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May 12, 2023
A year ago, a white man came to a Black community’s local grocery store and murdered 10 people, injuring 3 more - nearly all of them Black. How does a community navigate recovery in the year after a racist mass shooting?
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Buffalo Extreme: Base : Embedded
Ayanna Williams Gaines is the coach and founder of Buffalo All-Star Extreme, a Black competitive cheerleading and dance team from Buffalo, New York. Williams Gaines started the gym as a space for...
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Apr 20, 2023
As the Taking Cover team investigates how and why the fatal mortar mistake was covered up, a powerful general invites Tom and Graham to talk at the Pentagon. Then he invites them back a second time, and even a third time. But his story keeps changing.
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Taking Cover: Up the Chain : Embedded
Tom and Graham work their way up the chain of command, looking for someone — anyone — who can explain how and why this incident was buried. One general claims he can't recall the incident. Another...
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Apr 13, 2023
In the new ep, Tom and Graham track down another, different copy of the investigation into the deadly mistake that was buried by the Marine Corps. And along the way, they learn more about some of the terrible things the men of Echo Company saw — and did.
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Taking Cover: Finding David : Embedded
As Tom and Graham work to track down the men in the courtyard, one of the wounded Marines has long remained elusive. His former comrades wonder if he's even still alive. Eventually, with help from...
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Apr 7, 2023
In episode 3, @GPublic and @TBowmanNPR travel to Tucson, Arizona in hopes of getting their hands on a version of the report with answers. Our hosts confirm a key part of the tip... that the son of a powerful politician was involved in the fatal mistake.
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Taking Cover: JAGMAN : Embedded
Hoping to get their hands on the official investigation, the NPR team flies to Tucson. But problems begin shortly after arrival. The widow of a man who died in the explosion wants to know why the...
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Mar 30, 2023
Taking Cover ep 2 out now. The men of Echo Company describe the chaos and confusion when a battle breaks out moments after the explosion at the schoolhouse in Fallujah, Iraq. Listen here (n.pr/40kUH17) and read more about the reporting from @GPublic and @TBowmanNPR 👇.
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Mar 30, 2023
1/ These first two episodes of NPR’s Taking Cover podcast are… kind of a trip. I spent a lot of late nights talking with the guys from Echo 2/1, hearing their stories. What happened on that day – April 12th, 2004? The memories are raw. Painful. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sta…