Was There an Ending? We Discuss the Final Episode of Serial.

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By David Haglund, Katy Waldman, and Mike Pesca

Photo of Adnan Syed (center), Hae Min Lee (third from left), and friends courtesy of This American Life

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The final episode of the first season of Serial aired Thursday, and, as always, we got together just after listening to discuss the latest installment of the multipart investigative series from This American Life. This week, David Haglund and Katy Waldman were joined once again by Mike Pesca to talk about whether Serial was a meditation on the nature of truth, where the Innocence Project might go from here, and what kind of story would work well for Season 2.

This edition of the Serial Spoiler Special is meant to be heard after you’ve listened to Episode 12, “What We Know.” You can subscribe to this podcast on iTunes and find previous episodes in our archive. You’ll also find them, along with additional writing and commentary about the show, at www.slate.com/serial.

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David Haglund is a senior editor at Slate. He runs Brow Beat, Slate's culture blog.

Katy Waldman is Slate’s words correspondent.

Mike Pesca is the host of the Slate daily podcast The Gist. He also contributes reports and commentary to NPR.

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