A look at the Chicago political machine in the days before our story begins.
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Act One: Gym Rat
In the summer of 2006, an FBI official visited a mosque in Orange County, California.
Act Two
The story of Craig Monteilh continues: What happens when you turn someone into the FBI who, it turns out, is working for the FBI? Trevor Aaronson, whom Sam Black interviewed for this story, has a book called The Terror Factory: Inside the FBI’s Manufactured War on Terrorism.
Act Two: Mr. Chen Goes to Wuhan
An average Chinese citizen decides to go to Wuhan, the heart of the coronavirus epidemic, to see for himself what’s happening there.
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A group of inmates at a high-security prison stage a production of the last act of Hamlet.
Abdi and the Golden Ticket
A story about someone who's desperately trying – against long odds – to make it to the United States and become an American.