A Decade of Reveal
Reveal
The Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX
4.7 • 218 Ratings
🗓️ 27 December 2025
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
This week on Reveal, we celebrate our 10-year anniversary with a look back at some of our favorite stories, from investigations into water shortages in drought-prone California to labor abuses in the Dominican Republic. And we interview the journalists behind the reporting to explain what happened after the stories aired.
This is a rebroadcast of an episode that originally aired in March 2025.
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| 0:00.0 | Instead of taking a break from the news or joining any Yuletide celebrations right now, |
| 0:07.3 | you're choosing to listen to us, and I thank you. |
| 0:10.9 | We have a great opportunity for you, dear listeners, until the strike of midnight on January 1st. |
| 0:16.6 | A board member will match your donation. |
| 0:19.6 | Your gift will go twice as far to support critical investigative |
| 0:23.4 | reporting in 2026. Just text the word give to 888-57 Reveal. That's 888-57-3832, or visit |
| 0:34.9 | revealnews.org slash 2026. Thank you. And hey, if you're just here because you're taking a break |
| 0:41.4 | from your mother-in-law's critique of your scalloped potatoes, I think they're delicious. You're welcome. |
| 0:49.9 | I'm Al Lettsin, and today, we're going back to a simpler time. |
| 1:06.3 | In 2013, I got a call from a friend and a mentor who asked me if I'd be interested in hosting a pilot for a new show centered on investigative journalism. |
| 1:09.4 | And that was the start of what would become. |
| 1:14.3 | From the Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX, this is Reveal. |
| 1:15.5 | I'm Al-Letton. |
| 1:21.3 | It's been 10 years since Reveal became a public radio show and podcast. |
| 1:25.6 | In that time, we've talked to thousands of people all around the world, |
| 1:29.2 | bringing you stories that inspire, that enrage, that enlighten to try to give you and me a better understanding of the world we live in. |
| 1:37.0 | Today, we're revisiting our recent 10th anniversary special. It's a celebration of the staff, |
| 1:42.7 | the people we talk to, and the stories that have made |
| 1:45.6 | the show what it is. And you are listeners. Hey, this is Lauren from Norristown, PA. I just want to say |
| 1:51.8 | that your reporting is essential to communities everywhere and allows for the truth to be discovered. |
| 1:56.2 | And I just want to say thank you for all that you do. And happy 10 years and here's so many more. |
| 2:01.1 | When I first came to the Center for Investigative Reporting, I wasn't sure if it was a good |
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