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Listen to podcast – episode 12 https://serialpodcast.org/season-one/12/what-we-know

INSTRUCTIONS: please open a Word document and respond to following questions in MLA essay format (that means double-spaced and in Times New Roman 12-point font) and use 500-550 words. THIS RESPONSE IS SLIGHTLY LONGER THAN THE OTHERS. Save your document and then attach it below. The work cited should be from the given article and podcast

A quality response will mostly consist of your ideas, but will also have some information, such as details and quotes from the podcast, sprinkled throughout.

Read the article, "What 'Serial' Really Taught Us"( https://www.newyorker.com/culture/sarah-larson/serial-really-taught-us ) by Sarah Larson and also this article (https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/12/17/serial-missed-its-chance-to-show-how-unfair-the-criminal-justice-system-really-is/?utm_term=.8cd45f684459) from the Washington Post by Sarah Lustbader (this Lustbader article is also linked within the Larson article). These articles are somewhat long in length, so give yourself time to read them with care.

After twelve episodes of this podcast that go into great detail about various aspects of this case, Sarah Koenig and her team reach the conclusion that "what we know," or, the list of actual FACTS about the case, "gets shorter." In fact, the deeper they dig, the more mysteries they uncover. What are we supposed to make of this? How is this podcast, as Larson's essay suggests, a "deep exploration of the concept of reasonable doubt" and an expose of "the terrible flaws in the justice system"? And how could Adnan have been convicted based on these small amount of facts?

PROVE to me that you have read these articles by quoting from them (maybe 1 or 2 times each), in addition to referencing the podcast.

Final Formal Response Clarification

I sometimes get a lot of questions regarding this last paper, and what it is I’m asking you to do. Basically, think of it this way: Serial is so interesting and so popular (the podcast has been downloaded over five million times!) because it is more than just a “murder mystery,” more than just a story that might appear on Dateline or 48 Hours or something like that. It gets us to think about all kinds of things –some of those things you’ve written about in FreeWrites and on the Discussion Board. In addition, there have been numerous articles written about Serial. Sarah Larson’s article in the New Yorker tells us why she believes Serial is so interesting and important. On the other hand, Sarah Lustbader in the Washington Post gives her views on what she believes is missing from the podcast, and what it could have done differently.

I want you to enter this conversation.

After reading both articles, do you agree with Larson? Or Lustbader? Maybe both of them? Maybe neither of them?

What are the big ideas that Serial brings up? What kinds of questions does it force us to ask ourselves and our society?

There’s no “right” answer to this –the only “wrong” way to do this is by telling us obvious things such as, “Serial teaches us about Adnan, who went to Woodlawn High School, and his girlfriend, Hae, who was murdered.” Do not regurgitate “plot” unless you are making a specific point about something. Give me something interesting! Dig deep!