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Serial - Serial S01 - Ep. 11: Rumors

Almost everyone describes the 17-year-old Adnan the same way: good kid, helpful at the mosque, respectful to his elders. But a couple of months ago, Sarah started getting phone\xa0calls from people who knew Adnan back then, and told her stories of a different kind of boy.

Serial S01 - Ep. 11: Rumors

You told me that she had broken his heart.

It was extremely wrong for anyone to treat him that way.

He was like the community's golden child.

I think like the odds of you getting the charming sociopath,

I mean for you to say that I'm a great person.

I've only talked to you on the phone two times.

This is a global talent link, playpec call from.

And in Nadek, a Maryland collectional facility.

One story told week by week. I'm Sarah Canig.

For two months now, I've been grappling with rumors about a non.

People telling me, there's stuff you don't know about a non.

Stuff you need to know, to understand who you're dealing with.

Serial returns with a history of Guantánamo told by people who lived through key moments in Guantánamo’s evolution, who know things the rest of us don’t about what it’s like to be caught inside an improvised justice system.

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0:00.0	Previously on cereal.
0:02.0	What did he tell you?
0:04.0	You told me that she had broken his heart.
0:07.0	It was extremely wrong for anyone to treat him that way.
0:10.0	He was like the community's golden child.
0:12.0	I think like the odds of you getting the charming sociopath,
0:15.0	you're just not that lucky.
0:17.0	You don't think that I know you at all?
0:20.0	I mean for you to say that I'm a great person.
0:23.0	I mean, I'm like a nice person.
0:24.0	I've only talked to you on the phone two times.
0:27.0	This is a global talent link, playpec call from.
0:32.0	I'm not saying it.
0:34.0	And in Nadek, a Maryland collectional facility.
0:38.0	It's called a very global humanitarian.
0:41.0	If you wish to walk in and take a call.
0:51.0	From this American life in WBZ Chicago,
0:53.0	it's cereal.
0:54.0	One story told week by week. I'm Sarah Canig.
1:00.0	For two months now, I've been grappling with rumors about a non.
1:03.0	People telling me, there's stuff you don't know about a non.
1:06.0	Stuff you need to know, to understand who you're dealing with.
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Serial S01 - Ep. 11: Rumors

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