by Rabia Chaudry | Dec 8, 2014 | Serial Episodes
The thing about racism, xenophobia, gender bias, age discrimination, and a host of other prejudices is that unless you’re part of the target group, its very hard to get it. The past few weeks have been gut wrenching as grand juries in the murders of both...
by Rabia Chaudry | Dec 5, 2014 | Serial Episodes
*Two major issues were address in this episode – religious bias and Christina Gutierrez. Because they both require a thorough treatment, I’ll address them in separate blog posts. This post will be about the issue that, for the first time in listening to...
by Rabia Chaudry | Nov 27, 2014 | Serial Episodes, Things Left Unsaid
*Before I get into the meat and potatoes of this post, I would be remiss if I didn’t share the work of attorney Susan Simpson, who blogs here. If you want some excellent analysis of the case from a factual and legal perspective, read her stuff. She basically...
by Rabia Chaudry | Nov 21, 2014 | Serial Episodes
I normally listen to each new episode of Serial the minute the kids and hubby walk out the door after the morning insanity of getting everyone dressed, fed, and out of the house with lunches and schoolbags. I usually have another hour before I have to leave for work,...
by Rabia Chaudry | Nov 18, 2014 | Serial Episodes
*This post originally appeared in Patheos.com on November 14, 2014 Raise your hand if you were surprised by what Jay had to say in this week’s episode. No one better have their hand raised. If you thought for an instant that “Mr....
by Rabia Chaudry | Nov 18, 2014 | Serial Episodes
*This post originally appeared at Patheos.com on Nov 7, 2014 Just to get it out of the way: Yes. I knew. So did, of course, Adnan and his family, and my family and close friends. We’ve known the Innocence Project looked at the case before the podcast started. Oh how...
