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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 what happened started long before that. All three episodes of "We Were Three," a ... Show More
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Oct 2022
Part 1: Black Box
A grieving daughter discovers a detailed record of her family’s final days. To get full access to this show, and to other Serial Productions and New York Times podcasts on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, subscribe at nytimes.com/podcasts.To find out about new shows from Serial Produc ... Show More
45m 47s
Oct 2022
Part 2: Assassin
Rachel retraces how her family, over decades, fell apart and came back together. To get full access to this show, and to other Serial Productions and New York Times podcasts on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, subscribe at nytimes.com/podcasts.To find out about new shows from Serial P ... Show More
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Oct 2022
Part 3: I Am All That Is Left. Amen.
Rachel goes back to California, to the place where she grew up and where her brother and father died, to find answers. For more information on 'We Were Three': https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/11/podcasts/we-were-three.html To get full access to this show, and to other Serial Prod ... Show More
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