Serial
Top criminal defense organizations threw their weight behind Syed's push for a new trial.
The lawyer who brought Adnan Syed's story to "Serial" discusses her book and how the podcast affected her friend's case.
"It's easier to get people to listen to a podcast right now, I think, than it is to get people to listen to a new show on the radio, for sure."
Ira Glass reveals that "Serial," took only four weeks to truly cultivate an audience, whereas "This American Life" took about four years to do so.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Syed's case gained national attention when it was featured on the first season of "Serial."
"It was raining Oreos. They were thick in the air like locusts..."
I guess on balance it's a good thing that we're finally reassessing these types of evidence, but ideally the caution and humility we're now seeing would come a lot earlier in the process -- perhaps even before the expert takes the stand in a serious criminal case.
She still can't say whether Adnan Syed killed Hae Min Lee.
In an unexpected development, the second season of “Serial,” which is about Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, is moving to a biweekly broadcasting schedule.