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The new online home of Mr. Nichols's class

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The ​Daily Paywall is a new website that's loaded with tens of thousands of pirated articles from some of the world's top paywalled newspapers, and its proprietor will pay you to read them.

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Deirdre Enright, the head of the Innocence Project Clinic at University of Virginia Law School, talks about her role in the ongoing investigation — and what might happen next

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It's hard to believe that not only was there no Serial six months ago, there was no Serial three months ago. The hugely popular podcast, a spinoff production of This American Life, didn't even premiere until early October, but since then, it has made its way with great speed into worlds from Sesame Street to Funny Or Die. This is not only journalism; it is pop culture ubiquity, as no podcast has ever achieved it before.

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The radio serial has been around for nearly a century — and some things haven't changed Warning: spoilers follow for the end of the first season of Serial

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Listening to the first season of “Serial,” Sarah Koenig’s breakout true-crime drama, a spinoff of “This American Life” that’s become the most popular podcast in the history of the form, has been like observing a lo-fi but formidable space launch.

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As Serial winds to an end, those of us behind Code Switch and Monkey See have been talking a whole lot about the podcast. Here's part four of our exchange. Later today, Sarah Koenig will talk to All Things Considered about the final episode — available this morning — and we'll give you the details on that as well.

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The thing about Serial and its endless rabbit holes is that no matter how you view the podcast, there's an endless supply of avenues you can explore and different conversations you can have.

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If the idea of a mob of Internet people getting together to fight crime and find the answers to unsolved murder mysteries makes you nervous, you’re going to want to take a seat for what’s coming next.

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Four Atlantic staffers discuss the distinct meh-ness of the penultimate episode.

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"Serial," the podcast the Internet has been obsessing about for months, has set its finale date for next week. Host Sarah Koenig revealed during this week's episode, "Rumors," that the Season 1's final episode would premiere online Thursday, Dec. 18. Koenig ended "Rumors" by reading a letter from Syed. "'At this point,' he wrote, 'It doesn't matter to me how your story portrays me -- guilty or innocent -- I just want it to be over,'" she said. "It will be. Next time, final episode of 'Serial.'" Click link to continue...

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A Maryland Best Buy has become a destination for people seeking a fairly obsolete piece of technology: a pay phone. They're looking for one pay phone in particular, the one that plays a key role in the wildly popular podcast "Serial," which chronicles a reporter's investigation into the 1999 murder of Baltimore-area teenager Hae Min Lee. Adnan Syed, the victim's ex-boyfriend who is serving a life sentence after being convicted of first-degree murder in Lee's death, claims he didn't do it. As avid fans of the show (like this writer) know, the state's case against Syed relies heavily on a pay phone that was once allegedly at a Best Buy on Security Boulevard in Windsor Mill, Maryland, outside of Baltimore. The state's star witness -- referred to on the podcast only by his first name, Jay -- claimed Syed used the phone to call him to ask for a ride, shortly after allegedly murdering Lee in the Best Buy parking lot. The problem is, it's possible the pay phone never existed. Sarah Koenig, the host of "Serial," hasn't found conclusive evidence confirming that there was a pay phone in the Best Buy parking lot at the time of the murder. Click link to continue...

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You’re having complex feelings about the things that happened with your partner yesterday. You feel upset and confused, there’s so much going on. You meet your friend at a coffee shop, hoping to talk about some of this. But as soon as you start, she digs out her iPhone and starts rubbing and poking the glass. “Uh-huh, uh-huh,” she says as you start unpacking the details, your heart sinking. Still, you soldier on, and eventually she puts the device away and actually makes eye contact. That’s almost worse. Watching her eyes, you can see her flipping through a rolodex of responses as you speak. “You have to stand up for yourself,” she interjects. It’s obviously a stock line. It makes you wonder if anyone, anywhere is capable of just listening. It might be time to pay for a therapy session. Continue after link...

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The most troubling lesson from UVA, Ferguson, and Serial.