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Each season, we expose the systems that allow injustice to fester, and shine a light on the people fighting for solutions. Our reporting is rooted in truth, fairness and accountability. Dig is produced by the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting, at Louisville Public Media.
Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
Institutional polish, delay, and a survivor's account show how abuse can stay hidden.
Dig treats the Ronnie and Donnie Stoner case as a lesson in how institutional polish can hide a lot. The brothers moved through Louisville schools with awards, coaching titles, and trusted roles, while several teen girls say they were grooming and abusing students behind closed…
A measured look at how delay can shape a child-abuse investigation.
Dig focuses its final episode on a child sex abuse investigation that starts on the lawn outside the Jefferson County Board of Education building and then moves through the police and child-advocacy systems around it.
A careful look at how a complaint can get lost inside the machinery of a school district.
Dig follows a school district's response to a child abuse allegation and shows how something can look orderly in records while still feeling uneasy in practice.
A restrained investigation that shows how public trust can shield private abuse.
A courthouse gathering in Louisville opens into a long, careful look at Ronnie and Donnie Stoner, two brothers once treated as trusted educators and football coaches. The strongest passages let survivor testimony and document work carry the weight.
LA Times reporter Christopher Goffard traces con man John Meehan's fraud, abuse, and its Bravo TV adaptation.
UFO disclosure with teeth.
Bleak news, deadpan jokes, no broadcast polish.
Australian investigations, followed from the ground up.
An investigative journalist revisits her high school's dark past after a popular teacher is accused of sexual abuse, facing backlash for speaking out.
Four women wait on the seventh floor of a Louisville courthouse for Ronnie and Donnie Stoner to appear.
The episode opens at a JCPS back-to-school gathering in August 2022.
It opens on the Stoner brothers' public reputations.
The final episode opens outside the Jefferson County Board of Education building.
A reporter attends a community forum where clergy and residents confront the new police chief about ongoing tensions after the Breonna Taylor case.
This episode investigates a police shooting where no body camera footage was available, highlighting systemic issues in police accountability.
A woman recounts being sexually assaulted in a hotel room after a night out, with details of the attack and her fragmented memory.
This episode features advertisements for prescription drugs treating diabetic macular edema and eczema.
An investigative podcast episode examining a rape case where the victim feels abandoned by police and prosecutors, highlighting systemic issues in sexual assault investigations.