The Retrievals is a podcast by Serial Productions and The New York Times and hosted by Susan Burton.
The podcast is produced by Serial Productions and The New York Times.[1] The show debuted on June 29, 2023.[2] The podcast is a five episode show hosted by Susan Burton.[3] The podcast focuses on how female patients are treated in contemporary medicine.[4] A nurse at the Yale Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Clinic was switching out fentanyl-based painkillers for saline.[5] The nurse had switched out 175 vials.[6] The show interviews Laura Czar who underwent a procedure where she was given the saline instead of the painkillers.[7] The show includes interviews with dozens of women who were impacted.[8]
The series was named the best podcast of 2023 by Nicholas Quah at Vulture[9] and Eliana Dockterman at Time Magazine.[10]