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The Network: Déjà vu
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The Network: Déjà vu

The network and its method took off in countries where women didn't have a legal option for abortion. Since Roe v. Wade was overturned, many Americans have found themselves in that very situation.

The Network: Déjà vu

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The Network: Breaking Bread
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The Network: Breaking Bread

The network had developed a method that had the potential to get women widespread access to safe abortions. But to make that happen, a whisper network wasn't enough.

The Network: Breaking Bread

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The Network: Saint-o-tec
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The Network: Saint-o-tec

In the mid-1980s, an OBGYN in Brazil noticed that far fewer pregnant women at his hospital were dying from abortion complications. It wasn't a coincidence.

The Network: Saint-o-tec

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Introducing "The Network" from NPR and Futuro Media
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Introducing "The Network" from NPR and Futuro Media

Decades ago, Brazilian women made a discovery that allowed them to have safe abortions without a doctor, regardless of the law. Now, as abortion restrictions rise across the United States, their method is shaping how American women have abortions, too.

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Alternate Realities: Facing the Facts
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Alternate Realities: Facing the Facts

Episode 3: After a year of waiting, the bet is finally over. Reporter Zach Mack takes stock of his father's predictions and confronts him about the future of the family.

Alternate Realities: Facing the Facts

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Alternate Realities: Down the Rabbit Hole
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Alternate Realities: Down the Rabbit Hole

Episode 2: After reporter Zach Mack accepts a bet with his father over 10 politically apocalyptic predictions, he sets out on a journey to change his dad's mind.

Alternate Realities: Down the Rabbit Hole

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Alternate Realities: A Strange Bet
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Alternate Realities: A Strange Bet

Episode 1: Reporter Zach Mack thinks his dad has gone all in on conspiracy theories, while his father thinks that Zach is the one being brainwashed. In 2024, after the latest round of circular arguments, they decided to try something new, an attempt to pull each other out of the spell each of them thinks the other is under. Can one family live in two realities?

Alternate Realities: A Strange Bet

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Introducing Alternate Realities from NPR
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Introducing Alternate Realities from NPR

Zach Mack and his dad are living in separate realities, and it's tearing their family apart.

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Five Fingers Crush The Land from NPR's Throughline
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Five Fingers Crush The Land from NPR's Throughline

As NPR correspondent Emily Feng reported in our three-part series "The Black Gate," hundreds of thousands of Uyghur people have been detained in China. They've been subjected to torture, forced labor, religious restrictions, and even forced sterilization. In this episode from 2021, our colleagues at the history podcast Throughline explore who the Uyghur people are, their land, their customs, their music and how they've become such a target in China today. To listen to this series sponsor-free and support NPR, sign up for Embedded+ in Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.

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The Black Gate: Arresting Your Brothers and Sisters

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The Black Gate: Arresting Your Brothers and Sisters

As NPR correspondent Emily Feng reported on the Kucar family, she encountered a mysterious figure working to keep her sources from speaking out. Later, she meets another Uyghur man who - perhaps unwillingly - becomes an actor within China's systems of control. These men are accused of working to silence others, but they say they've found themselves silenced as well. To listen to this series sponsor-free and support NPR, sign up for Embedded+ in Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.

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