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New York Times
10-07-2025
- Health
- New York Times
‘The Retrievals' Season 2 Is Out Now
By Susan Burton Hi, I'm the host of 'The Retrievals.' Season 2 launches today! It's about C-sections. We begin at a Chicago hospital where staff members decide to take action after one of their nurses undergoes an excruciating C-section. If you heard Season 1, you'll know that it identified a problem: Women's pain is often ignored. The second season asks: What are the solutions? Season 2 grows directly out of listener responses to Season 1, so today I want to tell you about those responses and how they shaped my reporting. Two years ago, after the first season of 'The Retrievals,' I received hundreds of messages from listeners. They wrote about many varieties of pain. Many varieties of not being listened to. Many varieties of birth trauma. They wrote about experiences that had happened one year ago, or nearly 50. I wanted to keep track of these stories. So I started a spreadsheet, with names and dates and subjects. Maybe there would be a pattern that emerged. An observation that would lead to more reporting. Or maybe the spreadsheet wouldn't lead to an output or to an outcome. Maybe it was just a private way of honoring the respondents. When you read just a handful of the cells together, they have a distilled emotional power. Here's a sample, all from a single week in August 2023: Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
New York Times
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
New From Serial: The Retrievals, Season 2
This newsletter was sent on June 26, 2025. By Sarah Koenig Hello, listeners. This is Sarah Koenig, host of the 'Serial' podcast. I have some exciting news. In two weeks, we're going to be releasing a second season of 'The Retrievals.' To remind you: The first season was about a scandal at the Yale Fertility Center, where a nurse had been siphoning off a painkiller used in surgical procedures, leaving some patients in agony. The series was reported and hosted by Susan Burton, and it was great. It won multiple 'best podcast of the year' designations — and a Peabody Award, to boot. Season 2 is a brand new story. It's not about Yale or fertility treatments, but it's definitely a thematic cousin. Susan goes behind the scenes at a Chicago hospital as a group of doctors and nurses struggles to address one of medicine's most persistent problems: treating women's pain. She follows hospital staff members who are spurred into action after one of their own nurses undergoes an excruciating C-section. While writing this season, Susan was inspired by shows like 'The Pitt' and 'ER.' If you're like us and love those shows, you're in for a treat — this new season of 'The Retrievals' rolls out like a taut medical drama. The trailer is out today. Listen here, or search 'The Retrievals' on your podcast app. Episode 1 comes out July 10, with new episodes released on Thursdays. Or, if you're a New York Times Audio subscriber, you get early access and can hear the whole show the moment the first episode is released. As always, please feel free to email us at serialshows@ and let us know what you think. Sign up here to get the Serial newsletter in your inbox. Follow Serial on Instagram, TikTok, Bluesky, Facebook and X. Serial Productions makes narrative podcasts whose quality and innovation transformed the medium. Learn more.
New York Times
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
The Retrievals, Season 2, Episode 1: The Case
Hosted, written, and reported by Susan Burton Produced by Julie Snyder and Ben Phelan Edited by Julie Snyder Original music by Dan PowellFritz Myers and Nick Thornburn Engineered by Phoebe Wang Clara is a labor and delivery nurse, so she has a pretty good idea of what to expect when she delivers her own twins at the same hospital where she works. But she wasn't prepared for this. Susan Burton is the host of the Peabody Award-winning podcast 'The Retrievals' and the author of the memoir 'Empty.' Hosted, Reported and Written by Susan BurtonEdited by Julie SnyderProduced by Julie Snyder and Ben PhelanAdditional Editing by Jessica Weisberg and Jen GuerraFact Checking and Research by Ben PhelanMusic Supervision, Sound Design and Mixing by Phoebe WangAdditional Production by Catherine Anderson and Mack MillerOriginal Score by Dan Powell, Fritz Myers and Nick ThorburnTheme Music by Carla Pallone, remixed by Dan PowellAdditional Music by Marion LozanoArt direction by Pablo DelcanPhotography by Erik TannerStandards Editor Susan WesslingLegal Review by Dana GreenSupervising Producer Ndeye ThioubouSenior Operations Manager Elizabeth Davis-MoorerDeputy Managing Editor Sam Dolnick At The New York Times, thanks to: Nina Lassam, Brian Rideout, Susan Beachy, Jeffrey Miranda, Corey Beach, Rokk Vincelli-Williams, Naomi Noury, Kyle Grandillo, Kelly Doe, Shu Chun Xie, Peter Rentz, Jordan Cohen, Mahima Chablani, Katie O'Brien, Karl Delossantos, Tara Godvin, Victoria Kim, Brad Fisher, Maddy Masiello, Reyna Desai, Christine Ngyuen, Mukul Devichand, Zoe Murphy, Pierre Antoine-Louis, Dan Levin, Elisheba Ittoop and Diane Wong. Special thanks: Jessica Weisberg, Jen Guerra, Katie Fuchs, Julie Whitaker, Laura Starecheski, Leah Shaw Dameron, Pierre Cattoni and Lee Riffaterre. Serial Productions Serial Productions makes narrative podcasts whose quality and innovation transformed the medium.
