Identical Strangers

This episode includes topics and archival audio that some people will find disturbing.Seventy-five years ago, on the night of May 7th, 1951, close to a thousand people gathered around the courthouse in the small town of Laurel, Mississippi. They came to witness an execution. Will ...  Show more

From ancient myths of sea monsters lurking below to Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, the ocean has long been both a source of fear and fascination. For Captain George Bond, a Navy medical officer in the 1960s, the deep sea was humanity's next frontier. Underse ...  Show more

A three-part series from This American Life producer Nancy Updike. When Rachel McKibbens’s father and brother died suddenly last fall, two weeks apart, from Covid, she’d had no idea her father was sick, and no idea her brother was dying. They were unvaccinated, but the story of w ...  Show more

Cet été dans Passages, on vous propose de découvrir Il était une (première) fois, le podcast de récits intimes du magazine Elle. Des histoires de premiers regards échangés aux premières caresses qui, nous l’espérons, vous plairont autant qu’à nous. Cet épisode d’Il était une ( ...

We’re ashamed to say that Barry Keoghan’s latest message to Sabrina Carpenter is equal parts embarrassing and hot. And just when you thought the Blake Lively backlash had started to blow over, her family has now shared an intriguing message about ‘the truth coming out’. Plus, it ...  Show more

Catherine visits the villages of Barley and Barkway where she learns about history and hears about sudden life changes.Catherine Carr stops strangers to ask them “Where Are You Going?” and uncovers unexpected stories about people’s lives.---Named 'Podcast of the Year' by Radio Ti ...  Show more