The Breakthrough
Summary: The ProPublica Podcast is a weekly program featuring interviews with reporters and information about the latest investigations published by ProPublica.org. Produced by the nonprofit newsroom, the podcast will take listeners behind the scenes of their reporting to show how they obtained the story, what inspired the report and what’s the potential impact that could result from the investigation.
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Podcasts:
ProPublica’s Jeff Larson and Steve Engelberg discuss how “leaky apps” – like Google Maps, Facebook and Angry Birds – are allowing the NSA and its British counterpart to access your personal data.
ProPublica’s Michael Grabell and Steve Engelberg talk about how the temp industry is one of the fastest growing job sectors in the U.S. – and also one of the more dangerous.
ProPublica’s Joaquin Sapien and Steve Engelberg discuss the dubious case against Pedro Hernandez in the high-profile disappearance of Etan Patz in 1979.
ProPublica’s Stephen Engelberg talks with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin about her new book, “The Bully Pulpit," centered on 2 presidents, the sweeping reform efforts of the Progressive Era, and the rise of "muckraking" journalism.
ProPublica’s Paul Kiel and Steve Engelberg discuss how high-cost lenders are exploiting laws to sue tens of thousands of Americans every year.
American and British spies have infiltrated online fantasy games, thinking they are ripe for use by militants. Justin Elliott joins Stephen Engelberg in the Storage Closet Studio this week to talk about avatars, spies, and the punchline-inspiring intersection of the two.
At least 35 states have laws that specifically criminalize exposing someone to HIV – even in ways that experts say carry little, if any, risk of infection. Sergio Hernandez and Steve Engelberg discuss the implications.
Steve Engelberg talks with Charlie Ornstein and Tracy Weber about the latest piece in their yearlong investigation of Mediare Part D, finding that a small sliver of prescribers is costing the system $300 million.
Charlie Ornstein and Steve Engelberg talk about the hundreds of thousands of Americans who are about to lose their current health plans under the Affordable Care Act, and why that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
We sat down with our vice president of communications, Mike Webb, for one last podcast before he leaves ProPublica to start a new chapter in Hawaii.
ProPublica reporter Marshall Allen sits down with Megan Twohey of Reuters to get the story behind "The Child Exchange" investigation, which looked into how U.S. families use Internet message boards to abandon difficult children adopted from other countries.
For this week’s podcast, Cora Currier and Steve Engelberg discuss the Obama administration’s controversial use of drones and how much of the program remains shrouded in secrecy.
Paul Kiel joins Steve Engelberg on the podcast this week to discuss his series investigating high-cost lenders, the difference between payday and installment loans, and how the industry has managed to survive in state after state despite attempts to ban these products.
A.C. Thompson and Steve Engelberg talk about the growth of the assisted living industry and why a lack of standards has sometimes led to poor care for residents.
FEMA’s flood maps determine the monthly flood insurance premium for 5.5 million Americans, but they often rely on outdated, inaccurate data. ProPublica’s Theo Meyer and Al Shaw explain how homeowners are ultimately paying for the agency’s mistakes.
