The Retrievals

The Retrievals is a podcast by Serial Productions and The New York Times and hosted by Susan Burton.

Background
The podcast is produced by Serial Productions and The New York Times. The show debuted on June 29, 2023. The podcast is a five episode show hosted by Susan Burton. The podcast focuses on how female patients are treated in contemporary medicine. A nurse at the Yale Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Clinic was switching out fentanyl-based painkillers for saline. The nurse had switched out 175 vials. The show interviews Laura Czar who underwent a procedure where she was given the saline instead of the painkillers. The show includes interviews with dozens of women who were impacted.

Reception
The series was named the best podcast of 2023 by Nicholas Quah at Vulture and Eliana Dockterman at Time Magazine.