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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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Bryant Kagay is a farmer in Missouri who is experiencing the effects of President Donald Trump's tariffs firsthand. He voted for Trump but is now questioning the long-term strategy of the trade war with China and its impact on his ability to sell agricultural products.
Shima Oliaee is a reporter who competed in the Miss Nevada pageant as a teenager and later returned as a judge. She is the creator of the six-part audio series 'The Competition,' which explores the lives and aspirations of young women in America, especially in the context of political and social issues.
David Hogg is a gun control advocate and survivor of the Parkland school shooting. He has become a prominent activist and political figure, serving as a vice chair of the Democratic National Committee and advocating for youth involvement in politics.
Mother Jones national politics reporter, covering politics, culture, and social issues.
Sarah Kendzior is an author and scholar known for her work on social and political issues in America. She has written extensively on the country's societal challenges and her memoir, 'The Last American Road Trip,' reflects her personal experiences and insights into American culture and politics.

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Reveal is produced by The Center for Investigative Reporting and features investigative journalism from around the world. From documentaries, animations, podcasts and more, we'll bring these powerful narratives alive in a variety of different formats. Learn more about our national public radio show Reveal, produced with PRX, at revealnews.org.

This channel formerly was called The I Files and was supported by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

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0:00 26:14

Trumps Trade War Is Stressing Red State Farmers

Hosts
Al Letson
Guests
Bryant Kagay
Keywords
trade war tariffs agriculture Missouri soybeans Donald Trump U.S. trade policy

Bryant Kagay is a farmer in Missouri feeling the uncertainty of President Donald Trumps tariffs up close. He voted for Trump last year but now questions whether the trade war with China is part of a long-term strategy that could help US businesses or merely a short-term negotiating tactic. In this episode of More To The Story, he says the on-again, off-again nature of the trade war could restrict his ability to sell agricultural goods like soybeans when the harvest comes this fall.

Producer: Josh Sanburn | Editor: Kara McGuirk-Allison | Theme music: Fernando Arruda and Jim Briggs | Digital producer: Nikki Frick | Interim executive producers: Brett Myers and Taki Telonidis | Executive editor: James West | Host: Al Letson

Listen: The Many Contradictions of a Trump Victory (Reveal)
Listen: What Trumps Tariff Shock Will Cost You (More To The Story)
Read: Trumps Assault on Small Farmers (Mother Jones)




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0:00 50:51

50 States of Mind

Hosts
Al Letson
Guests
Shima Oliaee
Keywords
teenage girls college scholarship The Competition podcast Roe v. Wade American youth feminism political beliefs friendships

This month, some of the nation’s best and brightest teenage girls will gather in Mobile, Alabama, to embark on two of the most intense weeks of their lives. Everybody wants the same thing: to walk away with a $40,000 college scholarship and the title of Distinguished Young Woman of America.


Reporter Shima Oliaee competed for Nevada when she was a teenager and was invited back as a judge 20 years later. Oliaee accepted, all while recording it for a six-part audio series called The Competition.


In the final days of the 2022 competition, there was news from Washington that had big implications for women across the nation: Roe v. Wade had fallen. 


The girls faced a tough decision: Do they speak up about their political beliefs or stay focused on winning the money? And what might this mean for their futures—and their friendships?

“This series changed how I view America,” Oliaee said. “I came away from it thinking, damn. American teen girls are the canaries in the coal mine.”

This week, Reveal is partnering with The Competition podcast, from Wondery, Pineapple Street Studios, and Shirazad Productions, to explore the dreams of young women, America’s promise, and what it takes to survive being a teen girl today.


This is an update of an episode that originally aired in December 2024.



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0:00 29:17

David Hogg’s Fight for the Future of the Democratic Party

Hosts
Al Letson
Guests
David Hogg
Keywords
gun control Democratic Party David Hogg Gen Z political activism DNC campaign spending

David Hogg is disrupting the Democratic National Committee. He’s well known for his gun control advocacy work after surviving the horrific mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, seven years ago. Today, he’s taken on a new role as a DNC vice chair, the first member of Gen Z to hold the position. But his political action committee is spending $20 million to replace Democratic incumbents with younger candidates, which he says could get him kicked out of the DNC.

