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** THE WEEKLY REVEAL
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Saturday, November 29, 2025


** What Is Riley Gaines Hiding? We Investigated.
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This week, we’re bringing you something a bit different.

Our reporter Madison Pauly recently teamed up with journalist and podcaster Pablo Torre for a special episode of his investigative show, Pablo Torre Finds Out.

The episode is a deep dive into right-wing superstar Riley Gaines, a swimmer who tied a transgender woman for fifth place and became a viral figure with outsized influence within the MAGA movement.

Pauly spent six months digging into the money behind Gaines’ anti-trans empire and interviewing Gaines’ former teammates and competitors. She uncovers how the swimmer is profiting from her newfound fame as a generational conservative activist and explores how a lawsuit Gaines filed against the NCAA, which will be decided by the Supreme Court next year, could change everything for trans athletes.

Pablo Torre Finds Out is produced by Meadowlark Media and distributed by The Athletic. Check out their other investigations on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or your favorite podcast app.

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** Alabama’s Threats to Prosecute Abortion Helpers
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In August 2022, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall made a guest appearance on a local conservative talk radio show. It was two months after the US Supreme Court had overturned Roe v. Wade, and abortion was now illegal in Alabama. And Marshall addressed rumors that he planned to prosecute anyone helping people get abortions out of state.

“If someone was promoting themselves out as a funder of abortion out of state,” Marshall explained to the host, “then that is potentially criminally actionable for us.”

This particular threat launched an epic legal battle with implications for some of the most basic American rights: the right to travel, the right to free speech, the right to give and receive help.

This week on Reveal, in an update of an episode that first aired in May, reporter Nina Martin spends time with abortion rights groups in Alabama, following how they’ve adapted to one of the nation’s strictest anti-abortion policies—and evolved their definition of help.

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** 🎧 In Rural America, Public Radio Saves Lives ([link removed])
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In remote Alaska, public radio station KYUK is crucial during natural disasters. Without federal funding, how will it survive?

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** 🎧 Why America Is Obsessed With True Crime ([link removed])
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Journalist John J. Lennon argues that true crime too often turns tragedy into entertainment. And he would know. He’s in prison for a murder he committed years ago, whose own story has been fodder for cable news.

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** 🎧 I Study Fascism. I’ve Already Fled America. ([link removed])
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Former Yale professor Jason Stanley has been taking a lot of heat for moving to Canada. Why? Because he studies fascism—and he believes it’s already arrived in the US.

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** 🎧 In a Mississippi Jail, Inmates Became Weapons ([link removed])
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After a violent scandal involving his deputies, a popular sheriff survived calls to resign. But another scandal was already brewing in his county jail.

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