In case you missed it: We Were Three

A story of lies, family, America, and what Covid revealed, as well as what it destroyed. [View this email in your browser]( Hello Serial listeners, Ahead of the holiday weekend, when maybe you’ll be hanging out a lot in the kitchen or taking a long drive, I wanted to make sure you'd heard that Serial released a new three-part series last month called [We Were Three](. It’s by my friend Nancy Updike, a longtime This American Life producer who’s made some of the radio show’s most popular stories. Vulture called We Were Three “a formidable listen, operating well above the bar of so many other narrative podcasts.” What I find beautiful about this show, in addition to the remarkable plot, is the language — written and spoken. Nancy is one of the most talented writers in radio, hands down. And in this series she tells the story of a woman named Rachel McKibbens, who’s also a writer. A poet. A gifted talker. [We Were Three]( takes you inside Rachel’s life, starting when she got a text from her brother across the country in California, telling her their father had just died from Covid. Two weeks later her brother died, too. He’d been taking care of their father at home; they didn’t believe in the vaccine, or in the deadliness of the disease. Rachel couldn’t make sense of it. She had no idea what had happened to them in their final weeks. She went out to California and through a series of discoveries, she — along with Nancy — figured it out. The story of what destroyed her family began long before Covid. [Here’s the trailer.]( But honestly, I think you should skip it and just listen to the show. I predict these three episodes will stay with you for a long time. You can find the whole series in the Serial feed, or you can look for We Were Three on [Apple Podcasts]( [Spotify]( or wherever you get your podcasts. Sincerely (and happy Thanksgiving), Sarah K. [Listen Now]( We Were Three is from Serial Productions, a New York Times Company. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Website]( Copyright © 2022 Serial Productions, a New York Times Company. All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you signed up to stay informed about Serial. Our mailing address is PO Box 8483, New York, New York 10116. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe](.