025 · 43 min
Sick in a Hospital Town, Part 4
The board that oversees Phoebe decides not to release a report that finds the cost of care at the hospital is higher than its peers.
Dec 7, 2025 · 37 min
Sick in a Hospital Town, Part 3
Phoebe pays an exorbitant sum to acquire its rival hospital, and its debt increases and patients suffer.
Dec 7, 2025 · 47 min
Sick in a Hospital Town, Part 2
Founded in 1911 as a community hospital, a hundred years later Phoebe becomes a sprawling health care system and wages a yearslong battle to eliminate its competition.
Dec 7, 2025 · 44 min
Sick in a Hospital Town, Part 1
Albany, Georgia, becomes a COVID-19 hot spot. What made its residents so vulnerable in the first place?

ProPublica Narrated

Veterans Who Depend on Mental Health Care Keep Losing Their Therapists Under Trump

The Price of Remission

The Victims Who Fought Back

The Militia and the Mole: How One Man Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias

The Children of Dilley

“Eat What You Kill”: A Hospital Helped a Doctor’s Practice Flourish Even as It Suspected He Was Hurting Patients

Maylia and Jack: A Story of Teens and Fentanyl

A Pregnant Woman at Risk of Heart Failure Couldn’t Get Urgent Treatment. She Died Waiting for an Abortion.

Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe

Fighting for Breath: How the FDA’s Lax Generic Drug Rules Put Her Life at Risk

Young Girls Were Sexually Abused by a Church Member. They Were Told to Forgive and Forget.

The Summer of Starvation

Inside the Trump Administration’s Man-Made Hunger Crisis

Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.

The Shadow President

Sick in a Hospital Town, Part 5

Sick in a Hospital Town, Part 4

Sick in a Hospital Town, Part 3

Sick in a Hospital Town, Part 2

Sick in a Hospital Town, Part 1