The Retrievals

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The Retrievals
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Presentation
Hosted bySusan Burton
Genre
  • Investigative journalism
  • Serialized audio narrative
LanguageEnglish
Length3h 51m
Production
Production
  • Susan Burton
  • Laura Starecheski
Editing
  • Laura Starecheski
  • Julie Snyder
Theme music composed byCarla Pallone
Audio formatPodcast (via streaming or downloadable MP3)
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes5
Publication
Original releaseJune 22 (2023-06-22) –
August 3, 2023 (2023-08-03)
Related
Website Link to NYT Podcast

The Retrievals is a podcast by Serial Productions and The New York Times and hosted by Susan Burton.

Contents

Background

The podcast is produced by Serial Productions and The New York Times . [1] The show debuted on June 29, 2023. [2] The podcast is a five episode show hosted by Susan Burton. [3] The podcast focuses on how female patients are treated in contemporary medicine. [4] A nurse at the Yale Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Clinic was switching out fentanyl-based painkillers for saline. [5] The nurse had switched out 175 vials. [6] The show interviews Laura Czar who underwent a procedure where she was given the saline instead of the painkillers. [7] The show includes interviews with dozens of women who were impacted. [8]

Reception

The series was named the best podcast of 2023 by Nicholas Quah at Vulture [9] and Eliana Dockterman at Time Magazine . [10]

Awards

AwardDateCategoryResultRef.
Peabody Awards 2023Podcast & RadioWon [11]

References

  1. ↑ "3 Podcasts to Listen to in July". Podcast Review. July 5, 2023. Archived from the original on July 7, 2023. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
  2. ↑ IV, Daniel Figueroa (June 30, 2023). "'How could this happen at Yale?': Serial podcast features women whose pain meds were swapped at fertility clinic". CT Insider. Archived from the original on July 8, 2023. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
  3. ↑ "The Retrievals podcast explores 'living nightmare' at Yale fertility clinic – Rodina News". July 3, 2023. Archived from the original on July 19, 2023. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
  4. ↑ Sawyer, Miranda (July 8, 2023). "The week in audio: Into the Dirt; The Retrievals; Taste; Walt Disney: A Life in Films – review". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077. Archived from the original on July 10, 2023. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
  5. ↑ Gupta, Neksha (July 9, 2023). "Donna Monticone Controversy and Scandal: Yale Fentanyl Clinic Lawsuit Explained". PKB News. Archived from the original on July 4, 2023. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
  6. ↑ Brown, Natalie. "New podcast The Retrievals explores 'living nightmare' at Yale fertility clinic". news. Archived from the original on July 3, 2023. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
  7. ↑ IV, Daniel Figueroa (June 30, 2023). "'How could this happen at Yale?': Serial podcast features women whose pain meds were swapped at fertility clinic". New Haven Register. Archived from the original on July 5, 2023. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
  8. ↑ Sturges, Fiona (July 10, 2023). "Women denied pain relief tell their stories in podcast The Retrievals — review". Financial Times. Archived from the original on July 11, 2023. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
  9. ↑ Quah, Nicholas (December 7, 2023). "The Best Podcasts of 2023 Despite a tough year for the industry, the podcast world remains vast in its pleasures". Vulture.
  10. ↑ Dockterman, Eliana (November 22, 2023). "The 10 Best Podcasts of 2023". Time Magazine.
  11. ↑ "84th Annual Peabody Award Winners Announced". The Peabody Awards. May 8, 2024. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
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