Sarah Koenig

So his lawyer, Cristina Gutierrez, had to figure out another way to encourage reasonable doubt.

Why didn't it work?

Next time on Serial, which will not come out next week.

Next Thursday is Thanksgiving, so we are taking a week off.

Our next episode, episode 10, will come out December 4th.

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We gave Times employees a preview of Crossplay from New York Times Games.

And here's what they had to say.

I can finally play with other people.