
The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper, is a collection of unique and immersive single subject episodes from CNN’s Emmy® and Peabody Award-winning longform storytelling team. Every week we showcase character-driven stories, special interviews, profiles, and investigative deep dives featuring reporting from CNN’s anchors and correspondents.
| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 83 | Founded | 3 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | NewsDocumentarySociety & Culture | |||

Nick Paton Walsh explores the doomsday prepper movement, a once fringe subculture now embraced by 20 million Americans. Drawing on his experience covering conflict, he tests his survival skills with those preparing for disaster.
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Isobel Yeung digs into the once taboo world of performance enhancing drugs and how they are becoming increasingly popular not only among athletes, but also among young men who are using them to enhance their physical appearance.
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Donie O'Sullivan examines the growing influence of the Democratic Party's progressive movement, from grassroots activists to digital creators, and whether its rise is the party's greatest strength or greatest risk as the midterms approach.
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The show offers longform, character-driven investigations and interviews across timely, high-stakes topics. Recent episodes span politics and policy, immigration enforcement, religion and nationalism, international conflict, criminal justice, and social issues, often anchored by on-the-ground reporting and expert analysis. Notable strengths include thorough documentary storytelling, diverse guest rosters, and a clear commitment to examining complex events from multiple perspectives, with a focus on the human implications behind headline news.
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The Whole Story launched 3 years ago and published 83 episodes to date. You can find more information about this podcast including rankings, audience demographics and engagement in our podcast database.
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Recent guests on The Whole Story include:
1. Hassan Piker
2. Melissa Sasse
3. Breck Sasse
4. Dana White
5. Karim Zidan
6. Forrest Griffin
7. Michael Chandler
8. Justin Gaethje
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