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Our newest podcast, “The Last 12 Weeks” is out June 18th. Search for it wherever you get your podcasts. Serial Productions makes narrative podcasts that have transformed the medium. Sign up for our newsletter at nytimes.com/serialnewsletter to find out about new shows, get behind the scenes stories, and see photos and videos you can’t see on a podcast. To get full access to Serial Productions shows, and to other New York Times podcasts on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, subscribe at nytimes.com/podcasts. Have a story pitch, a tip, or feedback on our shows? Email us at [email protected] "Serial" began in 2014 as a spinoff of the public radio show "This American Life." In 2017, we formed Serial Productions when we launched the podcast “S-Town.” Since then, Serial Productions has produced every season of “Serial” along with shows like “Nice White Parents,” “The Trojan Horse Affair,” “The Coldest Case in Laramie,” “The Retrievals” and more. 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.

Episodes

The deaths of Rachel’s father and brother during the COVID-19 pandemic reveal a complex intersection of family trauma, political polarization, and systemic failure. Misinformation regarding vaccines and the virus created deep rifts, isolating both men and ultimately contributing to their deaths. Rachel and her father’s...

We Were Three - Ep. 2

13 Oct 2022

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Rachel McKibbens recounts the volatile upbringing she and her brother Peter endured under their abusive, alcoholic father in Southern California. The family, once a tight-knit "squad" bound by shared trauma and secrets, fractured as Rachel began to publicly confront their father’s behavior, while Peter remained trapped...

We Were Three - Ep. 1

13 Oct 2022

45m

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COVID-19 exacerbated existing fault lines in the family of Rachel McKibbins, leading to the tragic deaths of her father and brother, Peter. Despite Rachel’s attempts to guide them toward medical care, both men succumbed to the virus while trapped in a cycle of misinformation and deep-seated distrust of the healthcare s...

We Were Three - Trailer

13 Oct 2022

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The sudden deaths of Rachel McKibbens’ father and brother, Peter, reveal a devastating family collapse fueled by COVID-19 misinformation. After their father died at home, Peter informed Rachel via text, blaming the death on "vaxxed people" rather than the virus itself. Despite Rachel’s pleas for Peter to seek medical h...