Reveal
The Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX
Reveal’s investigations will inspire, infuriate and inform you. Host Al Letson and an award-winning team of reporters deliver gripping stories about caregivers, advocates for the unhoused, immigrant families, warehouse workers and formerly incarcerated people, fighting to hold the powerful accountable. The New Yorker described Reveal as “a knockout … a pleasure to listen to, even as we seethe.” A winner of multiple Peabody, duPont, Emmy and Murrow awards, Reveal is produced by the nation’s first investigative journalism nonprofit, The Center for Investigative Reporting, and PRX. From unearthing exploitative working conditions to exposing the nation’s racial disparities, there’s always more to the story. Learn more at revealnews.org/learn.
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Mar 3, 2026 • 25min
Iran, the US, and the Making of a New Middle East
Davar Ardalan, journalist and author who grew up in Iran and worked at NPR, brings personal history and on-the-ground perspective. She recounts reactions inside Iran, the long history of foreign intervention, contested legacies of recent leaders, and who might steer the country next. Short, vivid takes on regional strikes, diaspora politics, and hopes for a less violent future.
Feb 28, 2026 • 50min
Teaching Kids to Read: How One School District Gets It Right
Christopher Peek, journalist who covered curriculum reviews and EdReports, and Emily Hanford, investigative reporter on reading instruction, discuss Steubenville’s rare success teaching virtually all students to read. They explore preschool access, sounds-first phonics, district-wide reading practices, data-driven tutoring, attendance strategies, and how state policy and curriculum reviews threatened then later validated Steubenville’s approach.
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Feb 25, 2026 • 26min
Ibram X. Kendi vs. America’s “Antiracism Backlash”
Ibram X. Kendi, historian and author known for How to Be an Antiracist, reflects on his antiracism work and the backlash he faced. He discusses defining antiracist action and why policy matters. He recounts the controversy around his Boston University center and his move to an HBCU. He talks about making Malcolm X accessible to young readers and frames the fight over equality as a national battle.
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Feb 21, 2026 • 50min
As the Trump Administration Erases Black History, These Writers Are Keeping It Alive
Nikole Hannah-Jones, creator of the 1619 Project and advocate for teaching Black history; Jelani Cobb, historian-journalist and Columbia dean; Tremaine Lee, Pulitzer and Emmy-winning reporter on violence and Black communities. They discuss federal rollbacks of Black history in museums and schools. They trace historical patterns, the personal cost of reporting, and who will preserve truthful American history.
Feb 18, 2026 • 50min
The Man Who Taught Nonviolence to Martin Luther King Jr.
John D'Amelio, historian and biographer, and archival voice of Bayard Rustin, civil rights strategist, explore Rustin's role shaping nonviolent tactics. They recount persuading MLK to drop armed guards, organizing the 1963 March on Washington, and Rustin's clashes over politics, identity, and strategy. The conversation highlights his logistics, planning, and complex public life.
Feb 14, 2026 • 50min
Taken by ICE
Josue and Jose, young brothers from El Salvador who were detained and deported, share first-person accounts of migration, detention, and return. Julia Laurie, investigative reporter, reports on a restaurant owner whose manager was detained and how the business and community were affected. Memo Torres, community journalist, documents daily ICE and Border Patrol raids in Los Angeles and grassroots verification efforts.
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Feb 11, 2026 • 30min
How Project 2025 Is Reshaping Our Country
David A. Graham, staff writer at The Atlantic and author of The Project, breaks down Project 2025 and its real-world rollout. He outlines mass deportations, replacing federal workers with loyalists, and cuts to agencies and safety net programs. He also explores the plan’s court strategy, centralized executive power, and what might come next in policy and personnel.
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Feb 7, 2026 • 50min
How Minneapolis Taught America to Fight Back
Senator Chris Murphy, a CT senator pushing congressional leverage and reforms, joins Nate Halverson, an investigative reporter who covered Minnesota raids. They discuss community resistance in Minnesota. Short scenes include postal workers, clinics making house calls, volunteers shuttling children, and political pressure on DHS funding and accountability.
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Feb 4, 2026 • 38min
Bad Bunny, Billionaires, and the Business of Sports
Pablo Torre, investigative sports journalist and host of Pablo Torre Finds Out, digs into money, power, and controversy in sports. He discusses the decline of investigative reporting, how billionaires and broadcast deals shape league decisions, the NFL’s outreach to Spanish-speaking fans with Bad Bunny, NIL chaos in college sports, and the integrity risks from expanding sports betting.
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Jan 31, 2026 • 51min
How Trumpism Is Trickling Down to Your Town
Alana Newman, reporter on tribal energy and Solar for All. Heath Druzin, Idaho reporter on politics and agriculture. Trinity Webster-Bass, Jacksonville reporter on city government and reforms. They discuss how federal policy shifts affect tribal solar projects, ICE raids and farm labor strain, and local government reforms roiling city budgets and politics.
