ProPublica Podcast

New data from ProPublica found that white criminals are four times as likely as minorities to receive a presidential pardon. Director of Computer-Assisted Reporting Jennifer LaFleur sits down with the podcast team to explain this racial disparity and the mysterious process of awarding pardons.

This week, ProPublica’s Marian Wang and Lois Beckett discuss their respective reports on the Federal Election Commission and redistricting, and how these might determine our next elected representatives.

Reporter Michael Grabell joins the podcast this week to talk about airport X-ray scanners, and how the TSA is marching millions of passengers through these machines every year despite having a safer alternative against the potential health risks.

In this week’s podcast, senior reporter Sebastian Rotella explains why the foiled Iranian plot to kill the Saudi Arabian ambassador on U.S. soil was atypical of how the Quds Force normally operates, and how this case increases concerns about growing activity by Iran and Hezbollah in Latin America.

Olga Pierce and Jeff Larson give us a glimpse into the world of redistricting and how corporations and other powerful interests are taking advantage of campaign finance laws to support their own agendas.

ProPublica’s Charles Ornstein, Tracy Weber and Dan Nguyen join the podcast this week to talk about their recently updated Dollars for Docs database – a project tracking big pharma’s payments to physicians.

Editor-in-chief and CEO Paul Steiger joins the podcast for the first time to talk about how ProPublica came to be and what we've accomplished in three short years.

ProPublica’s Sharona Coutts, Jennifer LaFleur and Al Shaw discuss how you can use our ”Opportunity Gap” data to report on the quality of education in your area.

Managing editor Stephen Engelberg joins the podcast to explain the complexities behind the Bruce Ivins anthrax case.