Hello, “Serial” listeners. Sarah Koenig here to let you know that if you haven’t yet listened to our latest show, “The Retrievals, Season 2,” now’s your chance. We’re making the whole series available today on the “Serial” podcast feed (just search “Serial” in your podcast app). In this series, the host, Susan Burton, goes behind the scenes at a Chicago hospital as a group of doctors and nurses struggle to address one of medicine’s most persistent problems: treating women’s pain. The story kicks into action when one of the hospital’s own nurses undergoes an excruciating C-section. It unfolds over four episodes, a taut medical drama. The show, like its predecessor, “The Retrievals, Season 1,” has already elicited a huge response from listeners. A sampling: Once again you left me with my jaw dropping, my fists clenched and my heart racing as I listened to the C-section stories. I can’t wait to hear and SHARE your podcast because even now, I feel like people don’t believe my story. Thank you so much for “The Retrievals.” It is beyond captivating and life-changing and know you will continue to make a difference in the way women are treated in healthcare. We’ve gotten great reviews, too. From The Guardian: “A new podcast from the makers of Serial is guaranteed to be good, but this — about how women’s pain is dismissed — is a particularly powerful one.” From Vulture: “The Retrievals continues to be the rare narrative podcast that doubles as a case for why the format should exist.” If you’ve already listened to “The Retrievals” — thank you. And New York Times subscribers: Please remember you have access to our entire archive over here at Serial Productions. That’s 14 shows, including all four seasons of the show I host, the “Serial” podcast; “S-Town;” “Nice White Parents;” “The Trojan Horse Affair;” “The Coldest Case in Laramie;” “The Good Whale” … I won’t list them all. But just know that if you’re looking for investigative reporting, genre-bending storytelling, bizarre plots and superlative writing, we’ve got you covered. As always, please feel free to email us and let us know what you think.
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