logo
episode-header-image
Jun 2024
32m 38s

Sober Algebra

NHPR
About this episode

This flood of roughly 1,300 people who’ve come forward all started with one man. How the widespread abuse at YDC finally came to light and how people are grappling with what justice and accountability even mean in a scandal so large.

Click here to read the companion digital story made in collaboration with The Pudding.

If you have suffered abuse and need someone to talk to, you can call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-4673. If you’re in a mental health crisis, call the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 9-8-8. 

To support investigative journalism like The Youth Development Center at NHPR, click here.

Up next
Oct 2024
Introducing: What Remains from Outside/In
Introducing “What Remains,” a special series from NHPR’s Outside/In. A classroom display of human skulls sparks a reckoning at the Penn Museum in Philadelphia. A movement grows to “abolish the collection.” The Penn Museum relents to pressure. But there are more skeletons in the c ... Show More
3m 42s
Jun 2024
If You Let a Dog Bite You
Karen Lemoine didn’t arrive at YDC looking to start trouble. But the red flags she saw were hard to ignore, especially when it came to one kid in particular. What trying to do the right thing cost both of them – and why, 30 years later, they’re speaking up again.Click here to rea ... Show More
32m 25s
Jun 2024
The Black Box
Click here to read the companion digital story made in collaboration with The Pudding.To hear more stories by Jason Moon and NHPR's Document team, click here.To support investigative journalism like The Youth Development Center at NHPR, click here. 
29m 52s
Recommended Episodes
Jul 2024
Introducing “The Youth Development Center”
Introducing the newest series from NHPR’s award-winning Document team: “The Youth Development Center.” New Hampshire has sent its most troubled kids to the same juvenile detention center for more than a century. It's a place that was supposed to nurture them, that instead hurt th ... Show More
3m 47s
Feb 2024
Why the Kids Aren't Alright
American kids are the freest, most privileged kids in all of history. They are also the saddest, most anxious, depressed, and medicated generation on record. Nearly a third of teen girls say they have seriously considered suicide. For boys, that number is an alarming 14 percent.  ... Show More
1h 25m
Aug 15
Chapter 27 Reentry Programs Transform Lives and Communities
Every year, approximately 650,000 people return to their communities from correctional facilities across the United States. This moment marks the beginning of a challenging journey that will determine whether they successfully reintegrate into society or fall back into cycles of ... Show More
22m 5s
Jul 2024
Screaming and freezing: the kids put in Queensland isolation cells
The Queensland state government has been proudly promoting what it says is the success of its tough approach to youth crime. But as the number of arrests rise, there are concerns for the welfare of some of the state’s most vulnerable children. Guardian Australia’s Queensland corr ... Show More
24m 34s
Mar 2016
Case 12: Katherine Knight
The crime scene was described as looking more like the set of a horror movie, than real life. It is one of the most horrific crimes ever committed. Not only did it shock the small town of Aberdeen in country NSW, where the crime occurred, it shocked the entire nation of Australia ... Show More
45m 18s
Jul 26
I SURVIVED: I Felt Like I Had Escaped Through Death
Jennifer is abducted and tortured by a serial killer who has already murdered four other women. Neely Ann is with her four year old daughter when they are trapped in the attic of their house by a flash flood.Apartments.com - To find whatever you’re searching for and more visit ap ... Show More
36 m
Mar 2025
Abandoned by God
For decades, New York’s most vulnerable children were sent away to Willowbrook State School – but many never came out.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. 
35m 26s
May 26
Crime, children and custody
What happens when children break the law - and how does juvenile punishment vary across countries? Ella Al-Shamahi speaks with two women from the Netherlands and Finland about what’s working, what isn’t and what needs to change to better support young people in the justice system ... Show More
26m 28s
Apr 2019
Cold Storage
When a young dancer who got involved with the wrong crowd disappeared, her family immediately suspected her new friends. When a young dancer who got involved with the wrong crowd disappeared, her family immediately suspected her new friends.To learn more about how HLN protects li ... Show More
21m 39s
Feb 2021
Complicit Trailer: Where is Lauren Dumolo?
This is a story that needs to be told, because this is a story that needs an ending.On June 19, 2020, 29 year old Lauren Dumolo vanished in broad daylight. Clues begin to mysteriously appear, planted in plain sight. Foul play is suspected, and veteran detectives are at a loss as ... Show More
1m 57s