Producer: Josh Sanburn | Editor: Kara McGuirk-Allison | Theme music: Fernando Arruda and Jim Briggs | Digital producer: Nikki Frick | Interim executive producers: Brett Myers and Taki Telonidis | Executive editor: James West | Host: Al Letson

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Listen: Lessons From a Mass Shooter’s Mother (Reveal)
Read: DC’s Sole Congressional Rep Is Too Old to Drive. Can She Defend the City From a Hostile GOP? (Mother Jones)
Read: How Bernie Sanders’ Campaign Manager Would Rebuild the DNC (Mother Jones)



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0:00 50:02

The EEOC’s Identity Crisis

Hosts
Al Letson
Guests
Abby Vesoulis
Keywords
EEOC workplace discrimination transgender rights gender identity anti-DEI movement culture war federal employment law

Dylan Bringuel remembers the exact moment they got hired by the Holiday Inn Express in Jamestown, New York. It was late August 2022, and Bringuel—who uses they/them pronouns—had recently moved across the country and was struggling to find work. 

Bringuel is transgender and was upfront about their gender identity during the job interview. “ I was like, ‘Just so you're aware, I am transitioning from female to male,’” they remember saying. “And they said, ‘Okay, we respect that. We’ll do our best to make sure you fit and you're comfortable here.’”

That wasn’t the case. Bringuel said that the first day on the job, the housekeeping manager called them an “it” and a “transformer” and said people like Bringuel are “what is wrong with society.”

Bringuel reported the harassment to hotel management. Within a day, they were fired. In 2024, the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission stepped in to help Bringuel sue the hotel for workplace discrimination.

But earlier this year, something unusual happened. The EEOC dropped Bringuel’s case, not because their allegations lacked merit, but because of President Donald Trump’s executive order on “radical gender ideology.” 

This week on Reveal, Mother Jones national politics reporter Abby Vesoulis walks through how the anti-DEI movement evolved from a niche legal fight to an all-out culture war—and what that means for the EEOC and the marginalized people it has historically protected.



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0:00 28:23

Rage and Resentment Are Killing the Great American Road Trip

Hosts
Al Letson
Guests
Sarah Kendzior
Keywords
American road trip family travel America's ideals national parks social and political issues American identity

A record 45 million Americans were expected to travel this Memorial Day weekend, long considered the unofficial kickoff to summer. And most of them were hitting the road. Sarah Kendzior is no stranger to the family road trip. Her family, in fact, has visited 38 states—and counting. These trips were born out of a love and curiosity for America and a desire to explore small towns, vast National Parks, and the unexpected oddities along the way. And when money was tight, the best way for her family to see the country was simply to jump in the car and go.

In her new book, The Last American Road Trip: A Memoir, Sarah chronicles those family trips while grappling with a country she believes is failing to uphold its own ideals. Sarah says she feels an urgency to share the country she loves with her children but often wonders if these travels—and the version of America she knows—might be coming to an end.“Every trip I describe in that book,” Sarah says, “I set off wondering: Is this the last time the four of us will get to be together exploring America with the freedom that we have now?”

On this week’s More To The Story, Sarah chats with host Al Letson about trying to show her children the America she adores while holding a light to its flaws, her concerns for the nation’s future, and why hitting the road is often the best way to understand yourself—and your country.

Producers: Josh Sanburn and Artis Curiskis | Editor: Kara McGuirk-Allison | Theme music: Fernando Arruda and Jim Briggs | Digital producer: Daniel King | Interim executive producers: Brett Myers and Taki Telonidis | Executive editor: James West | Host: Al Letson

Listen: Black in the Sunshine State (Reveal)

Read: Republicans Aim to Generate Support for Selling Off America’s Public Lands (Mother Jones)

Read: How to Travel Abroad as the World’s Most Toxic Brand: American (Mother Jones)

Read: The Last American Road Trip: A Memoir, by Sarah Kendzior

Note: If you buy a book using our Bookshop link, a small share of the proceeds supports our journalism. 




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4.7 rating 8793 reviews

USA

4.7 ratings 7900 reviews

Canada

4.7 ratings 445 reviews

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4.7 ratings 211 reviews

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4.7 ratings 166 reviews

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4.8 ratings 35 reviews

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4.2 ratings 18 reviews

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