Odessa
The New York TimesA failing school system. An oil bust. A marching band determined to keep playing through a pandemic. This is the story of one Texas high school in crisis — and trying to reopen its doors. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcas... more
| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 5 | Founded | 5 years ago |
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| Categories | DocumentaryEducationSociety & Culture | ||||
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This episode contains references to mental health challenges, including eating disorders.
Joanna Lopez, the high school senior we met in our first episode of Odessa, has turned inward: staying in her bedroom, ghosting friends and avoiding band pract... more
Last fall, as Odessa High School brought some students back to campus with hybrid instruction, school officials insisted mask wearing, social distancing and campus contact tracing would keep students and faculty safe. And at the beginning of the seme... more
In 1988, a high school football team in Odessa, Texas, was so good that it became the inspiration for a book, movie and, eventually, the television series “Friday Night Lights.” And in the decades since, as West Texas has weathered the unsettling und... more
Odessa is a four-part audio documentary series about one West Texas high school reopening during the pandemic — and the teachers, students and nurses affected in the process.
For the past six months, The New York Times has documented students’ retur... more
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Odessa PERIMAN was the High School portrayed on the series Friday Night Lights. Not Odessa High School,
Odessa PERIMAN was the High School portrayed on the series Friday Night Lights. Not Odessa High School
Odessa PERIMAN was the High School portrayed on the series Friday Night Lights. Not Odessa High School
Odessa PERIMAN was the High School portrayed on the series Friday Night Lights. Not Odessa High School
Odessa PERIMAN was the High School portrayed on the series Friday Night L... more
Apple Podcasts1Reviewer_2012-1
United States3 years ago - Watching a Disaster Unfold
MINOR SPOILER ALERT: This series is really good, but it’s also really hard to listen to. Even though we are not out of the pandemic, you know how this part ends. But listening to the different groups start with hope and confidence, doing their best managing conflicting concerns, and then hear as it slowly falls apart is depressing. My daughter was a high school senior at the same time, and this series put me back in a place I didn’t want to be. Minor Spoiler: this is just a slice of time story; ... more
Apple Podcasts5Mike from NOVAUnited States4 years ago - Looking forward to seeing Season 2
It is back to school season again, and new virus appears. Want to know what is happening before school reopen and what teacher, students and parents expect now.
Apple Podcasts5HNingSUnited States4 years ago - Valuable COVID story
This was an incredibly strong and particularly heart breaking part of The Daily. Especially because it connected to me so much as I’m the same demographic as this lady. But also it exposed the vulnerabilities of some of the poorest parts of America.
Apple Podcasts5orakzai.shahidUnited States4 years ago - Love hearing on the ground
The real truth and interviews was so hard to hear but needed. I loved hearing the true life stories of what is going on in the real world. New York Times did a great job!!!!
Apple Podcasts5KligUnited States4 years ago
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Apple Podcasts | #127 | United States/Society & Culture/Documentary |
Apple Podcasts | #201 |  United Kingdom/Society & Culture/Documentary |
Apple Podcasts | #55 |  Austria/Society & Culture/Documentary |
Apple Podcasts | #87 |  Mexico/Society & Culture/Documentary |
Apple Podcasts | #115 |  South Africa/Society & Culture/Documentary |
Apple Podcasts | #133 |  Switzerland/Society & Culture/Documentary |
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