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** THE WEEKLY REVEAL
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Saturday, Dec. 30, 2023

Hello! In this issue:
* How two well-respected New York art galleries sold more than $80 million in fake art – and why almost no one ever was punished.
* Traveling? We’ve got road trip listens.


** THIS WEEK’S PODCAST
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** Fancy Galleries, Fake Art
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This week on Reveal: how two New York art galleries got away with the largest art fraud in modern U.S. history.

In the mid-’90s, two high-end galleries began selling one fake painting after another – works in the style of Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, Mark Rothko and others – totaling more than $80 million. Our first story looks at how it happened and why almost no one ever was punished by authorities.

Our second story revisits an investigation into a painting looted by the Nazis during World War II. More than half a century later, a journalist helped track it down through the Panama Papers.
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** Road Trip Listens from Reveal
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We’ve gathered up some of our favorite shows for your travels. Click the link from your favorite podcast app to go right to the episode.


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Gaza: A War of Weapons and Words: The loss of civilian life in Gaza and Israel has sparked outrage and protest, but a group of grieving parents continues quietly working for peace.
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A Reckoning at Amazon: Everything you’ve heard in the last few years about Amazon’s dangerous quest for speed started with our groundbreaking reporting.

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America Goes Psychedelic, Again: Psychedelic drugs have been illegal for 50 years, but they’re trickling back into the mainstream because they show promise in helping treat post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health challenges. We explore the latest.
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Buried Secrets (two-part series): After decades of stripping away Native American identity from its students, a Catholic boarding school seeks to help the community heal. This series was a partnership between Reveal and ICT, formerly known as Indian Country Today.
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American Rehab (eight-part series): Reveal exposes how a treatment for drug addiction has turned tens of thousands of people into an unpaid shadow workforce. This reporting was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize.
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Mississippi Goddam (seven-part series):
Billey Joe Johnson Jr. dreamed of graduating high school, going to college and one day playing pro football. On a cold December morning in 2008, that future was shattered. His story is a reckoning of justice in America.
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** In Case You Missed It
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This issue of The Weekly Reveal was written by Kate Howard and edited by Nikki Frick. If you enjoyed this issue, forward it to a friend ([link removed]) . Have some thoughts? Drop us a line (mailto:[email protected]) with feedback or ideas!

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