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Introducing “ProPublica Narrated”

ProPublica Narrated
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ProPublica’s best long-form investigations, narrated. Coming soon: “Sick in a Hospital Town.” Read by actors, the five-part investigation by Ginger Thompson seeks answers to the question: Why does the United States, with the most expensive and sophisticated health care system in the world, have a population that’s so sick? A production of ProPublica and Theater of War Productions. Follow this feed to hear audio versions of our most important investigations, and support our journalism by donating at propublica.org/donate.

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