All Told

Engaging stories, important issues, new perspectives. All Told is about people -- about the struggles and triumphs of those living inside some of the biggest issues facing our country, about those whose stories rarely get told, and about what it means to be human in today's world. In 2020, All Told shared a special series of firsthand stories from Americans living through the coronavirus pandemic.

Episodes

Behind the story: ‘The test of their lives’

July 22, 2020 • 30 mins

Because of the covid-19 pandemic, 2020 became the first year ever that high-school students across the United States had to take — and prepare for — the AP exam online from their homes rather than in a classroom setting.

This posed unique challenges for schools like Phillip and Sala Burton Academic High School in San Francisco, where more than two-thirds of the students come from&nb...

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'There's no end in sight to this'

June 12, 2020 • 22 mins

This is the 11th and last episode in The Post’s coronavirus podcast series, which each week has brought listeners inside a different person’s experience of the pandemic. Previous episodes have chronicled a week in the life of an emergencyroom worker, NBA player, blues guitarist, rancher, minister, librarian, high school graduate and dentist.

For this&nb...

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‘We just had one of our many talks about being a black boy in America’

June 5, 2020 • 24 mins

This is the tenth episode in The Post’s coronavirus podcast series, which each week brings listeners inside a different person’s experience of the pandemic. Previous episodes have chronicled a week in the life of an emergency room worker, an NBA player, a blues guitarist, a rancher, a minister, a librarian, a city council member and a recent college graduate.

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‘Midland is trending on Twitter, and Donald Trump is tweeting about us’

May 29, 2020 • 31 mins

This is the ninth episode in The Post’s coronavirus podcast series, which each week brings listeners inside a different person’s experience of the pandemic. Previous episodes have chronicled a week in the life of an emergency room worker, an NBA player, a blues guitarist, a rancher, a minister, a librarian, a city council member and a recent college graduate.

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‘I'll be getting my degree in the mail, but that has me feeling hollow’

May 22, 2020 • 17 mins

This is the eighth episode in The Post’s coronavirus podcast series, which each week brings listeners inside a different person’s experience of the pandemic. Previous episodes have chronicled a week in the life of an emergency-room worker, an NBA player, a blues guitarist, a rancher, a minister, a librarian and a city council member.

In this episode, we peer inside the life of ...

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'We grew up in agriculture--we've had a lot of experience of going without'

May 15, 2020 • 20 mins

This is the seventh episode in The Post’s coronavirus podcast series, which each week brings listeners inside a different person’s experience of the pandemic. Previous episodes have chronicled a week in the life of an emergency-room worker, an NBA player, a blues guitarist, a minister, a librarian and a city council member.

In this episode, we peer inside the life of Terry Swanson, a 71-year-old farmer...

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‘It is a pretty significant hole in the system’

May 8, 2020 • 20 mins

This is the sixth episode in The Post’s coronavirus podcast series, which each week brings listeners inside a different person’s experience of the pandemic. Previous episodes have chronicled a week in the life of an emergency room worker, an NBA player, a blues guitarist, a minister and a librarian.

Gabe Albornoz is a Democratic council member in Montgomery County, Md...

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'First thing's first, I gotta beat this game'

May 1, 2020 • 19 mins

This is the fifth episode in The Post’s coronavirus podcast series, which each week brings listeners inside a different person’s experience of the pandemic. Previous episodes have chronicled a week in the life of an emergency-room worker, a blues guitarist, a minister and a librarian.

This newest episode features a professional athlete — Washington Wizards point guard Ish Smith. The basketball star agr...

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'For me, it’s all the blues'

April 24, 2020 • 16 mins

Marquise Knox, a blues musician in St. Louis, was set to release a new album and tour with ZZ Top this spring. Now, he’s self-isolated, playing music on Facebook Live, and feeling the blues hit home. He shared recordings with The Post April 6-19.

Here’s a week in Knox’s life during the coronavirus pandemic, in his own words.

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‘I cannot hold it all’

April 17, 2020 • 24 mins

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Tell us how your life has changed due to the coronavirus outbreak, and help us share first person accounts of life during the pandemic.

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'You never signed up for this'

April 10, 2020 • 22 mins

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Tell us how your life has changed due to the coronavirus outbreak, and help us share first person accounts of life during the pandemic.

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'Good luck, everybody'

April 3, 2020 • 22 mins

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Tell us how your life has changed due to the coronavirus outbreak, and help us share first person accounts of life during the pandemic.

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Altamont part 2: Re-creating a day of chaos and violence

November 21, 2019 • 38 mins

Recordings from the 1969 concert and interviews with those who were there reveal how the festival became a scene of chaos, violence and death. Episode 2 brings you inside the concert and a day many don't want to remember.

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Altamont part 1: How the ’60s most disastrous concert came to be

November 21, 2019 • 25 mins

50 years ago the Rolling Stones headlined a free concert that ended in chaos, with a young man killed feet from the stage as the Stones played. Episode 1 (of 2) explores the decisions that led up to this festival and asks, "Why didn't anyone stop it?"

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The other Frankfurt: an East German city grapples with identity

November 8, 2019 • 26 mins

4 years ago, Germany kept its borders open to a surge of refugees. Many of them settled in Frankfurt Oder, a city in eastern Germany. Now, longtime residents and new arrivals are grappling on an intimate level with changes that have polarized Europe.

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$1,000 a month, no strings attached

November 6, 2019 • 23 mins

In Jackson, Miss., 20 low-income women are a part of one of the first universal basic income pilot programs in the country, assessing a seemingly simple solution to end poverty: give people money — no strings attached.

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A boxer’s new fight

November 4, 2019 • 21 mins

In 2015, Prichard Colon suffered a major brain injury after a boxing match gone wrong. Specialists predicted he’d spend the rest of his life in a vegetative state. He can’t walk or talk, but he survived; now Colon is slowly trying to rebuild his life.

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The Stay Here Center

June 17, 2019 • 21 mins

In Guatemala the U.S.-funded Centro Quédate — the Stay Here Center — teaches young people job skills in hopes of dissuading them from migrating to the United States. Whether it helps students make the decision — to stay or to go — is uncertain.

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The front line of school security

May 3, 2019 • 20 mins

In the two decades since the shooting at Columbine High School, the school district has led the way in finding threats before they go too far. Much of that has come down to one man.

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Introducing 'All Told'

May 2, 2019 • 59 secs

A new podcast from The Washington Post exploring stories of what it means to be human in today’s world.

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‘We just had one of our many talks about being a black boy in America’

‘Midland is trending on Twitter, and Donald Trump is tweeting about us’

‘I'll be getting my degree in the mail, but that has me feeling hollow’

'We grew up in agriculture--we've had a lot of experience of going without'

‘It is a pretty significant hole in the system’

'First thing's first, I gotta beat this game'

'For me, it’s all the blues'

‘I cannot hold it all’

'You never signed up for this'

'Good luck, everybody'

Altamont part 2: Re-creating a day of chaos and violence

Altamont part 1: How the ’60s most disastrous concert came to be

The other Frankfurt: an East German city grapples with identity

$1,000 a month, no strings attached

A boxer’s new fight

The Stay Here Center

The front line of school security

Introducing 'All Told'

Popular Podcasts

Behind the story: ‘The test of their lives’

'There's no end in sight to this'