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The Retrievals

by Serial Productions & The New York Times

C-sections are the most frequently performed major surgeries in the world. So why do so many patients feel severe pain during them? Season 2 of the award-winning podcast “The Retrievals” is an investigation into this underreported problem — and the new effort to solve it.
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14 episodes
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S02 Episode 4: The Solutions
45:59 Jul 10, 2025
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S02 Episode 3: The Guidelines
55:11 Jul 10, 2025
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S02 Episode 2: The Speech
44:48 Jul 10, 2025
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S02 Episode 1: The Case
47:38 Jul 10, 2025
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S01 Episode 5: The Outcomes
53:45 Aug 3, 2023
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S01 Episode 4: The Clinic
38:00 Jul 27, 2023
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S01 Episode 3: The Sentence
46:38 Jul 13, 2023
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S01 Episode 2: The Nurse
33:04 Jul 6, 2023
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S01 Episode 1: The Patients
57:01 Jun 29, 2023
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