Ranked #1
True Believers
True Believers
Welcome to the third episode of the IRE Radio Podcast. We’re taking a cue from reporter Corey Johnson and calling this e... Read more
19 Jun 2014
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16mins
Ranked #2
Housing Horror Stories
Housing Horror Stories
It’s a special Halloween episode of the IRE Radio Podcast, and this week we’re telling some housing horror stories. Here... Read more
31 Oct 2014
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14mins
Ranked #3
Beyond Breaking News
Beyond Breaking News
When a story breaks, speed is key. But so are depth, context and accuracy. So how do you cover the news while simultaneo... Read more
22 Aug 2014
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15mins
Ranked #4
BONUS: Spotlight
BONUS: Spotlight
If you attended an IRE Conference in the early 2000s, the plot of the movie "Spotlight" might have sounded familiar. Tha... Read more
4 Jan 2016
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26mins
Ranked #5
Building Chemistry in Your Newsroom
Building Chemistry in Your Newsroom
A good reporter-editor relationship can make or break your investigative project. This week's episode is all about build... Read more
8 Aug 2014
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20mins
Ranked #6
One Killer Algorithm
One Killer Algorithm
Thomas Hargrove spent decades reporting for the Scripps Howard News Service — until he was abruptly laid off in 2015. Th... Read more
26 Apr 2017
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24mins
Ranked #7
Scandals at the VA
Scandals at the VA
This week we’re talking about investigating veterans issues, past and present. Here’s the lineup:- Dennis Wagner of the ... Read more
24 Jul 2014
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18mins
Ranked #8
Silenced by the Church
Silenced by the Church
For decades, children passed through the doors of Catholic orphanages. Some never walked out. On this week’s episode, Ch... Read more
29 Apr 2019
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24mins
Ranked #9
A Doctor Named Susy
A Doctor Named Susy
Think about the last time you got a call, email or direct message from someone who wanted to share a crazy story. You mi... Read more
10 Apr 2019
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21mins
Ranked #10
Chicago’s Secret Cash Machine
Chicago’s Secret Cash Machine
Chicago drivers have forked over more than $600 million for traffic fines captured by red light cameras. But an investig... Read more
7 Mar 2016
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32mins
Ranked #11
The Journalists and the Death Squad
The Journalists and the Death Squad
On this episode, reporter A.C. Thompson discusses his investigation into the deaths of five Vietnamese-American journali... Read more
2 Feb 2016
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27mins
Ranked #12
The Dean’s Double Life
The Dean’s Double Life
An anonymous tip led the Los Angeles Times to a shocking revelation about the University of Southern California’s medica... Read more
21 May 2018
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16mins
Ranked #13
A Psychic Scam
A Psychic Scam
More than 1.4 million people in the U.S. alone have fallen victim to a mail scam centered around a psychic named Maria D... Read more
6 Aug 2018
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21mins
Ranked #14
Homeless on the Road
Homeless on the Road
If you’re walking down the street in San Francisco, it’s impossible to ignore. On any given day there are nearly 7,500 h... Read more
12 Mar 2018
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27mins
Ranked #15
The Shooter
The Shooter
February 14, 2018 started out as a relatively calm day for Florida’s Sun Sentinel newsroom. Then, Nikolas Cruz walked in... Read more
30 Apr 2018
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25mins
Ranked #16
The Graduates
The Graduates
On high school graduation day, the future looks bright, especially for Boston’s valedictorians. But as years pass, thing... Read more
13 Mar 2019
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23mins
Ranked #17
The Examiners
The Examiners
If someone dies under suspicious circumstances, it’s a medical examiner’s job to figure out what happened. But in New Je... Read more
27 Feb 2018
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23mins
Ranked #18
Prison to the Pulpit
Prison to the Pulpit
Investigations often don’t go according to plan. Dead-end data and stubborn sources are just some of the factors that ca... Read more
28 Aug 2017
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26mins
Ranked #19
Hate, On the Record
Hate, On the Record
After the 2016 election, reporters across the country began noticing what seemed like a wave of hate crimes, harassment ... Read more
14 Aug 2017
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20mins
Ranked #20
America’s Lost Mothers
America’s Lost Mothers
The numbers are striking: Across the country, some 700-900 women die every year from pregnancy or childbirth-related cau... Read more
14 Nov 2017
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29mins