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We Are Jane Doe - Snap Series

This week on NPR’s All Things Considered: an interview with Anna Sussman, Madi Bolaños, and Ali Prout.

In the series… over three episodes, we trace Ali’s dramatic fight for justice and the stunning ripple effects that threaten to upend the system of power and control at one of the largest women’s prisons on earth.

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“… a powerful trilogy of episodes that points out this decision all women have to make about being brave enough to say something, women in prison in particular.” –  Lauren Passel, Podcast The Newsletter 

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I am and have always been a big fan of Snap, but The We Are Jane Doe series has inspired me to write my first review. The story is shocking but not surprising and this is exactly the type of reporting we need more of.

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Great Interviews

This show has particularly empathetic interviews that get to the real story. I’ve especially loved the Jane Doe and Fire Escape Stories, exploring experiences in US women’s prisons.

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We Are Jane Doe E3: What Happens in the Dark Always Comes to the Light

S17 E45  October 1, 2026

Ali faces down her attacker in court and wins. But will the Central California Women’s Facility officers who assaulted her former cell mate and 150 other women see justice? And with the story still unfolding, reporters Madi Bolaños and Anna-->

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We Are Jane Doe E2: Operation Breakdown

S17 E44  September 29, 2026

August 2nd, 2024, started with a search. More than 150 women rounded up into chow hall as their cells were tossed.  What happened next was beyond their imagination. It would be investigated by the feds and the state. Things did-->

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We Are Jane Doe E1: Ali’s Story

S17 E43  September 24, 2026

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Aliksandria Prout had only been at the Central California Women’s Facility for a few days when an officer stopped her at a checkpoint. “You have beautiful lips and beautiful eyes,” he said. And that was-->

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The Roughhouse – Snap Classic

S17 E42  September 17, 2026

A man washes up on shore in Sitka, Alaska and finds himself in the middle of an underground boxing show. It’s a place where you might duke it out with the bartender, the locals, or your own troubled past.

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The Whale

S17 E41  September 10, 2026

On the volcanic island of La Palma biologists unravel a massive mystery. Is it a crime scene, a treasure or a dream come true? And in the town of Trinidad a grade school trip to the ocean is about to-->

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Vote for El Hottie – Snap Classic

S17 E40  September 3, 2026

In sweet home Alabama, from the heart of Libya, comes a renegade candidate with a boombox and a head scarf. The cheerleaders, the geeks, the dweebs and the freaks are about to send a message the country needs right after-->

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Campfire Tales: Hot Wheels

S17 E39  August 27, 2026

There’s a jumbie in a jalopy and the spirits are flowing during happy hour on St. Thomas. Plus, everybody kicks butt in Lee’s Los Gatos Spin Class but Cycle 23 is out of this world.

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