New York Times
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
The Retrievals, Season 2, Episode 4: The Solutions
Hosted, written, and reported by Susan Burton Produced by Julie Snyder and Ben Phelan Edited by Julie Snyder Original music by Dan PowellFritz Myers and Nick Thornburn Engineered by Phoebe Wang Sometimes you can't wait for research to tell you what to do — you just have to go ahead and do it. We get back on L&D with Clara, Mindy and Heather. Susan Burton is the host of the Peabody Award-winning podcast 'The Retrievals' and the author of the memoir 'Empty.' Hosted, Reported and Written by Susan BurtonEdited by Julie SnyderProduced by Julie Snyder and Ben PhelanAdditional Editing by Jessica Weisberg and Jen GuerraFact Checking and Research by Ben PhelanMusic Supervision, Sound Design and Mixing by Phoebe WangAdditional Production by Catherine Anderson and Mack MillerOriginal Score by Dan Powell, Fritz Myers and Nick ThorburnTheme Music by Carla Pallone, remixed by Dan PowellAdditional Music by Marion LozanoArt direction by Pablo DelcanPhotography by Erik TannerStandards Editor Susan WesslingLegal Review by Dana GreenSupervising Producer Ndeye ThioubouSenior Operations Manager Elizabeth Davis-MoorerDeputy Managing Editor Sam Dolnick At The New York Times, thanks to: Nina Lassam, Brian Rideout, Susan Beachy, Jeffrey Miranda, Corey Beach, Rokk Vincelli-Williams, Naomi Noury, Kyle Grandillo, Kelly Doe, Shu Chun Xie, Peter Rentz, Jordan Cohen, Mahima Chablani, Katie O'Brien, Karl Delossantos, Tara Godvin, Victoria Kim, Brad Fisher, Maddy Masiello, Reyna Desai, Christine Ngyuen, Mukul Devichand, Zoe Murphy, Pierre Antoine-Louis, Dan Levin, Elisheba Ittoop and Diane Wong. Special thanks: Jessica Weisberg, Jen Guerra, Katie Fuchs, Julie Whitaker, Laura Starecheski, Leah Shaw Dameron, Pierre Cattoni and Lee Riffaterre. Serial Productions Serial Productions makes narrative podcasts whose quality and innovation transformed the medium.
New York Times
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
The Retrievals, Season 2, Episode 2: The Speech
Hosted, written, and reported by Susan Burton Produced by Julie Snyder and Ben Phelan Edited by Julie Snyder Original music by Dan PowellFritz Myers and Nick Thornburn Engineered by Phoebe Wang What went wrong with Clara's delivery? And can Heather get doctors to talk about it? Susan Burton is the host of the Peabody Award-winning podcast 'The Retrievals' and the author of the memoir 'Empty.' Hosted, Reported and Written by Susan BurtonEdited by Julie SnyderProduced by Julie Snyder and Ben PhelanAdditional Editing by Jessica Weisberg and Jen GuerraFact Checking and Research by Ben PhelanMusic Supervision, Sound Design and Mixing by Phoebe WangAdditional Production by Catherine Anderson and Mack MillerOriginal Score by Dan Powell, Fritz Myers and Nick ThorburnTheme Music by Carla Pallone, remixed by Dan PowellAdditional Music by Marion LozanoArt direction by Pablo DelcanPhotography by Erik TannerStandards Editor Susan WesslingLegal Review by Dana GreenSupervising Producer Ndeye ThioubouSenior Operations Manager Elizabeth Davis-MoorerDeputy Managing Editor Sam Dolnick At The New York Times, thanks to: Nina Lassam, Brian Rideout, Susan Beachy, Jeffrey Miranda, Corey Beach, Rokk Vincelli-Williams, Naomi Noury, Kyle Grandillo, Kelly Doe, Shu Chun Xie, Peter Rentz, Jordan Cohen, Mahima Chablani, Katie O'Brien, Karl Delossantos, Tara Godvin, Victoria Kim, Brad Fisher, Maddy Masiello, Reyna Desai, Christine Ngyuen, Mukul Devichand, Zoe Murphy, Pierre Antoine-Louis, Dan Levin, Elisheba Ittoop and Diane Wong. Special thanks: Jessica Weisberg, Jen Guerra, Katie Fuchs, Julie Whitaker, Laura Starecheski, Leah Shaw Dameron, Pierre Cattoni and Lee Riffaterre. Serial Productions Serial Productions makes narrative podcasts whose quality and innovation transformed the medium.
