ProPublica Narrated

Five years after Anthony Broadwater was belatedly cleared for the sexual assault of author Alice Sebold, the questions of how he came to be wrongly convicted and how one or more serial rapists operated for years with little consequence have only deepened. By Joaquin Sapien. Originally published June 30, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio. Support our journalism by donating at propublica.org/donate.

Roger Shoffstall spent three years in prison for tax evasion. Still, each year the federal government pays his Alaska company, Summit Telephone, for internet service that’s slower than in most of the U.S. By Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News. Co-published with Anchorage Daily News. Originally published May 19, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio. Support our journalism by donating at propublica.org...

Math teacher Jason Agan was deemed “unfit to teach.” But the finding was never made public. This is how the state allowed him — and dozens of other educators found to have committed sexual harassment or misconduct — to keep their credentials. By Holly McDede, KQED, and Mollie Simon, ProPublica. Co-published with KQED. Originally published May 12, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio. Support our jour...

Her case shows how abortion bans have left hospital lawyers, not doctors, deciding who gets care — and how lawmakers and regulators have failed to change that. By Kavitha Surana. Originally published May 26, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio. Support our journalism by donating at propublica.org/donate.

The Old Apostolic Lutheran Church’s culture of forgiving and forgetting sins has absolved abusers and silenced victims across the U.S. and Canada, ensnaring parents, children and grandchildren in the same cycle of abuse. By Andy Mannix and Jeremy Kohler. Co-published with Minnesota Star Tribune. Originally published June 4, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio. Support our journalism by donating at p...

The Merediths were forced to abandon their house after it filled with black goo, reaching gas concentrations at explosive levels. Despite evidence of oil and gas pollution, the state “wanted to act like it would go away,” the family says. By Nick Bowlin, The Frontier, and Katie Campbell, ProPublica. Co-published with The Frontier. Originally published May 18, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio. Sup...

The vitamin K shot, a lifesaving injection given to newborns to prevent uncontrollable bleeding of the brain and intestines, has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement. By Duaa Eldeib. Originally published May 6, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio. Support our journalism by donating at propublica.org/donate.

Before the 2024 election, federal prosecutors were “full steam ahead” looking into how a prison gang in Puerto Rico gave drugs to inmates if they voted for a GOP gubernatorial candidate. After Trump’s election, the investigation evaporated. By Raquel Rutledge. Originally published May 5, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio. Support our journalism by donating at propublica.org/donate.

In several cities, judges have chastised federal immigration officers, saying they used excessive force. One former Department of Homeland Security leader called ProPublica’s findings a “bright red flag.” By Lisa Song, Maya Miller and Melissa Sanchez, with research reporting by Mariam Elba. Originally published May 7, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio. Support our journalism by donating at propubl...

A push to restrict local governments’ ability to decide how they spend their money and which policies they can adopt is having downstream effects in tiny towns and big cities. By Tanya Eiserer and Jason Trahan, WFAA. Co-published with The Texas Tribune and WFAA. Originally published April 27, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio. Support our journalism by donating at propublica.org/donate.

Across the U.S., critics are pressuring public officials to stop or stall new solar projects, often citing unfounded health concerns. By Anna Clark. Originally published April 24, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio. Support our journalism by donating at propublica.org/donate.

Two men promised a $1.1 million 3D printer could fix Cairo, Illinois’ housing crisis. More than a year later, the one duplex it printed still isn’t finished. And the more we asked questions, the weirder things got. By Molly Parker, Capitol News Illinois. Originally published April 16, 2026. Co-published with Capitol News Illinois. Recorded by News Over Audio. Support our journalism by donating at...

When Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election, the institutional guardrails of American democracy held. But if faced with the same tests today, those barriers — and people who held the line — would largely be missing. By Doug Bock Clark and Jen Fifield. Originally published April 13, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio. Support our journalism by donating at propublica.org/donate.

Under then-Attorney General Pam Bondi, the DOJ abandoned a record number of cases — including hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime and drugs — in just the first six months of President Donald Trump’s second term. By Ken B. Morales and David Armstrong. Originally published March 31, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio. Support our journalism by donating at propublica.org/dona...

A ProPublica analysis of new ICE data shows that Trump has detained parents of U.S. citizen children at about twice the rate that Biden did, and moms have been deported four times as often. By Jeff Ernsthausen, Mario Ariza, McKenzie Funk, Mica Rosenberg and Gabriel Sandoval. Originally published March 23, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio. Support our journalism by donating at propublica.org/donat...

A study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise. By Abrahm Lustgarten. Originally published July 25, 2025. This narration was originally produced by The New York Times for ProPublica. Support our journalism by donating at propublica.org/donate.

Two Florida women had to attend virtual court hearings while in labor to argue for their right to choose their own medical care. As their state pushes to expand some types of medical freedom, it has also constricted the rights of pregnant women. By Amy Yurkanin. Originally published March 14, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio. Support our journalism by donating at propublica.org/donate.

Hundreds of mental health professionals have left the Department of Veterans Affairs since President Donald Trump took office, leaving staff “at a breaking point” and some veterans waiting as long as six months for help. By Vernal Coleman, Topher Sanders, Joel Jacobs and Eric Umansky. Originally published March 12, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio. Support our journalism by donating at propublica...

When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked even me. By David Armstrong. Originally published May 8, 2025. This narration was originally produced by The New York Times for ProPublica. Support our journalism by donating at propublica.org/donate.

An Oklahoma law was supposed to help reduce the sentences of women who killed their abusers. Why are nearly all of them still in prison? By Pamela Colloff. Originally published Feb. 22, 2026. Co-published with The New York Times Magazine. Recorded by News Over Audio. Support our journalism by donating at propublica.org/donate.

Disgusted by Jan. 6, wilderness survival trainer John Williams set out on a two-year undercover operation. The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter. By Joshua Kaplan. Originally published Jan. 4, 2025. This narration was originally produced by The New York Times for ProPublica. Support our journalism by donating at propublica.org/donate.

ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of what comes next. By Mica Rosenberg. Originally published Feb. 9, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio. Support our journalism by donating at propublica.org/donate.

Hailed as a savior upon his arrival in Helena, Montana, Dr. Thomas C. Weiner became a favorite of patients and his hospital’s highest earner. As the myth surrounding the high-profile oncologist grew, so did the trail of patient harm and suspicious deaths. By J. David McSwane. Originally published Dec. 7, 2024. This narration was originally produced by The New York Times for ProPublica. Support our...

Police knew she was selling fake Percocet but did not stop her. His mother sought the right treatment for his addiction but could not find it. Two teens got caught up in a system unprepared to handle kids on either side of the drug trade. This narration was originally produced by The New York Times for ProPublica. Support our journalism by donating at propublica.org/donate.

In North Carolina, a state that had legislated its commitment to life, Ciji Graham spent her final days struggling to find anyone to save hers. By Lizzie Presser and Kavitha Surana. Originally published Jan. 14, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio. Support our journalism by donating at propublica.org/donate.