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Inside The News

A joint podcast of the Star Tribune and WCCO Radio takes listeners insidenews coverage each week with Star Tribune reporters and editors. WCCO Radio'sJordana Green is the host.

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How the Star Tribune’s Denied Justice series changed the journalists who worked on it

How the Star Tribune’s Denied Justice series changed the journalists who worked on it

The team of reporters behind the Star Tribune’s Denied Justice series spent how two years doing research, diligent diggi... Read more

12 Mar 2019

27mins

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Episode Eight: How a police officer confronted past mistakes to change the way rape is investigated

Episode Eight: How a police officer confronted past mistakes to change the way rape is investigated

In 2012, Justin Boardman, a police officer in Utah, attended a training class that led him to a disturbing realization: ... Read more

4 Jan 2019

17mins

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Episode Seven: Why some rapists in Minnesota get little or no prison time

Episode Seven: Why some rapists in Minnesota get little or no prison time

Emma Top was raped by her best friend, and the man was found guilty by a jury of felony sex assault. According to the Mi... Read more

3 Jan 2019

23mins

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Episode Six : When a rape victim is heard — and believed

Episode Six : When a rape victim is heard — and believed

Alesha Erickson says she was raped. The accused Aaron McCullough says it was a one-night stand gone wrong. Their story i... Read more

7 Dec 2018

24mins

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Episode 5: Why prosecutors are not charging rape suspects even when they have solid evidence

Episode 5: Why prosecutors are not charging rape suspects even when they have solid evidence

This episode of the Inside the News / Investigating Rape podcast explores why is it so hard to prosecute rape in Minneso... Read more

20 Oct 2018

22mins

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Episode Four: How lack of police training hurts rape investigations

Episode Four: How lack of police training hurts rape investigations

30 Sep 2018

33mins

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Episode Three: How police and the law fail victims when alcohol is involved

Episode Three: How police and the law fail victims when alcohol is involved

This episode focuses on the story of Joanna Howe. Her case shows some troubling trends with how police investigate rape ... Read more

12 Aug 2018

35mins

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Episode Two: Denied Justice — Did cops care more about the background of the victim than the suspect?

Episode Two: Denied Justice — Did cops care more about the background of the victim than the suspect?

A Star Tribune investigation found that in sex crimes investigations in Minnesota, there were a troubling amount of case... Read more

25 Jul 2018

27mins

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Episode One: Investigating Rape — The story of Brooke Morath

Episode One: Investigating Rape — The story of Brooke Morath

Brooke Morath was a 21-year -old University of Minnesota senior when she was raped near campus in March of 2015. At firs... Read more

21 Jul 2018

19mins

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