The Waiting

Riding public transportation to work requires lots of down time.  It takes me about 40 minutes with ride and waiting time to get from point A to point B.  To fill the stretch, I listen to lots of podcasts.  I recently ran out of episodes on my go-tos and needed something new.  I heard multiple people rave over a series called Serial and decided to give it a try.

The waiting is the hardest part

I'm a little late to the party but I finally started listening to the podcast.  It's through NPR's This American Life and came out in October of 2014.

The synopsis on the website says:

"On January 13, 1999, a girl named Hae Min Lee, a senior at Woodlawn High School in Baltimore County, Maryland, disappeared. A month later, her body turned up in a city park. She'd been strangled. Her 17-year-old ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed, was arrested for the crime, and within a year, he was convicted and sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison. The case against him was largely based on the story of one witness, Adnan’s friend Jay, who testified that he helped Adnan bury Hae's body. But Adnan has always maintained he had nothing to do with Hae’s death. Some people believe he’s telling the truth. Many others don’t."

"Sarah Koenig, who hosts Serial, first learned about this case more than a year ago. In the months since, she's been sorting through box after box (after box) of legal documents and investigators' notes, listening to trial testimony and police interrogations, and talking to everyone she can find who remembers what happened between Adnan Syed and Hae Min Lee fifteen years ago. What she realized is that the trial covered up a far more complicated story, which neither the jury nor the public got to hear. The high school scene, the shifting statements to police, the prejudices, the sketchy alibis, the scant forensic evidence - all of it leads back to the most basic questions: How can you know a person’s character? How can you tell what they’re capable of? In Season One of Serial, she looks for answers."

Each of the 12 episodes explore a different aspect of the case.  I haven't finished the series yet but was hooked after the first few minutes of episode 1.  If you're looking for something fun and interesting to listen to, I highly recommend.

That's all for now.  Bye.